--- title: A STORY OF FRIENDS (& SHOES) description: Three years ago, I was walking in the streets of Toulouse with my friend... this is the story of the beginning of the brand Ball Pagès. image: https://blog.ball-pages.com/hubfs/ball-pages-a-story-of-friends.jpg --- [![ball pages](https://blog.ball-pages.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ball_Pages_SL_February2019/Images/ball-pages-logo-1512988575-o2769j2l9r2jqisi63ayrg5nc8lvstwbe8hfq6isqo.png?width=105&height=30&name=ball-pages-logo-1512988575-o2769j2l9r2jqisi63ayrg5nc8lvstwbe8hfq6isqo.png "ball pages")](https://en.ball-pages.com) - ABOUT - [BALL PAGÈS](https://en.ball-pages.com/pages/ball-pages) - [PROCESS](https://en.ball-pages.com/pages/proceso) - [SOCIAL CORPORATE RESPONSABILITY](https://en.ball-pages.com/pages/responsabilidad-social-corporativa) - SHOP - [BASIC](https://en.ball-pages.com/collections/permanente) - [NEW](https://en.ball-pages.com/collections/primavera-verano-2019) - [FUN !](https://en.ball-pages.com/collections/tradition-is-fun) - [ALL](https://en.ball-pages.com/collections/todas-las-colecciones) - [BLOG](https://blog.ball-pages.com/en) - [GIVE BACK](https://en.ball-pages.com/pages/give-back) - - - # Blog # A STORY OF FRIENDS (& SHOES) ![ball-pages-a-story-of-friends](https://blog.ball-pages.com/hubfs/ball-pages-a-story-of-friends.jpg) May 19, 2014 5:18:00 PM Three years ago, I was walking in the streets of Toulouse with my friend, [Carole](http://www.garancedore.fr/en/2010/04/20/i-love-paris-3/), the owner of the shop [Département Féminin](http://rstyle.me/n/dyrq946xe), and we ran into [Gemma.](http://www.garancedore.fr/en/2011/05/17/gemma/) (It’s funny how I can point back to everything I’ve done and seen through the blog, right?) As I often do when someone catches my eye in the street, I went straight over to her, we took some photos, and ended up getting coffee and becoming friends. And Carole and Gemma, who both live in Toulouse, also became great friends. Gemma is Spanish and she spends her vacations in Ibiza. That’s where she discovered [these espadrilles](https://en.ball-pages.com/collections/todas-las-colecciones) that she’s been wearing for years. They’re straight out of the traditional costume worn in **t[he Ball Pagès, a traditional dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkvdpjPLluU) in Ibiza**. She and Carole decided that the espadrilles needed to have a life outside of the borders of the island, so they got involved with artisans in Ibiza (everything is done by hand) so that more people would know about them. Cool, right? 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