Paraboot is a brand of shoes and boots made in France at a factory in Saint-Jean-de-Moirans, Isère. Paraboot began in Izeaux in 1908 and remains a family business, currently in the fourth generation.[1][2] Esquire magazine called its Michael derby ”perhaps the most reliably stylish shoe of all time.”[3]
Exports make up 50% of sales.[4] Paraboot is retailed by J. Crew,[5] Nordstrom, Noah, Todd Snyder,[6]