Tracking Northampton's Shoemaking Revival

Northampton's rich shoe history is no secret and the town's shoe-making past continues to gain recognition from around the world. The Wall Street Journal has today published an article which encompasses the variety of high-end Northamptonshire-based factories who continue to have global impact within the fashion industry. Northampton is proud of its heritage and our students and it is a real privilege for us to have this on our doorstep; we can quite literally take a walk in history's shoes! 

"I don't think the Northampton brand will ever go away...If you are Italian and you like shoes, you've heard of Northampton."  

Nicolas Cooper, The Wall Street Journal (6th March, 2014)

The Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

In Welcome Week, the first year Fashion Marketing students were given the opportunity to visit the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery to see for themselves the vast shoe collection that the museum holds as a testament to Northampton's shoe history. The students were also able to go inside the museum's shoe archive and handle shoes from centuries passed.


This year, the first year Fashion Marketing students have also benefited from a tannery tour at the University's Leather Centre and a valuable leather marketing talk from visiting Professor Mike Redwood, a specialist marketing consultant for the leather industry.





Visiting Professor Mike Redwood