K-Swiss , Inc. is an American footwear company based in Westlake Village, CA They design, develop, and market a range of athletic shoes under the K-Swiss brand and its wholly owned subsidiary. K-Swiss was founded in 1966 in Los Angeles, California, by two Swiss brothers who became interested in tennis after immigrating to the United States, where they introduced the first leather tennis shoes.In 1985 Steven Nichols, while working at Stride Rite, was so impressed with the K-Swiss tennis shoe that he tried to convince his bosses to purchase the K-Swiss company. Current Spring Summer shoe models:Ariake, Rinzler, Lozan, Appian, Arvee Sp, Fenley, Moulton, Rosny, SI 18 Ranell just to name a few. (www.kswiss.de) (www.wikipedia.com)