WELCOME TO THE LEGENDARY SHOP OF

STAVROS MELISSINOS
"THE POET SANDAL-MAKER OF ATHENS"
A crossroad of poetry, art and home of the ancient craftsmanship of sandal-making.

Take away the Glories and the Honours
The granite palaces of this vain world
And only give me the smile of Pain the tear of Joy
And I will erect a thousand palaces in me in which to live.
S. Melissinos (Athenian Rubaiyat)

The Poet reciting one of his poems in English - in Greek

These are the chairs where THE BEATLES sat (John Lenon's chair on the far right).

EXPERIENCE LIFE AS A MODERN APHRODITE
OR A NEWLY BORN APOLLO.

.wear your hand made (from start to finish) leather sandals, created by Stavros Melissinos and then hit the road that leads to Mount Olympus - home of the Gods and their modern counterparts (today's international celebrities), who've been wearing Melissinos' sandals for 50 years now.

Peter O'Tool (in the center) wearing a pair of Melissinos' sandals in this William Shakespeare production of The National Theatre, from the 1970s.

This is a photocopy of Barbara Streisand 's Travellers Cheque. Her favourite #1 Style (“Spartan”) -which she bought on Sept. 9th, 1989- had also been Jackie O’s favouriteStyle..

WELCOME TO THE LEGENDARY SHOP OF

STAVROS MELISSINOS "THE POET SANDAL-MAKER OF ATHENS" A crossroad of poetry, art and home of the ancient craftsmanship of sandal-making.

STAVROS MELISSINOS
"THE POET SANDAL-MAKER OF ATHENS"
A crossroad of poetry, art and home of the ancient craftsmanship of sandal-making.