/* Connecting The Dots */
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JANUARY 11, 2021 - WE ARE ALBRIANI.
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DECEMBER 31, 2021 - We closed our best year thus far!
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 - Having fun!
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MARCH 26, 2021 - We get our Instagram account back!
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MARCH 4, 2021 - WHOLESALE AVAILABLE
/* We started connecting with boutiques again and got back to Wholesale. */
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JANUARY 1st, 2021 - GROWING OUR TEAM
/*We started growing our team, Covid wasn’t going to hold us back.*/
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DECEMBER 7, 2021 - Our Instagram account gets banned.
/* We messaged people about our shoes, Instagram didn’t like that, we were blocked...*/
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NOVEMBER 26, 2021 - Broke a sales record.
/* Our customers showed us so much love, I was so nervous that no one was going to buy anything with the current situation in the world, COVID did a lot of damage. I see light at the end of the tunnel */
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NOVEMBER 4, 2020 - NEW COLLECTION LAUNCHED!
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 - COVID took one of the very best. Luis Alfonso Aldana Barrera.
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JANUARY 20, 2020 - COVID Forced us to shut down our factory for 7 months.
/* We were hurting. The world was hurting. */
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JANUARY 6, 2020 - NEW Collections
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NOVEMBER 30, 2019 - The collection keeps getting bigger.
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NOVEMBER 2, 2019 - I opened up about my father. It’s bigger than shoes.
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OCTOBER 2, 2019 - Dropped our best Selling colorway.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 - Gentleman’s Ride 2019, another one in the books. Raising awareness for Mental Illness and Prostate Cancer.
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JANUARY 1st, 2019 - FOCUS ONLINE + NEW COLLECTIONS
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DECEMBER 9, 2018 - Open our by Appointment only Showroom.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 - Raising awareness for Mental health & Cancer at Gentleman’s ride
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FEBRUARY 28, 2018 - Caballero and Albriany Factory merge and we launched Albriany Factory LLC to go full e-commerce factory-to-consumer model.
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FEBRUARY 12, 2018 - Attended our last Tradeshow. NEW FOCUS. ONLINE.
/* It was a big disappointment, very few people attended this trade show. At that moment I decided to move forward with Online and start connecting directly with our customers.*/
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 - Raising awareness for Mental health & Cancer at Gentleman’s ride
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AUGUST 31, 2017 - Gary Vee shows some love!
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AUGUST 24, 2017 - Launched our NEW Chelsea Boots!
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AUGUST 14, 2017 - BACK IN VEGAS BABY! ANOTHER TRADE SHOW!
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AUGUST 8, 2017 - We attend IFLS (International Footwear & Leather Shoe) in Colombia.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2017 - Caballero Wear in Las Vegas for another Trade Show!
/* If you want to start your own brand I made a video about what is a trade show Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt5oUOhkG6I */
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JANUARY 25, 2017 - We did CAPSULE Trade Show in NYC
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OCTOBER 18, 2016 - We did the LA Men’s Market trade show.
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SEPTEMBER 25th, 2016 - Caballero participates with @Geltlemansride to support and raise awareness about Male Suicide and Prostate Cancer.
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AUGUST 15, 2016 - We attended our first trade show Capsule in Las Vegas.
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AUGUST 13, 2016 - We head out to Vegas for our first Trade Show.
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MAY 25, 2016 - Lost my dad, this ignited the fire even more.
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JANUARY 24, 2014 - Jose gave Caballero his blessing
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DECEMBER 4, 2013 - We opened our Showroom and shared our day with some awesome people!
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2013 - Fabrica de calzado Albriany opened their doors to Caballero Wear.
/* When we first started the only way to make our shoes was by having different workshops do different stages of the shoe. One cut the shoe, the other stitched the sole, the other one made the sole. I was struggling with the process for making our shoes, I found a factory that could make our slippers with leather soles and keep manufacturing them in one place. A dream come true! */
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2013 - I got a job at Michael Kors.
/* I learned a lot. Below are pictures taken during my lunch break. */
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OCTOBER 4th, 2012 - We Sold our first pair!
Seconds after our website was launched, we sold our Aqua Lizaro slippers to Evan Gomez for a special day. His wedding.
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SEPTEMBER 6th, 2012 - Michael Kors Blessing
Caballero participated in Fashion Week NYC where Michael Kors loved our shoes and said “ Continue creating things that people will remember.”
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2012 - The First Collection
The first Caballero collection was made and we loved it. We weren’t the only ones.
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2012 - Ask for help
I asked my father Alejandro for help, he joined our vision and knocked on 100 doors and helped us materialize our first collection. Having the opportunity to create something with my dad was a dream.
/* We had no idea how to make shoes and that didn't stopped us.*/
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AUGUST 22, 2012 - Our First Instagram Post
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2012 - The Name
My business partner Ivan, and I chose Caballero (gentleman in Spanish) as our ethos for our brand. Our mission was to help men become the best version of themselves and we started that journey with footwear.
/* We started with slippers, the del toro slippers I wanted were $450, a price that was out of my budget. We choose to make them instead. */
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DECEMBER 2, 2011 - How Caballero Wear was started.
/* It started with Brandon Marshall giving me free game to step up the way I looked and by Angel Ramos a guy who made a great first impression. Full video explaining it below. */