The first pair of HAVAIANAS was born in 1962. It was inspired by the Zori, typical Japanese sandals made of fabric straps and rice straw soles. It is for this reason that the footbed of all HAVAIANAS has a textured rice pattern, one of its many unmistakable features. Over the past 50 years, HAVAIANAS have spread like wildfire abroad, Hawaii, Australia, France, and many more. Foreigners bought them where they could to take them home. The sandals were featured in articles in articles in important magazines and newspapers worldwide as well as in some of the hippest shopping windows in existence. Nowadays, they can be found in more than 60 countries, and of course, online at 80's Purple.