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Interview


angle to anyone else. I have neither heritage nor traditional craſt, but I grew up under the spell of hip-hop. Take that old and make it new. Be fresh to death. Have no fear of authority or tradition.” Marc’s philosophy may sound simple


enough but he had learned from an early age about going ‘against the grain’. When he was 15, he went to his schools careers office to take a primary, secondary and tertiary industry test. Tis would determine if one was a manufacturer, inventor or a services type. It was determined he fell into the services category. “Te best my careers teacher could offer was to arrange an interview at Sainsbury’s. I had studied physics, computers, metalwork and French, I wasn’t going to waste all that stacking shelves.” While there he read about a Business of Fashion course at the London College of Fashion and decided to apply for that instead. “I couldn’t believe there was a whole college just for fashion. Tis was 1985 and fashion to us were Fila and Sergio Tacchini,” he laughs, “Did they teach you how to make tracksuits?” Born and raised in Croydon, to an English


mother and Jamaican father, Marc recalls how his shoe obsession was influenced by his family. His mother would oſten take him shopping to buy Italian shoes whilst his Jamaican uncles


taught him about how to dress an outfit with a stunning pair of brogues and silk socks. When he was 18, he saved up to buy his first pair of Gucci shoes and says that people began treating him differently. Marc recognised from then on that quality shoes made the man. His unique approach, artistic flair and


business acumen has certainly risen the bar in British shoe design but the 42-year-old admits that he is constantly learning each day about the craſt. “You never stop looking for ways to be better even if you are the leading brand, because someone else will definitely be out there trying to get a bigger piece of the pie,” he expresses. “My brand is very personal and I believe it is very honest. I make what I want and what I need. To me, everyone else is making jazz standards and I am cooking up exotic beats in the lab. Each shoe I make gets named aſter a hero of mine, so authors, producers, film makers, legendary Soho thinkers and engineers have all featured.” As for the future, the Mr. Hare brand is set


to elevate to greater heights with a women’s footwear line, online store and luxury accessories in the pipeline. “People may look at my store and think, ‘he


has made it’, but in actual fact I have just given myself a higher ledge to fall off! But for now, I am just happy perfecting my shoe game.”


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