Manifest Manufacture t/a Sarmies School Shoes Repairable school shoes. Distributed manufacturing. Lower cost.

Team

Wade Ross Skinner is a founder and creative director with a track record of building design-led businesses that scale.

He is the founder of Wolf & Maiden, a luxury accessories brand grown from inception to a multi-million rand business, scaling from 1 to 35 employees and launching multiple retail locations. His experience spans product design, manufacturing, retail, and brand systems.

Sarmies builds on this foundation, combining product innovation with decentralised manufacturing and circular system design.

The team is complemented by technical and systems expertise through co-founder Roelf Mulder, who leads platform architecture and system design.

Together, the team combines design, operations, and systems thinking to execute a capital-efficient, scalable model.