Made to do the dirty work…
First off, a little background story. I reckon that you probably know the history of how the Penny Loafer got its name; how the preppy Ivy Leaguers used the cut-outs on the saddle across the upper part to hold a penny to use in a phone booth (a concept very hard to explain to our youth today by the way). This was around the 1950s and 60s.
However, taking a step further back, the design actually originates from early 1930s Norway, where Nils Tveranger introduced the Aurland shoe made for Norwegian fishermen and farmers. (Norwegian fisherman and farmers got the Aurland shoe
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