In any island affair, all black slippahs are equivalent to dress shoes. Elmer Scott created this standard for your feet since the 1940's.
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Scott Hawaii had its start in 1932 after founders Elmer and Jean Scott moved across the Pacific pond to the Territory of Hawaii by way of Marblehead, Massachusetts. With a history of shoe makers in the Scott family, it didn't take them long to set up shop on Hawaii as manufacturers of footwear. Scott's first endeavor were steel-toed rubber boots for the plantation workers in the sugarcane and pineapple fields. But when WWII started, supplies became short and only companies producing goods for the U.S. military were given priority to these materials. So to meet these new needs, Scott Hawaii redirected their focus and began working on "casual" footwear, which they sold to the military exchanges.
The flip-flops or “slipper” (commonly pronounced "Slippah") were born as a direct descendant from the Japanese zori flat sandal. Elmer Scott is thought as one of the fathers of the modern slippah, who put the Western spin on the Eastern zori by creating a Left and Right foot. This helped to modernize the slippah. All this from Elmer's little Honolulu cobbler shop. And when the first generation of slippahs hit the
err sand running, Hawaii greeted it with welcoming feet.
Today, Scott Hawaii has stayed true to its quality slippahs and family values passed down from Elmer and Jean Scott. Keeping with the Ohana tradition, Steve Scott (Son), now runs Scott Hawaii with his two sons.
And the Aloha spirit of Scott Slippahs continues on.
