The Bite Magazine Issue 17

SEBAGO Live Your Best With 70 years under their belt, Cristina Lloyd joins US footwear brand in celebrating the ‘Live Your Best’ collection of archived and new styles. I t’s hard to believe that Sebago has just celebrated their 70 th anniversary, yet the shoe brand’s history can be traced back to 1946 when it was established in answer to a demand for quality, casual footwear. At that time, the owner had five independent shoe stores in Maine, United States and was determined to keep his stores stocked so he partnered with two local business- men and created a handsewn footwear factory. Sebago Classic beefroll penny loafer, the original shoe they designed, is made exactly in the same way it was back then which is ‘handsewn with the finest craftsmanship’. In New England, United States, it is said that getting to the river is just a car drive away and therefore its inhabitants are always seeking it out for recreation, water sports, and gor- geous sunsets. You may be thinking that ‘Sebago’ is an Italian or Spanish phrase but in fact it is the name of a lake, Sebago Lake to be exact, a large and majestic