One house. Two coasts. Three continents.
We believe shoes carry us through life, and we are here to push the category forward one pair at a time.
Our experience comes from designing, developing and sourcing footwear for our own brands and for partners. Our mission is to elevate the category through timeless design, authentic brands and a more direct model for retail — for the labels we own and for the partners we build for.
Designer. Developer. Manufacturer.
Most companies in footwear are one of these. A brand licenses out its production. A sourcing agent never touches design. A design studio hands over a sketch and disappears. Almost nobody carries a shoe from the first drawing to the loading dock.
We run the whole chain for our own brands — Gordon Rush since 1998, Rush Gordon Rush since 2004, Blake McKay as a digitally native label — and that is exactly what we offer to others, in men's and in women's. A significant share of what we do is designing and sourcing footwear for other companies, which gives every partner the purchasing weight of the whole house.
A short history.
The namesake partnership
Lyman Blake and Gordon McKay form the partnership that mechanises shoemaking and changes the industry for good. A century and a half later it gives Blake McKay its name.
Gordon Rush is founded
Contemporary classic men's footwear, built on great-fitting lasts and quiet detail. Sold through the best department stores and, later, direct.
Rush Gordon Rush
An accessibly priced younger brother launches, taking its cues from the flagship while keeping its own personality.
Pinnacle Brand Group
The holding company is formed to run the brands, the design team and a growing private-label practice as one operation.
Own brands, partner brands
Three house brands across department store, DTC and marketplace channels, plus design, sourcing and brand work for fashion labels, retailers and founders.
One team, from brief to delivery.
The design, development and sourcing disciplines behind our own brands are also available to footwear partners.
Design
Assortment planning, sketches and material direction turn a brand's brief into a footwear line.
Design and developmentDevelopment
Specifications, components and samples bring the design into focus, with fit and construction reviewed along the way.
How we workSourcing
Factory selection, costing, production checks and logistics carry the approved sample through to delivery.
Sourcing and manufacturingSan Diego and New York.
Headquartered in San Diego, with a New York office for wholesale partners, press and showings, and standing relationships with factories in Italy, Portugal and Asia. Press, licensing and partnership inquiries: design@pinnaclebrandgroup.com
Talk to the people who make the shoes.
No account managers between you and the design team. Tell us what you need and who will answer is who will build it.