Frederick Freed

Frederick Freed (1899 – ) was a British shoemaker, the founder of Freed of London, the manufacturer of pointe shoes and other dance shoes and apparel.

Frederick Freed was born in the East End of London in 1899, the son of a sample shoemaker.

In 1929, Freed left Gamba, where he had been making ballet shoes, and opened a store and workshop in St. Martin's Lane, employing his wife and an assistant. After a few years the business needed larger premises, and manufacturing was moved to a small factory in nearby Endell Street.

Freed and his wife retired in 1968.