CHILE SUMMER 2014/15
INTERNATIONAL
THE SOLE OF AUSTRALIA
IN 1939 AN AUSTRALIAN FOOTWEAR INSTITUTION WAS BORN WHEN AUSSIE TENNIS LEGEND ADRIAN QUIST WON THE DAVIS CUP IN A PAIR OF BORROWED BOAT SHOES. INSPIRED, HE TOOK THE SHOES BACK TO HIS JOB AT THE DUNLOP RUBBER FACTORY AND WENT ABOUT EMULATING THE BOAT SHOES’ UNIQUE ‘HERRINGBONE’ GRIP IN A SHOE PURPOSE BUILT FOR TENNIS. THE VOLLEY WAS BORN AND BECAME THE TENNIS SHOE OF CHOICE FOR A DYNASTY OF AUSTRALIAN TENNIS CHAMPIONS.
ROLL ON TO 1976 WHEN MARK EDMONSON WON THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN WEARING A PAIR OF INTERNATIONALS AND VOLLEY SEALED A PLACE IN HISTORY AS THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN SPORTS SHOE. NOT ONLY DID THIS OCCASION PUT VOLLEY IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, IT MARKED A TURNING POINT THAT WOULD SEE VOLLEY TRANSCEND SPORTING GREATNESS AND ENTER THE AUSTRALIAN PSYCHE AS A POP CULTURE ICON.
AUSTRALIANS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WERE STARTING TO DISCOVER THE BENEFITS OF THIS HUMBLE HOMEGROWN SHOE. WHAT WAS ONCE A SPORTS SHOE BECAME IDEAL FOR ALL TYPES OF OCCASIONS; SPORTS, STREET, WEEKEND, LEISURE, EVEN WORK.
COMFORT, GRIP AND UNDERSTATED STYLE MADE VOLLEY AS EASY TO WEAR ON THE COURT, TO THE BEACH, TO FESTIVALS, TO NAVIGATING THE SOMETIMES-SLIPPERY FLOORS OF A COFFEE SHOP. VOLLEYS HAVE GRACED THE FEET OF ROCK LEGENDS, SUPERMODELS, HIPSTERS, STUDENTS, BARISTAS AND KIDS ALIKE. SPORTED BY AUSTRALIANS AGED FROM NINE TO NINETY, NEVER BEFORE HAS THERE BEEN A SHOE WITH SUCH BROAD RANGING APPEAL. VOLLEY TRULY IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL AUSTRALIAN ICON.
VOLLEY IS THE SOLE OF AUSTRALIA. VOLLEY LAUNCHES IN AUSTRALIA THE SAME YEAR SLICED BREAD IS INTRODUCED TO THE COUNTRY. THE VOLLEY HIGH LEAP IS RELEASED. 1939 1973 1971 1975
THE ICONIC VOLLEY INTERNATIONAL EVONNE GOOLAGONG WINS IS RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME. WIMBLEDON WEARING TWENTY MILLION PAIRS LATER, VOLLEYS, AND THE S.S. IS SO THE VOLLEY REMAINS AUSTRALIA’S POPULAR THAT IT IS WORN NUMBER 1 SPORTS SHOE. BY 90% OF THE PLAYERS AT WIMBLEDON. FRED SEGAL CONVEYOR AND VOLLEY COLLABORATE FOR A SHOP IN SHOP.
VOLLEY PARTNERS WITH AUSTRALIAN CONCEPT STORE B_SPACE IN NYC
COLLABORATION WITH SIMON MILLER ON JAPANESE DENIM VOLLEYS
AC/DC’S ANGUS YOUNG ROCKS THE STAGE IN VOLLEYS. 1980s 2012 2011 2013
VOLLEY LAUNCHES IN THE THE ICONIC VOLLEY SAND UNITED STATES. SHOE INTRODUCES ITSELF TO THE BEACHES OF CALIFORNIA WITH A POP-UP AT THE INSIGHT VENICE BEACH STORE.
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