The Kenneth Cole Shoe, Elegance, Style and Function

Everyone is need of a shoe that is elegant, stylish and functional at the same time, the Kenneth Cole Shoe offers that and more. Having been designing and manufacturing footwear since 1985, Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc is sure to continue to be one of the leading brands in the fashion and business industry of quality footwear.

The shoe is an essential part of our everyday lives, it is not just an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities, and it has also done a great deal in shaping cultures. Through the ages, designing foot wear has always been dictated by function, in recent times fashion goes hand in hand. Men have sought shoes that can be elegant, stylish and functional at the same time. Those are present and more in a Kenneth Cole shoe.

A Kenneth Cole shoe is more than just a piece of footwear; it is the result of a vision of giving the world a tasteful yet practical shoe that you can wear for all occasions. A Kenneth Cole shoe is manufactured by the American fashion house Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. It was founded on September of 1982 and planned to showcase the Kenneth Cole shoe at the Hilton Hotel during market week. It was originally known as Kenneth Cole Incorporated, Finding that he could not afford to pay for a hotel room or showroom to display the Kenneth Cole shoe; he rented a truck and asked the mayor’s office for consent to park two blocks away from the Hilton Hotel in front of a shoe building. Upon learning that permits were only granted to utility companies and production companies shooting full-length motion pictures, Cole changed the name of the company to Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. and applied for a permit to shoot a video that was entitled “The Birth of a Shoe Company”.

The Kenneth Cole shoe has such a great impact on the fashion and business industry that house Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. It has been included on Forbes annual list of 200 Best Small Companies four times after it went public. The 1^st store was opened at Columbus Avenue in Manhattan in 1985. It was shortly followed by another store to sell the Kenneth Cole shoe. Now there are company and retail stores to be found internationally, countries in which the Kenneth Cole shoe is available in are Mexico, Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Israel, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Australia and South Africa just to name a few.

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc has been manufacturing the Kenneth Cole shoe line for both men and women with the same elegance and style. The clothing line is as fashionable as footwear as well, as also a line of accessories under the Kenneth Cole Reaction Line. Overall,

Kenneth Cole Productions sells clothing and accessories under the following lines: Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, and Unlisted. Kenneth Cole now operates in excess of 90 retail and outlet stores internationally, and sells in catalogs and websites.

Though Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc have experienced a lot of controversy concerning their advertising and marketing slogans and videos over the years, The Kenneth Cole shoe will continue to be one  of the leading brand of footwear in the market today. Kenneth Cole is truly a modern genius.

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