It had to be made in "Elnias", a large tannery producing shoes. The accent was made considering all leather technologies and fashion of that time. This is where the high platform – the aluminium sole nailed with brass nails – comes from. Copper-made “leather prefabs” composing the shoe are also made without mistakes. Shoelaces are made from aluminium wires specially twisted for that purpose – this is a “creative contribution” of the company’s employees.
Fashions changed and Batas was given a second life: it was repaired and on the initiative of owners, moved to another shoe shop. The shop is gone but Batas stands quietly, squeezed in the corner of the pedestrian boulevard ...
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