i am currently on a mission to find a well made summer shoe that i can wear everyday this summer if i want to, without having to worry about the shoe shredding to pieces after a month… in fact, i’d like to get a shoe that i can use through fall, winter, next spring, next summer, etc… i’m far too picky, so i will probably be happy, but here are some options (or unavailable options due to japanese exclusivity, stock no longer available, etc….)

also, this past week i met Bob Clark, vice-president of Alden shoes… we had a good chat about retail, footwear, and nyc weather… he turned me on to a couple of different people doing good things with footwear… one being leather soul hawaii… check it out…

side note, some of these are just random shoes/boots that i found in my quest and think are fresh…