"Turkish slippers that step straight off the Silk Road
Janet Chisholm produces a line of luxury shoes that is reviving the almost forgotten Turkish craft of handmade slippers.
By Ayla Jean Yackley
Published: December 6, 2006
ISTANBUL: Istanbul's traditional shoemaking district is the warren of streets in Gedikpasa, the area behind the 15th-century Grand Bazaar. The quarter, home to dozens of small factories that mass-produce machine-made shoes, is also the workshop for Hanimefendi, the business of Janet Chisholm, which produces a line of luxury shoes that is reviving the almost forgotten Turkish craft of handmade slippers."
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