Add pumps & peep toes to your wardrobe at cheap prices from the best-selling brands on Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Macy’s. Bates is an English footwear brand founded in 1885 by Andrew Jackson Bates with an ambition to manufacture the best-ever boots for soldiers. Wolverine World Wide owns Bates, and over the years it has emerged as a global leader in the footwear category. Brown conveys warmth, simplicity, comfort, and elegance.