Who designed Ghillie shoes

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

"It is interesting to note that in addition to a wide variety of lacings, "Scotch" shoes were designed in 1928 by Andrew M. Gillis, who was the owner of Gillis and Sons, Wax Lace Makers Ltd., trading from No. 24, Ladysmith Road, Birmingham, England. The Gillis Wax Lace Company (1934) Ltd., sold the shoe making rights to The Celtic Shoe Company of Wolverhampton in 1935, but retained the exclusive contract to provide laces for the shoes, now called "Ghillies" (it is thought that this change of name was due to a misspelling of the name of the original makers, Gillis).Originally the laces were offered in a choice of four colours: black, red, green, and white. By the 1950s only black or white laces appear in the Gillis Wax Lace Company (1934) Ltd. catalogue. In 1967 the Gillis patent on long white laces expired. This coincided with a decline in the manufacture of high top basketball shoes, and the Gillis Wax Lace Company (1934) Ltd. which had been founded by Jonathan Gillis in 1796, was forced to close its doors, another fine English firm brought to its knees by changing fashions in the modern world."

Excerpted from the July, 1996 issue of SHOE FASTENINGS MAGAZINE from the article "Lost Laces of England" (number six in a series) by Horton Goodchild.

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