Frye Women's Ivy Low Lace SneakerGo to fashion sneaker, soft leather, huge comfort. The Frye Company, founded in 1863 by John A. Frye, a shoemaker from England. Frye products have a long and illustrious history. Frye boots were worn by soldiers for both sides of Americas Civil War, soldiers in the Spanish America war, and for Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. Many New England families during the mid and late 1800s wore Frye boots as they pioneered across the country to the West.