When you value craftsmanship just as much as cutting-edge design, look no further: Leandro Lopes is an independent shoe and ready-to-wear house located firmly at the intersection of quality and style.

Founded in 2015, Lopes’ vision is the formative underpinning of his namesake label to this day.

“My goal has always been to take shoe design to the next level while maintaining the highest time-tested standards when it comes to manufacturing”, says the designer and entrepreneur, who has shoe-making in his DNA. Hailing from a family of Portuguese leatherware manufacturers, he learned the trade in his very early years before he opened his own workshop in 2015 in Portugal’s São João da Madeira where all of the label’s creations are hand-crafted in a traditional and painstakingly accurate manner. “If there’s one thing I’ll never compromise on, it’s quality. It’s an obsession that runs in the family.”

Lopes’ other obsession, delivering tomorrow’s shoes today, comes to life in the label’s directive for unique designs. “I will never follow an existing sneaker trend – my aim is to rather create the next one! There’s no other way”, comments Lopes on his all-or-nothing design process. “Whether it’s silhouettes or materials, I always aim to present the unexpected”. Consequently, the label Leandro Lopes offers an extremely diverse portfolio from re-thought classics like the house’s favorite Faisca sneaker to never-before seen experimental footwear like the Sputnik. While always up for a surprise when it comes to design, there’ll be a few things you can constantly bet on with LL: a lush, luxurious feel, impeccable production and finishing, and a distinctive timelessness even in the house’s most progressive designs.

Unsurprisingly, Leandro Lopes has lately become a mainstay with celebrities like Akon, Offset and Little Baby. Today’s fresh faces, with an eye for trendsetting over following are frequently seen sporting the company’s luxurious creations. Unique streetwear offerings with bonafide roots in technical craftsmanship and fine finishes fill the need today and are poised to make Leandro Lopes a strong trendsetting luxury flagship for the long haul.