Shoes have increasingly become the center of attention when it comes to fashion, from Christian Louboutin’s now iconic red soles to limited-edition Air Jordans. Chronicling the history of footwear ...

Bata has launched its annual fashion show, Bata Fashion Weekend 2019, in celebration of its 125th anniversary. The event took place in Prague, the birthplace of Bata, on 13 – 14 April at the Zofin ...

Two weeks before her death, on February 20th at the age of 91, Sonja Bata added one last pair of 18th-century heels to her collection of more than 13,000 shoes – a trove, spanning 4,500 years of ...

“There are adaptations, but actual world-changing innovation is a lot less common than we might want to believe,” said Elizabeth Semmelhack, senior curator of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. The ...

Sonja Bata believed shoes were more than just an accessory to match an outfit before they were tossed out. They told important stories about humans and culture, she would say. Each pair of shoes at ...

For the first time in Bata’s 126-year history, an Indian will lead the firm to ‘shoe the world’. Sandeep Kataria, 49, who is currently Bata India’s CEO, has been elevated as global CEO of the company, ...