car shoe type subsidiary industry fashion founded 1963 headquarters milan italy parent prada website www.carshoe.com the original car shoe or simply car shoe is a high fashion brand owned by prada . 1 contents 1 early years 2 prada takeover 3 stores 4 references 5 external links 6 notes early years edit car shoe was founded in 1963 by gianni mostile . the brand soon became best known for its signature moccasin which feature tiny rubber nubs . the brand earned a patent from the italian ministry of industry and trade and its advocates included giovanni agnelli u.s. president john f. kennedy 2 and roberto rossellini . prada takeover edit in 2001 car shoe was assimilated by prada which soon opened stores in milan and capri in the next two years and introduced the line into over 200 major boutiques internationally . prada launched car shoe s first bags in 2004 . car shoe s traditional driving shoe is now available in a wide range of colours and leathers and even in a new children s collection . under prada s control car shoe sales have seen much growth . its 2005 turnover of 17 million euros 21 million represented a remarkable 180 % surge in sales from 6 million euros 7.5 million in 2004 and its sales increased by 33 % in 2008 compared to the previous year . according to fashion wire daily car shoe is one of six most copied labels in the chinese capital . stores edit the company currently has its own unique stores in milan rome capri dubai hong kong and singapore . it is planning on opening new stores in italy other countries in europe the far east and new york in the near future . references edit fashion wired daily fashion and runaway external links edit official website notes edit rachel sanderson prada sales increase 30 % ft.com car shoe opens new milan flagship . retrieved 2 october 2010 . this italian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the original car shoe & oldid 737833435 categories shoe brandsitalian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 08 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view