The nowadays undisputed king of sales periods is here, and more or less everyone runs some sort of campaign in conjunction with Black Friday. As always, Shoegazing is here to highlight some of the best ones, to help you find the best deals and get that pair that you both need and want.
Ichigo Ichie Shoemaker
The Japanese / Vietnamese brand Ichigo Ichie Shoemaker runs a campaign with 25% off all their RTW models. The already competitively priced hand welted shoes are now down to a starting price of €370 ($400). Note that it’s not technically RTW, most are made when ordered, which also means you can select width, instep height etc without extra cost, with delivery time about a month.
Sons of Henrey
The Belgian company with the Spanish-made Goodyear welted footwear, Sons of Henrey, has a lot of their models on sale this weekend. Down with 20-30% on for example a bunch of great boots in cool leathers and the brand’s praised split toe derbies. (Top image from the brand.)
Care of Carl
The “Scandinavian Mr. Porter”, Care of Carl, who nowadays also has an international present, runs a sale this week with up to 30% off. In the shoe section one can mention offerings from John Lobb, Loake, Heschung, Sanders, Santoni and others.
Septieme Largeur
The French brand Septieme Largeur is not least famous for their patina, with the most recent world champion of shoe patina working for them among other things, and they focus on this for this Black Friday offering. On all their models that are offered with a patina selected by the customer, they now include the paint work for free, worth €70.
White’s Boots
One of the stronger brands of all the American bootsmakers, White’s Boots, has a sale across their entire shop. 20-30% discount means you can get some really solid boots with excellent materials and constructions at a really good price, starting now at just €240 ($260) and up depending on model.
Carlos Santos
Carlos Santos is one of the most famous Portuguese brands of quality footwear, with a huge selection of styles, and plenty of these are now available at a discount on the brand’s own site. Almost 100 styles are on sale at the moment, literally every style imaginable, where most are Goodyear welted but also Blake, Bologna and some sneakers. A few of their finer Handgrade range is also up for grabs on the sale.
Myrqvist
More shoes made in Portugal, this time the Swedish brand Myrqvist. They have a vast part of their shoe selection part of the Black Friday sale, with discounts up to 50% of the RRP. Entry level welted shoes and boots a majority, some sneakers and even sandals are also part of the campaign.
TLB Mallorca
The Spanish midrange maker TLB Mallorca with lots of shoes for the price rarely do sales, during this Black Friday they have two different campaigns. One is discounts of 10-15% on their whole RTW range, both main line and the finer Artista range, the other is that those who place an MTO during the so called Black weekend get both a free belt and a free pair of shoe trees.
Vass Shoes
Vass is without a doubt the most famous brand from Hungary, who make fully handmade shoes of good quality for the price. They have a sale on most of their RTW range, between 10-30% off the RRP. They also have a section of sample pairs that already were at a discount, on these you get an extra 10% off with the code SAMPLE10.
Skolyx
At the company I work for, Skolyx, we only have one sale during the year, and it’s now during Black Friday. A bunch of discontinued styles, samples, seconds and so on from Skolyx own brand, Yanko and Midas are up for grabs at between 30-60% off. There’s also a 10% discount on shoes from TLB Mallorca, with the code TLB10.
Cobbler Union
Cobbler Union is an American brand with Goodyear welted shoes made in Almansa, Spain. They run a campaign with 20% off the entire site, with the code BLACKFRIDAY the discount will be applied at checkout, with welted shoes down to about €350. So if you’ve been eyeing a pair from the brand, now’s the time to take the plunge.
As always, just a small selection, you’re all welcome to highlight other good sales in the comments section below.
Forgot Stefano Bemer’s deal?
“Enjoy 35% off on select items.
Prices are already shown net of discount on our website.
Any item that is not showing a discount will instead benefit of a 30% Cash Back Voucher that you can use within 12 months.
Just place your order online and you’ll receive your Voucher by email once your order is dispatched.”
Jon: Not really forgot, as mentioned can’t really list every sale out there… 😉 But thanks for the tip!