L.D. BLACKWELL
Luxury in Motion. Freedom by Design...Designed in America, Made in Italy, Built for the World.
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Sculpture sport sneaker
Made in Italy
This sporty oversized sneaker brings a major '90s throwback
Authentic Italian manufacturing
Each design is meticulously constructed by a skilled network of selected Italian artisans, there are no finer hands in the field. The handcrafting and the materials, are state-of-the-art.
Permanent collection
L.D. BLACKWELL is where American ambition meets Italian craftsmanship. Founded by Lawrence Blackwell, the brand was built on a belief that luxury should never be static—it should move with you, across borders, boardrooms, and beach clubs. Each pair of sneakers is handcrafted in Italy, designed not just for style but for a life in motion: versatile, enduring, and distinctly modern. More than footwear, L.D. BLACKWELL represents a philosophy of sovereignty—equipping global thinkers, entrepreneurs, and explorers with the tools to walk boldly, live freely, and leave their mark on the world. This is luxury in motion. This is freedom by design.
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About L.D. BLACKWELL
Lawrence "L.D." Blackwell is the founder of L.D. BLACKWELL, an American luxury brand crafting minimalist Italian sneakers that symbolize power, discipline, and legacy. This brand and company began in 2019 with L.D. residing in West Philadelphia trying to figure what to do next with his life. He along with his wife, Naomi, whom he has been with for over 20 years, and their two children relocated back to Honolulu, HI, where they first met in 2006. With the move, they also added a new label to the company - LMNOB (Located Mostly Near Oceans and Beaches). Before building the brand, L.D. had spent 5 years in the US Marine Corps as a fiscal clerk managing over $1 Billion a year, and later moved on to helping entrepreneurs structure and fund their businesses with confidence. Throughout his life being known as a person with impeccable style, L.D. decided to try his hand at designing after responding to an ad on social media providing a unique, exciting opportunity to artner with Alive Shoes. Through the creation of the L.D. BLACKWELL brand, he and the company are poised to make a huge imprint on the landscape of shoemaking and design.
Merging shoemaking with business, today, through his signature program—The Blackwell Business Blueprint—L.D. teaches creators and founders how to build and structure corporations, establish business credit, and unlock bank funding to launch and scale their visions to build wealth. L.D. has studied shoemaking. fashion design, the evolution, and the business of shoes and sneakers through Yellowbrick's collaboration with The Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design in their Sneaker Essentials, Fashion Industry Essentials, and Footwear Business Foundations. L.D. is prepared to build a brand that will be noteable, trailblazing, and revolutionize the fashion world!
