European shoes thread
European shoes thread
A few brands
https://global.ecco.com/ - Danish with 6 factories across Europe and Asia (https://group.ecco.com/en/about-us)(seems like they still do business in Russia)- https://kuoma.fi/en/ - made in Finland
- https://pomarshoes.com/ - made in Estonia
- https://www.en.flamingoslife.com/ - made in Portugal and Spain
NPS/Solovair - British leather (and some vegan) shoes and boots, including 'doc marten' style Derby boots (they used to manufacture 'Dr. Martens by Solovair' boots).
This Portuguese brand makes shoes in Portugal incorporating ocean plastic trash.
oooooh, I'm loving the idea!
Sievi - made in Finland, mainly safety/industrial shoes but they have "normal" shoes too
Whatshoes.co are Estonian ran and produced, and are big on combat boots, but also have other shoes.
Meindl and haix for hiking and work wear.
For hiking there are also Salomon (french), Tecnica (Italian I think ?) and Nordica (Italian). Decathlon (french) also has decent entry level stuff for basically every sport
https://www.vasky.cz/cs/ - Vasky from Czech Republic. Not sure if they ship outside of CZ yet.
Freet Barefoot - barefoot style shoes made in the UK, often out of recycled material, and known to be quite durable for the money.
Very intresting, never heard of freet or barefoot shoes. Kinda reminds me of what I love so much about my knitted sneakers in the summer.
My favourite shoes at the moment are ON cloudswift. Swiss brand, although the shoes aren't actually made there.
The laces broke for me and the soles squeaked.
Not Ecco: they continue to do business in Russia. For my money and conscience, I’d buy American shoes before buying from them.
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CMP are an Italian sports clothing brand also making shoes for hiking, running, biking, etc... I like them because they have a slimmer fit.
https://www.ector-sneakers.com/
French shoes, their original model (and others) are made with recycled plastic bottles
ahinsashoes.cz - shoe maker from the Czech Republic, designed in Czechia, made in Croatia. Focuses on the barefoot shoes.
Astorflex. Made in Italy leather shoes with stitchdown construction.
https://www.foempies.com/sustainability/handmade-since-1939-in-the-eu.html - Belgian, made in EU
Adidas
Kappa
Adidas is the 2nd biggest sports brand in the world, almost feels like it doesn't count lol
Similar with cars tbh
Nobody buys American cars (because they're shite)
Also:
- Puma (German)
- Lacoste (French)
- H&M (Swedish)
- Primark (Irish)
- Ellesse (Italian, owned by the British)
Also there's Fred Perry and Fila which are both Asian-owned (by Japan and South Korea respectively), but they're at least nominally European brands.
Some European brands are American-owned though, like Umbro and Reebok.
Groundies is missing. Barefoot shoes. Vegan options. https://www.groundies.com/de/?gad_source=1