The history of the creation of the Lana Vita brand began in 2003. There was a problem of how to ensure the life of children with products that do not threaten the life, health, and safety of children. I wanted to give better, useful, ecologically clean, natural products and not only food. One of the items is shoes. Having familiarized ourselves, not much, with the concepts of "foot" and "skin", we learned a lot of interesting and useful things. There is a huge amount of nerve endings, muscles, joints, etc. on the foot. Through the skin, as substances are removed from the body, so they penetrate. Naturally, we didn't really want harmful substances to enter our bodies and children's bodies, for example, toxic glue, poorly painted materials, fumes from chemicals used in the manufacture of shoes. Also, one of our requirements is that shoes should be soft, pleasant, and light. In addition to useful functions, shoes should be comfortable. I went through the shoes that were on the market in Ukraine, they understood what was needed, what they would do. They remembered the good old valenkas. The distant Soviet times of mutual friendship between the 3 states came to an end, and the production of felt boots remained outside of Ukraine. I had to bring factory felt boots from Belarus.
After a couple of years, we encountered that felt shoes from Belarus are not the best option either. During production, factory boots lose their value. For wool, not natural substances are used, but acids.
Wool it is simply compressed and over time the boots spread, they become hard very quickly, but they shrink a lot from moisture. These and other factors did not suit us in the production of factory felts. And we again went "wandering" in search of the perfect shoe. One of the solutions is own production of felt shoes in Ukraine. This is very hard physical work, piled wool, difficulty with quality material and sales, the product is seasonal. It was difficult to gather men ready for hard, physical work. For a woman, wool will be piled according to GOST standards, the required thickness and density are very difficult. Felt shoes must be well protected by special objects, which makes felt boots battered. If you make felt shoes with the help of soap and water and do not use chemicals or acids, the process is long and difficult. But! The result is worth it. The result is very good quality woolen shoes. Soft, warm, and the main one with all the themes, amazing qualities that are characteristic of natural wool, about which so many good, useful things have been written.
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