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Brand profile
DiVERGE
Portuguese label making handcrafted, fully customizable made-to-order sneakers, with B Corp certification and youth-design social programmes.
LisbonOrigin
UnisexFocus
Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle
$$$Price
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What to know about DiVERGE
DiVERGE is a Lisbon-based footwear label founded by João Esteves and Maria Neves that makes handcrafted, made-to-order sneakers in Portugal. Customers configure models such as Twist Low, Twist High and Ziggy panel by panel, including the dot over the brand's "i". The company is B Corp certified and runs its Imagine programme, training young people from underserved Lisbon neighbourhoods to design sneakers and sharing the revenue, plus a partnership with outsider-art studio MANICÓMIO. It stays deliberately small, operating asset-light with partner factories and a direct-to-consumer model.
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Brand facts
- Founded
- 2018
- Origin
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Made in
- Portugal
- Price
- $$$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Styles
- Minimalist / Contemporary, Streetwear