European shoes you swear by?
1mon 4h ago by piefed.social/u/Tundra_Lifeform in buyeuropean@feddit.uk
Just wondering, what is your experience regarding shoes that are from EU?
Portuguese shoes for farmers. Sold on the local market, cheap, solid - or overpriced and rebranded in stores all over Europe. You get them in several levels of fancy, starts at 25€ a pair.
Man i keep wondering whats the deal with portuguese and shoes! It's like making indistructible shoes is part of the fucking constitution of Portugal
At one point, in the early 2000s, there was a city in Portugal with a really high ratio of Ferrari cars per habitant. All because of a few owners of shoes factories. 😄
Can you show an example of those? I'm going to Portugal soon and would like to buy new shoes while I'm there.
This one with shoelaces, there's also in smooth leather and without shoelaces, all similar shape like these.
Those look great, thank you! I will try to find some in the market
I would get a pair of Solovair if I had the money: https://eu.nps-solovair.com/
I have a pair of solovair, they are extremely well built. I would also say lanx shoes are good and they sometimes have really good deals on their site.
I have some, totally worth it
Sievi. I use almost exlusively their shoes. Not the cheapest around, but for my feet they're the best I've found so far.
Im not sure if this counts because they have factories around the globe, but the company is Danish: ECCO. They're not the prettiest, but they're the most comfortable shoes i know
Fluchos, made in Spain (La Rioja)
Vivobarefoot https://www.vivobarefoot.com/fr/
They are brits but hey not so far
German Hanwag. Their ”wide” models are the only shoe models I have never had to break in. Their terrain soles wear quickly on asphalt or concrete, but they have a selection of flatter urban soles.
Currently very happy wearing Axel Arigato sneakers. Swedish brand, manufactured in Portugal.
Mukishoes. Very comfortable, leather ones are waterproof. Zero drop. They will resole them when the sole wears out.
Wildlings are very very comfortable, but the ones with the split sole fall apart after a couple years.
I enjoyed Jalas boots but I should kept better care of my jalas fantom drylock boots, got a hole in them and can't fix like regular leather. Or can but the waterproofing won work
Ecco (danish)
They really produce much in Europe? I thought most of their production is in Asia.
They also still AFAIK operates in Russia.
I like my Veja https://www.veja-store.com/It is not made in EU.
Had very poor experiences with durability of Veja shoes. I've use 2 pairs nd they both broke down within weeks...
Not surprised. It happened to one of the 3 I had. But I got it replaced for free .
Sadly because I didn't buy it from them directly, I didn't have that choice. But really made me distrust them as a sustainable option...
Meindl shoes from Germany, although i am not sure if they are actually made in Germany anymore
According to Wikipedia, their shoes branded "Meindl" are manufactured in Europe (Germany, Hungary, Slowenia and Italy).
Joma (Spanish) are good ones. Also Paredes.
LOWA makes most of their shoes in Europe. I think mostly the trail runners are not. Excellent quality.
If you are into barefoot shoes Tadeevos are about as barefoot as you can get and I love them.
I have had two pair of shoes made in EU, Myrqvist and Wojas. I have not had the shoes from Wojas for a long time but so far they seem to be good. The shoes from Myrqvist was wearing down a bit fast than I hoped for.
Resently bought my first pair of Mustang shoes. Designed in Germany and made in Portugal.
Veja
Saye
Sampla
Love them, been always hopping from brand to brand until I bought my first pair of them
Jack&Jones, Lacoste and Adidas are my favourites.
FRAU,Italy
Comfort,style,durable, I love them
Sneaky Steve. Swedish, made in Portugal.
Which ones ship to the states? I bought shoes little over a month ago and it is already developing holes. Normally I buy xero shoes but the tarrifs on China has made it less affordable
I wear what looks good and what fits. Why should I swear by a particular brand? I've never worn US brands anyway. They're usually ugly and the quality is terrible.
So tell them what looks good and fits.
Most of the shoes you'll find in a shoe store (not a sports store) in Europe will be European brands. Finding non-US shoes is literally not a problem.
Sure thing man, you stay being obtuse.
I mean yeah, brand loyalty can be detrimental. But that shouldn't make you ignore patterns