Designer Alexia Aubert founded Jacques Solovière in 2014, naming the label after her grandfather and building it around the elegant, understated style she remembered from him, at a moment when chunky designer sneakers were dominating luxury footwear. The brand sticks to a narrow range (derbys, loafers and boots) rather than chasing trend pieces, and production runs through ateliers in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. It marked ten years in business in 2024, still working from that same original idea of pared-back, classic shapes.