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The options, and with that the interest, of Chinese made hand welted shoe brands have taken a hike lately, and many great offerings can be found. It’s also getting easier for people in Europe and the US to order, where one of them taking the lead in this race is Belgian Sons of Henrey with their collaboration with Oct. Tenth / Xibao Shoemaker.
There’s a number of highly interesting Chinese quality shoe brands out there (more of that later this week), but most are quite inaccessible for international customers, with orders only through e-mail/Instagram etc. Now one of these, Jim & Jun Shoemaker, has launched a new website for international customers making it really easy to see and order their Goodyear welted and hand welted shoes as MTO or MTM.
There’s been lots of these articles lately, highlighting various sales, which says a lot about the current situation for the industry. In today’s post I write about Meermin’s second sale ever, and about Gaziano & Girling’s ongoing sale which just have had more models added.
The famous Hungarian maker Vass, one of the main players in the world when it comes to hand welted RTW shoes, are currently running a sale on everything in their own online shop. Discounts are from 10% all the way up to 50%, which means you can get them as low as €280 (€220 excl. VAT).
The French brand Orban’s currently has a sale on selected models, where already very affordable Goodyear welted shoes now are offered at half the price, so €80. A true bargain.
After a spring with the coronavirus hitting the world, we now see unusually extensive summer sales. Here’s the regular summary of a number of interesting sales ongoing, where you can make a bargain on quality shoes.
Crockett & Jones is one of those brands that you rarely find on sale, especially on the staple models. Well the coronavirus situation has changed a lot, and currently the British store Pockets, who already have pretty low prices, have a 15% discount sitewide, meaning you can get C&J shoes from €350.
It’s becoming a tradition that I once a year highlight the news that has emerged in the market of quality sneakers. This isn’t Shoegazing’s focus area, but the interest is great, and as the quality of many of the sneakers has increased and now as more and more cobblers are offering resoling of the so-called Margom sole types, they have parts in common with classic quality shoes.
The British brand Archibald London runs a campaign on everything in their line-up, which means you can get their hand welted Italian-made shoes at only €289, a rare find.
Many have it tough in these coronavirus times, which means that we see an awful lot of sales right now, where I wrote about some last week. Now the budget brand Meermin is also running its first sale ever, with a 25 percent discount on a number of models.
