Etnies
Etnies was founded in 1986 from a collaboration between the French fashion shoe company Rauturea Apple and French skateboarder Alain “Platoon” Montagnet. In 1988 Pierre André Senizergues started designing shoes such as the very popular lo-cut and skating for Etnies. Senizergues had a dream to move to California and skate. In 1985 he made the move and by 1989 he had began distributing Etnies in the U.S., and later gained control of the Etnies brand.