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The Indian brand Bridlen’s latest shoe news is an interesting one, where they’ve developed two new asymmetric lasts that are made to follow the natural shape of the feet. A type of last that was more common a bunch of decades ago, but that seem to be making a comeback more and more. A good middle-way between the more common classic shoe lasts and the frankly often hideous minimalist “barefoot” style lats.
Bridlen is one of those brands that never stand still, but continues to develop their offerings year after year. For their updated top range called Founders 25 they’ve refined a lot of things, for example heels built with ten thin leather heel stacks, slim wood pegged waists, 10 spi fudged sole stitching, up to 20 spi upper stitching and so on. All at an impressive price point.
The Indian brand Bridlen have always manufactured all their shoes on a Made to Order basis, to be able to offer a really wide selection of styles, sizes and widths. Now they introduce a new RTW range as a complement, for those who want to have their order shipped immediately.
India is a country that we see more and more quality shoe brand appearing from, and one of the most acclaimed ones is Bridlen. Here’s a substantial review of two models from their two main lines of Goodyear welted shoes, to see if they live up to their reputation.
An in-depth interview with Affan Mohamed of Bridlen Shoes, which gives an interesting insight into the shoe industry in India and how it is to produce fine Goodyear welted shoes there, how one go about to have people in the west appreciate their quality, and much more.
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Hand lasted, hand welted shoes with handmade sole stitching priced below €150 – that are actually good looking. Not your everyday offering, but that’s what the Indian brand Blkbrd Shoemaker puts on the table. They also have a range of hand welted seamless wholecuts at only €225, which is quite remarkable.
The “online tailoring” brand Luxire has become a big player in classic menswear, offering highly affordable made to measure clothing. Now they have introduced a range of Goodyear welted shoes, offered from only €110 including free worldwide shipping.
It’s nice to see that new interesting manufacturers are constantly appearing in the entry-level segments of classic quality shoes, and one of them is the online shop Herrstil’s own brand Myrqvist. Goodyear welted shoes with good specifications for €210. Shoegazing has tested them.
Finally it’s time for the webshop Herrstil to make their launch of its collection of Goodyear welted shoes under the brand Myrqvist. With a price tag of €200 it’s an interesting alternative in the lower price range of quality shoes.
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).
