Poll-Parrot Shoes for Boys and Girls

Since the 1920s · Saint Louis

Small shoes.Wonderful places.

Timeless leather shoes for growing feet, made for school days, Sunday best and every small adventure between.

The Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow lorikeet perched on a eucalyptus branch

The Rainbow Lorikeet

Navy · lime · tangerine · yellow

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They speak for themselves.

The collection

A flock of colour

Each style is made on its own last and resized in half steps, in standard and wide widths.

The Scarlet Macaw

Red

The Scarlet Macaw

Classic macaw palette: scarlet, royal blue, and gold

The Green-winged Macaw

Green

The Green-winged Macaw

Scarlet body with forest-green wings

The Eclectus

Maroon

The Eclectus

Maroon-red body with royal blue and purple

The Peach-faced Lovebird

Peach

The Peach-faced Lovebird

Grass green and peach-salmon

The Sun Conure

Sunset

The Sun Conure

Electric yellow, blazing orange and leaf green

The Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow

The Rainbow Lorikeet

High-contrast rainbow: navy, lime, tangerine and yellow

The Cockatiel

Warm grey

The Cockatiel

Warm grey, cream-yellow, and burnt-orange cheek

The African Grey

Grey

The African Grey

Soft grey body, white face, scarlet tail accent

The Hyacinth Macaw

Cobalt

The Hyacinth Macaw

Deep cobalt-violet blue with gold accents

The Blue-and-Gold Macaw

Blue & gold

The Blue-and-Gold Macaw

Rich cobalt blue with bright gold

The Crimson Rosella

Crimson

The Crimson Rosella

Crimson, cobalt blue, and dark navy

The house

Made the slow way, for feet that change every season

Leather, chosen slowly

Full-grain calf from tanneries we visit, soft enough to crease on the first afternoon.

Half steps, two widths

Every last is cut in half sizes and in standard and wide, because feet are not averages.

Made to be handed down

Stitched soles, replaceable heels and a finish that survives a second child.

Our history

A century of first steps

Poll-Parrot began with Paul Parrott, a Knoxville shoe man born in Oneida, Tennessee, who kept a parrot in his shop and put the bird on a children's shoe. Saint Louis factories and International Shoe made it a national name. Shoe Money, a radio cruise and Howdy Doody made it a childhood. We still build shoes for growing feet.

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