"Diegos® traditional light brown espadrilles | Authentic & original These authentic and rare espadrilles are entirely hand crafted, like the ones back in the 1920's before the arrival of vulcanization and rubber soles. The sole is hand stitched by Vicente, nicknamed ''El borracho \", one of the last alpargateros (espadrille artisans) in northern Spain. The soles made of braided jute rope, are shaped and then hand sewn with a punch on a custom designed artisan wood bench . We ship from NY on