About Us

It's 1960, before Led Zeppelin, before Jonny Rotten and before The Beatles...

Scorpio is born.

With £40 in his pocket and fresh out of national service a young man by the name of Ken set off from his humble beginnings in North-east England on a journey across the country in his father's old banger. After being turned away from nearly every shoe manufacturer in Northamptonshire and ready to throw in the towel, he found himself in a large mahogany waiting room. With rows of important-looking portraits staring menacingly down upon him a large man with a huge smile on his face burst into the room and asked him what he wanted.

As theatrical as it sounded, Ken left the building, grinning from ear to ear
as he'd just bought his first batch of shoes. From here in 1960 - the same year
that Dr Martens launched the now famous 1460 boot - Scorpio came into being,
opening a succession of retail stores across it's native North-east.
With a move into high fashion shoes, Scorpio dodged the recession
that hit the industry and gained popularity with the alternative subcultures
throughout the 70's and 80's. Striving to promote self-expression, Scorpio became a
hotbed for a long line of cultural renegades seeking to
assert their independence, uniqueness and individuality.

Almost 50 years on from that first day Scorpio has become
a leading fashion shoe retailer and recently been voted
by The Guardian as the best independent shoe store
in the North of England. Scorpio has now launched this
website in order to further expand its ethos and to bring its
unique brand of fashion to both you and the world.