Vintage BALLY of SWITZERLAND Dark Brown Slip on Parawet 。BALLY SWITZERLAND CONTINENTALS ALBANO MEN\'S PURE LEATHER LUXURY LOAFER Bally (fashion house) Bally is a Swiss luxury fashion house established in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally and his brother Fritz. Historically known for its shoes, the brand also produces bags, accessories, and ready-to-wear. Rhuigi Villaseñor was its creative director 2022-2023. Bally was founded as a shoe-making business in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally and his brother Fritz in the basement of their family home in Schönenwerd, Solothurn, Switzerland. Carl Franz Bally had joined the family business, a silk ribbon manufacturer, when he was 17, but decided to go into shoe manufacturing after a stay in Paris. After Carl\'s death in 1899, the company continued under the management of Carl\'s sons, Eduard and Arthur[2], and continued to manufacture about two million pairs of shoes a year, employing 3,200 people Modern era In 2008, TPG Capital sold Bally International AG to Vienna-based Labelux Group, a luxury goods holding firm that previously owned Jimmy Choo Ltd, and was founded by the German billionaire Reimann family as part of the family’s investment arm Joh A. Benckiser. Boutiques As of January 2020, Bally\'s retail network includes 311 boutiques, with 500 multi-brand points of sale spanning 66 countries