We've looked into developing loafers, chelsea boots, and booties. But we always hit a wall with them, because they lack fit adjustment, such as laces or straps.
In conventional shoes, you have 2 elements keeping the shoes on your feet.
- The raised heels, in combination with gravity, make your foot fall down and forward into the shoe with every step
- The tight toebox grips to your forefoot
Our shoes are the opposite, with a hollow heel and a wide toebox. And without fit adjustment (e.g. laces or straps), loafers, chelsea boots, and booties have a hard time staying on your feet.
If we somehow figure out a way to build fit adjustment into loafers, chelsea boots, and booties, while preserving their aesthetics, we'll be sure to do so.
Even if that never happens, fret not! Because we are developing laced and strapped equivalents.
For the same outfits and situations you might wear with loafers... you can try our wingtip oxfords, or double monk straps.
For the same outfits and situations you might wear with chelsea boots or booties... you can try our derby dress boots, or jodhpur boots.
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I would love to see sandals and keds style sneakers for women, as well as more women’s wingtips and a more minimalist shoe of that type (without embellishment) and less of a menswear feel, but still with laces, if that’s possible. And dressy boots. There is a real need for women’s dress shoes with natural foot shape. There is nothing out there that actually looks good….I have searched exhaustively. I love that you are doing natural foot shape and zero drop without having to pair them with a barefoot feel, which I find extreme and impractical in many situations. The toe box is the most important thing for foot health. Btw, what is the style difference between the men’s and women’s Victoria wingtip? I am a women’s size 11, so don’t have the option of ordering the women’s.