Founded by Elbert Allen in 1922, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation was sold to Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison in 2006 for $123 million. Allen-Edmonds' shoes stand their ground in the US. Maker of high-end men's dress and casual shoes, boots, belts, leather care goods, and hosiery, Allen-Edmonds makes most of its shoes in Maine and Wisconsin, resisting the trend of moving production abroad. Its shoes are handmade by skilled craftsmen, and Allen-Edmonds is known for its full range of shoe sizes for men. The company also offers a namesake cologne. Its products are sold in more than 25 company-owned stores in the US, Belgium, and Italy, as well as in department stores (Nordstrom), other specialty retailers, online and by catalog.

Sothys USA wants women to be able to wash away the stress of the day so that they can keep their girlish glow alive and well. Sothys USA offers high-end skin care products, including three collections: basic, specialized care, and intensive care. In its licensed salons, trained estheticians create custom skin care programs for individual clients, including spa treatments, classes and workshops and home skin care. The firm also provides sun care, body care, and makeup items. Sothys USA is a subsidiary of Sothys Paris and has had a US presence for more than two decades.

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Secaucus, New Jersey and Dongguan, China. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. designs, sources, and markets a range of fashion footwear and handbags in the United States and internationally. It also designs and markets apparel and accessories through license agreements, as well as private label footwear and handbags for selected retailers. The company's products for men include tailored clothing, dress shirts, dress pants, neckwear, outerwear, sleepwear, underwear, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, fragrance, jewelry, luggage, business cases, socks, and leather goods. It also offers various women’s products, such as sportswear, outerwear, swimwear, sleepwear, leather goods, belts, sunglasses, prescription eyewear, watches, jewelry, fragrance, and luggage. In addition, Kenneth Cole Productions licenses its children’s apparel. It offers its products under the Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Unlisted, Le Tigre, and Gentle Souls brand names, as well as has the rights to use the Bongo trademark for footwear through a license agreement. The company markets its products to approximately 5,700 department and specialty store, and off-price locations, and through its consumer direct business, which includes retail and company stores, and e-commerce.

The Bernardo Brand was born in Montreal. The founder, Stuart Pollack, identified a market in North America for fashions with the same level of design, taste and style found in Europe. The company, named after his son Bernard, began offering designer quality & style at affordable prices. The company signature became trend-right fashions with an international design sensibility. The designs are rich in detail providing modern style & sophistication.In 1995, the company relocated to New York City. Today, Bernardo Fashions offers women's and men's outerwear. The labels include Bernardo, Bernardo Collections, Collection B., and Ashley B by Bernardo, a label named after daughter Ashley.

Crescent Cardboard was founded as the Chicago Matboard Company in 1902 by Charles T. Ozmun, whose descendants still own the company. Crescent Cardboard Company has built a business in an artful way. It makes and markets matboard, mounting board, presentation boards, posterboard, and art papers used in drawing, fine art, framing, and graphic applications. Besides its headquarters, Crescent Cardboard has additional locations in Phoenix, and internationally in Germany, the UK, and China. The company's products are sold in more than 100 countries.

Founded in 1921, Renfro makes hundreds of styles of socks and markets them in North America through department stores, specialty stores, and e-commerce sites. Renfro company's brands and trademarks include Fruit of the Loom, Starter, Fit First, Vassarette, and Ducks Unlimited (licensed in Canada). Renfro makes and markets socks in the southern US, as well as in India, Turkey, Pakistan, and Mexico. The firm distributes its products to customers from facilities based in the US (specifically the Carolinas), Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Renfro also owns classic knee-sock company Bonnie Doon.

Balester's vision of success is by way of customers' less than 20/20 prescription. Balester Optical is a full-service wholesale optical laboratory that specializes in premium and hard-to-fill prescriptions. The company distributes all of the major lens brands, including Hoya, Varilux, and Zeiss as well as a wide range of frames. It serves five New England states through its laboratory in northern Pennsylvania, where it processes both private (RecSpecs) and third-party (e-dr., VSP, VBA, and Vision Source) prescription orders. Balester Optical Company is family owned and operated.

Justin Brands two-stepped away and returned to its cowboy roots. The footwear firm is most well-known as a manufacturer of western boots, but Justin Brands also makes and markets work, safety, and sports footwear. Its western boots come in a variety of exotic leathers, including lizard and ostrich. The company also caters to cowboys and fillies who want to learn more about the West and its culture. It publishes books on Western history and art and Native American culture through its Northland Publishing unit. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns the company alongside its other footwear firm, H.H. Brown Shoe.

J. Choo, which does business as Jimmy Choo, gained its original notoriety from celebs strutting in the strappy soles down Oscar-night carpets and across Fashion Week runways. Still, Choo caters to self-proclaimed divas. The firm designs and manufactures shoes, distributing them through about 30 of its own standalone stores and some 150 high-end retail outlets. During the company's first buyout in 2001, Mr. Choo lost his toehold as chief designer. TowerBrook Capital Partners and Jimmy Choo management bought out Lion Capital's lion's share of Jimmy Choo for more than $364 million in February 2007.

"Since the company began in 1994," says Marianne Bertrand, President and founder of Muttluks Inc. Muttluks makes and distributes booties, and now coats, exclusively for dogs. The boots, which are sold in the US, Canada, and Europe, come in a variety of styles, fabrics, and sizes. Products may be purchased in pet specialty stores and on the company's Web site. Although some observers roll their eyes at the sight, owners who really want to pamper their canine pals can be found at the other end of the leash from a puppy proudly prancing on protected paws.

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