Our story began in 1825 in Street, Somerset, when Cyrus Clark opened a tannery manufacturing leather goods, his brother James working alongside him. Among the sheepskin rugs, James had a flash of inspiration: to use the off-cuts to create slippers – minimising waste, maximising ingenuity, and defining the next 200 years of shoemaking. Every Clarks shoe since our very first pair uses this distinctive combination of innovation and craftsmanship, sustaining all that we do.