El Dantes Vintage Wooden Platform Cowhide Leather Sandals

Chic leather sandals by El Dantes. Made in Spain. Wooden cut out platform Lightly padded insole Cowhide tan leather Light signs of wear One of the laces broken,it’s still holding on the on the string underneath,can be stitched or cut off shorter Platform 1 3/8” 4 2/8” heels About brand Spanish brand that was at its height in the mid to late nineties. A 1998 NYT article about the Spanish making a name for themselves in the shoe industry includes a quote from the brand manager. I also came across a 2021 Rolling Stone article about Janet Jackson auctioning off her outfit from the Scream music video, which includes a pair of El Dantes boots. So they must've been fairly popular in the nineties. A few brands recreated these sandals,but there is nothing like the original The leather in the new sandals is not the same. El Dantes used cowhide leather which now only high end brands are using