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The most famous local shoe brand of the Commonwealth era&#;ANG TIBAY&#;was started by the successful Filipino industrialist, Teodoro Toribio (b,/d) back in His &#;rags-to-riches&#; story began when the impoverished Teodoro left school to work in a cigar factory for 80 centavos a week.
The ambitious boy, however, had other ideas. At age 20, he learned slipper-making in a Calle Juan Luna shop and after 3 years of working, he had saved enough to start his own hole-in-the-wall slipper business along Rizal Avenue which he named &#;Ang Tibay&#;.
The business flourished and soon, Toribio was exporting to Hawaii.
His chain of slipper shops included 15 Manila and 2 provincial branches. From slippers, Toribio began making shoes after acquiring a second-hand shoe machine.
His business boomed even more, and he became known as the &#;King of Slippers and Shoes&#;.
His large, art deco-style factory in Caloocan, near the Bonifacio Monument, produce
