Put your brand on a shoe worth keeping
Branded merchandise usually ends up in a drawer. A pair of handmade leather vellies gets worn for years and asked about. If you are going to put your logo on something, put it on that.
- Pressed into the leather, not printed
- Sample before the full run
- Made in South Africa
What your logo looks like on the leather
The logo is debossed: pressed into the hide with a heated die, so there is no print to crack or peel. It darkens slightly with the leather as the pair is worn in.
The panel on the heel counter is where most logos sit. Deep enough to read, small enough to stay a shoe rather than a billboard.
Wordmark and emblem together, pressed into the hide. Works for logos with fine detail as long as the artwork is a clean vector.
No wording, just the mark. The simplest logos press the cleanest and stay legible as the leather wears in.
Logo placements shown on our standard chukka. Your own artwork is proofed on a sample pair before any run is made.
What we can brand
Debossed or embossed logo
Your mark pressed into the leather itself, usually on the heel counter, tongue or side panel. No print to peel, and it ages with the hide.
Custom leather colourway
A run made in your brand colours rather than the standard leather for that style.
Branded box and packaging
Your box, tissue, dust bag or card insert, which matters when the pair is being handed over as a gift.
Brand-colour laces, stitching or sole
The subtler option: your colours as an accent, without changing the upper leather.
These combine. A common corporate order is a standard leather with a debossed logo, brand-colour welt stitching and a branded box.
How it works
Roughly what you want, how many, and when. The form below is enough to start.
Options, pricing and a realistic lead time for that quantity.
You send your logo. We confirm size, placement and how it will sit on the leather.
We make a sample for your sign-off before the full order is produced.
Pricing, minimum quantities and lead times depend on what is being branded and how many, so we quote per order rather than publishing one figure.
Start an enquiryWho this is for
- Corporate gifting and client thank-yous
- Staff kit and uniform, especially for lodges, wine farms and hospitality
- Conference and event giveaways where you want the item kept
- Co-branded retail runs with another brand
Why a shoe rather than a bottle or a cap
Durability is the brand message. Our pairs are hand-stitched to a welt rather than glued, so the thing carrying your logo is still in use in five years instead of in landfill in five months. For companies with anything to say about sustainability, a long-lasting, locally made product does the talking without a claim attached.
It also lands differently as a gift. A recipient knows roughly what a good pair of leather shoes costs.
Enquire about branded orders
Prefer email? Write to hello@sa-vellies.co.za. If you would rather sell our range under our own label than brand your own, become a reseller. Questions about the shoes themselves are answered in the FAQ.