Frederick Freed

Frederick Freed (born 1899) was a British shoemaker, the founder of Freed of London, the manufacturer of pointe shoes and other dance shoes and apparel.

Frederick Freed was born in the East End of London in 1899, the son of a sample shoemaker.[1]

In 1929, Freed left Gamba, where he had been making ballet shoes, and opened a store and workshop in St Martin's Lane, employing his wife and an assistant. After a few years the business needed larger premises, and manufacturing was moved to a small factory in nearby Endell Street.[2][3]

Freed and his wife retired in 1968.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "History - Pointe Shoes". Freed-pointeshoes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "History - Pointe Shoes". Freed-pointeshoes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Freed of London". Freedoflondon.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "History - Pointe Shoes". Freed-pointeshoes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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