The Bally Shoe company was founded as “Bally & Co” high fashion in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally (1821–1899) and his brother Fritz in the basement of their family home in Schönenwerd in the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. By 1860s Bally employed more than 500 people.
Within another decade it had built an international reputation for quality and design in both men’s and women’s shoes and expanded operations outside of Switzerland to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Paris, France. The brand has outlets in all the premium shopping malls in Dubai.