Penelope Chilvers

While living in Barcelona, Penelope Chilvers enjoyed riding in her lunch break in the national park of Collserola in the hills above the city wearing traditional Spanish riding boots.She pursued the idea of bringing the Spanish riding boot to England and commissioned a small number of traditional artisans in the hills of Spain to make the perfect equestrian boot – our Long Tassel boot – to her own specifications. This boot remains a firm favourite in the collection, most famously worn back in 2004 by Prince William’s then girlfriend, Kate Middleton. Kate, the Princess of Wales continues to wear her boots to this day, most recently on the Royal Tours of Canada and India.