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).
ECCo is indeed Danish but have gotten a lot of heat for not pulling out of Russia when they invated Ukraine
Sange goes for a few other Danish companies who contributed inue to do business with Russia, including Rockwool, and Novo Nordisk among others
Searching the web, it looks like they just sell shoes in Russia. It's not like they run their business there.
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/danish-retailers-boycott-shoemaker-ecco-over-russia-presence-idUSKCN2ME146/
they used to be the purveyor for the royal Danish family. the latter demanded them to stop operating in Russia after the full-blown invasion started if they want to renew the contract, and Ecco was like "nah we'll keep doing that, thanks".
They defied the monarchy?
https://www.zouri-shoes.com/
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.
https://www.vasky.cz/cs/ - Vasky from Czech Republic. Not sure if they ship outside of CZ yet.
https://www.ector-sneakers.com/
French shoes, their original model (and others) are made with recycled plastic bottles
The laces broke for me and the soles squeaked.
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.
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
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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Astorflex. Made in Italy leather shoes with stitchdown construction.
CMP are an Italian sports clothing brand also making shoes for hiking, running, biking, etc... I like them because they have a slimmer fit.
ahinsashoes.cz - shoe maker from the Czech Republic, designed in Czechia, made in Croatia. Focuses on the barefoot shoes.
https://www.foempies.com/sustainability/handmade-since-1939-in-the-eu.html - Belgian, made in EU
Adidas
Kappa
Similar with cars tbh
Nobody buys American cars (because they're shite)
Also:
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