1885
The original Rayne Theatrical Costumier & Stage Shoe Shop & Factory in Waterloo Road in London.
1890
Famous Actress Lili Langtry was regular Rayne customer.
1900
Rayne started to specialise in stage footwear & well known actresses like Evie Greene promoted Rayne shoes in advertisements.
1900
Rayne celebrated Danish dancer Adeline Genee’s Rayne dancing shoes.
1911
Rayne supplies costumes & shoes to Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe. Rayne continued to supply Diaghilev’s various companies for almost the next 20 years..
1920
Rayne opens its first ladies shoe shop at 58 New Bond Street in London supplying Society women with the type of fashion shoes previously only worn on the stage.
1920’s
Renowned Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavalova becomes the face of Rayne shoes.
1930’s
Noel Coward’s leading actress Gertrude Lawrence wore Rayne Shoes both on and off the stage.
1935
HM The Queen Mary grants Rayne a Royal Warrant as shoemakers.
1945
Vivien Leigh wore Rayne shoes designed by Oliver Messel in the movie “Anthony and Cleopatra
1947
HM The Princess Elizabeth wears Rayne shoes at her wedding to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
1950
HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother grants Rayne a Royal Warrant as Shoemakers
1953
Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth wears Rayne shoes at her Coronation in Westminster Abbey
1955
HM The Queen grants Rayne its third Royal Warrant as shoemakers.
1959
Rayne opens fabled Oliver Messel designed “Prettiest Shoe Shop in the World” at 15/16 Old Bond Street in London.
1960’s
Rayne enters into the spirit of Swinging London (Julie Christie, Diana Rigg, & Twiggy).
1970’s
Rayne moves into a new decade with iconic French photographer Guy Bourdin at the same time as Rayne opened a shop in Paris.
1980’s
Rayne continues to move with the times.
2013
Rayne is relaunched with a Pop-Up in Selfridges London & Brown Thomas Dublin.
2015
“Rayne Shoes for Stars” exhibitions are held at the Fashion & Textile Museum in London in 2015 & at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle in 2018 both curated by fashion historian Michael Pick whose wonderful book “Rayne Shoes for Stars” was published in 2015.
2019
HM the Queen grants Rayne a Royal Warrant as shoe manufacturers