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In about a month it’s time for Shoegazing Super Trunk Show in Stockholm. Unfortunately, one of the exhibitors, French Septieme Largeur, has been detained and forced to cancel their participation. Fortunately, we have a really nice replacement in the Spanish brand Yanko.
Every year I go through my shoe collection, as it looks at present time. A lot of lovely shades of brown, and one black model. 23 pairs in total, but several pairs will be sold of due to foot issues I have, more about that further down in the article.
An online giant’s own quality footwear brand, the cheapest of the Hungarian manufacturers of fully handmade shoes, and a British Frenchman, that’s what is offered in today’s three outsiders post.
The Swedish online store Herrstil launches a new shoe brand called Myrqvist Goodyear welted. Three different models made in Vietnam, which will be sold for €215 (1999 SEK). If you take advantage of the Kickstarter campaign offer, which kicks off today, you can get away as cheap as €174 (1600 SEK).
Isetan Men’s shoe department is almost legendary among shoe interested men. It’s for a good reason. Here you find the single largest collection of classic men’s shoes in the world, over a thousand different models from manufacturers all around the world. Shoegazing have browsed the department.
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Today the online store Skolyx launches a new Group MTO service for its Spanish footwear brand Yanko. A number of different models that are not available in the standard offerings will be available for ordering during a month, at the same price as the standard range. What is special here as well is that there’s no minimum number, if only one person orders a model, that customer receives the shoe to the asked price.
Tonight the Swedish shop Skoaktiebolaget launches its new brand in the lineup, which is Carlos Santos from Portugal. The shop starts with a choice of a number of basic models priced at 2 900 SEK (around €310), and also offers a number of models with a patina service.
The French brand Orban’s is a very interesting newcomer on the quality shoe scene, offering Goodyear welted shoes for €150, and additionally the entire range is now on sale with 20%, which means that they are down to only €120.
Three outsiders is a series of posts highlighting less know brands (it has come to nr. 11 on the Swedish site and to align with that we start off at 11 here on the English version of Shoegazing). In this post about a Spanish newcomer in the lower price range for quality shoes, another Spaniard who has many years behind it but still is relatively unknown, and an American brand with a very Italian shoes made in Turkey.
The Spanish brand Meermin has been grown rapidly since they launched their brand in the European and US market a few years ago. They sell Asian manufactured shoes with great designs direct to customers, which means very affordable prices. Here’s a review of a model from their basic Classic collection.
