Where is Bally made?
Bally's own about page still describes its Scribe shoes as handmade in Switzerland by artisans in Caslano. Swiss public broadcaster SRF and the trade press reported in May 2026 that production in Caslano is ending by the end of August after 175 years, with the last 27 production jobs cut and Italian production already wound down in 2025; no successor manufacturing site has been named. The company has been under a debt-restructuring moratorium since June 2026.
Source · Status as of July 2026
European alternatives
Crockett & Jones
Goodyear-welted shoes designed, developed and made in the family's own Northampton factory since 1879.
↔ Allen Edmonds, Cole Haan
source: crockettandjones.com ↗Künzli
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↔ New Balance
source: kuenzli-swiss.ch ↗Ludwig Reiter
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↔ Allen Edmonds
source: therake.com ↗Paraboot
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↔ Red Wing
source: paraboot.com ↗Santoni
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↔ Allen Edmonds, Alden
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