The other day I was wearing my silver Jack Rogers sandals to work and my friend from West Palm Beach asked me about them. I told her I bought them online and she told me about a long time battle between Jack Rogers and Stephen Bonanno. Being a Florida girl, I am very surprised I have never heard this!
I'm sure you all have heard how Jackie O wore her Jack Rogers sandals all the time, but according to Palm Beach shoe designer, Stephen Bonnano, she was actually wearing his shoes! I had to look into this story and found so many sources reporting that to be true, which really was surprising to me! Apparently, Stephen Bonanno, is the true designer of these sandals and everything else is a knockoff!
I've had Jack Rogers sandals for as long as I can remember and to me they are the comfiest pair of sandals ever! I have worn my pairs until they break. Now that I fould out about this feud, I want to check out the Stephen Bonnano sandals to see how different they really are! They are certainly in the same price range and I just read that you can custom make the sandals however you like! Any color combination or even leather that you bring in yourself can be used! Also- Lilly Pulitzer's grand daughters are frequent visitors of the factory in West Palm beach as well. Seems like it is worth a day trip to WPB especially since my Jack Rogers sandals has seen way better days. Can also be a birthday gift to myself ;)
Have you ever worn Stephen Bonnano sandals or do you swear by Jack Rogers?
