Plain & Simple - It's all about Anne

"Year after year, season after season, the shoe style we always come back to is mules. Whether with a heel or without, they just never look dated, and they always make whatever you’re wearing look better."--Allyson Payer, WHO WHAT WEAR JUNE 22, 2020

Hand-made to order retro inspired mules using intentionally sourced reused or imperfect leather designed for the stylish, contemporary woman living a slow fashion lifestyle who is environmentally and socially conscious.

--XO ROXANNELAVA

Features of RL Mules
Whether you choose the Badass & Beautiful RL Signature, the Beguiling  almond-toed  RL Classic, the handy RL Classic fold, or the comfortable RL Louis. On trend now & always!
•Made for walking. The high vamp keeps your foot secured.
•Molds to your foot and becomes more comfortable with each step.
•Day to night style takes you from casual to dress.

Unique Product
Customers receive products catered  expressly to them. Purchasers  participate in the process of selecting  styles and materials, etc. that  makes the resulting product unique to  them. Buyers emotionally connect  to a meaningful item, love it and use  it or wear it proudly. 

Creates Jobs

A thriving Made to Order business needs  quality help and in the best  scenarios creates jobs for individuals with  different skills. Products  are designed, produced, sold and delivered.  There are numerous skill  sets involved at each stage. From highly  specialized craftsmen, to  picking, packing and delivering orders, made  to order provides jobs.

Sustainable

Because the maker produces only what is  ordered, there is little  purchasing of unused materials and fewer items  made that don’t sell.   This means minimal material or end product waste  and less stuff going  to our landfills.

Sustainable Guarantee

RoxAnneLava shoes are made from quality materials, intentionally sourced that will last for  years. If they are showing signs of wear DO NOT get rid of your shoes.  Contact me to discuss a repair, refresh or upcycle, priced per project

Retail Price
Retail Price = Material Costs + Labor + Overhead
Materials  required for each pair of shoes is $50. It takes 5 hours to make one  pair of shoes. It requires skilled labor to make shoes. The minimum fair  price for skilled labor is $15/hour.

Conventional Retail Pricing for a sustainable business is based on Keystoning: Retail Price = Cost x 2 in this case $125 X 2 + $250

What does that extra $125 cover?
Facilities costs,  Utilities, Staff & Contractor costs, Marketing costs, Professional  fees, licenses, etc. Taxes, Packaging & shipping supplies, Pop Up  & Display decor, Website maintenance, AND money for me to live. 


Quality Guarantee
Some leathers and skins  just do not want to be shoes. Should you  experience this issue, I will replace or repair your shoes for up to 1  year after purchase. Please notify me via email immediately with a  description and photo documentation of the problem.

TRANSPARENT PRICING

CONSCIOUS BUSINESS PRACTICE

Anne makes an assortment of other accessories in addition to shoes. All are available for purchase.

MEET ROXANNELAVA

The Day I Fell in Love with ... SHOES!
In 1970 I walked past a boutique window in the Chalfont-Haddon Hall Hotel  in Atlantic City, New Jersey and fell in love. The object of my desire –  mauve suede knee-high lace up boots-rounded-toe, boxy heel, black  grommets and laces. Italian, expensive. I could tell the leather was  soft as butter. They reminded me of the boots Nancy Sinatra was singing  about in “These Boots are Made for Walkin'”.  I love that song. I was 8  years old. Sadly our relationship was not meant to be, but my passion  for shoes was born.


Since that day I have appreciated shoes  as an admirer, customer and collector. I have a wide variety of styles  from all sorts of price points. The running theme for me is “bad ass and  beautiful”. I spend most of my time in boots, booties or sandals, but I  have my share of pumps and slingbacks as well.


Several years ago I decided I’d like to  spend the next stage of my life as a shoemaker. Designing and making –  yes, MAKING shoes.  I’ve been a creative and entrepreneur all my life. I  love to build things so shoes seemed to be a natural next step. I  started with strappy sandals made from component parts in 6 hours in  London along with a 2-day shoe design seminar. My next stab was a 7-day  pump making workshop in Ashland, Oregon where I learned to make almost  all of the shoe by hand.  In 2016, I attended a shoe symposium and got  the final piece to the puzzle, suppliers of small quantities for small  batch shops.Type your paragraph here.

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