With a definite movement towards allowing independent footwear brands into the market, ToBe is a prime example of great shoes coming from smaller places. The market has leveled and has enabled in this case Wellington New Zealand to be the home of a potential player within what has been traditionally a hard to break market.…

Founded in 2001, Clae helped to pioneer the fusion of sneakers and smarter footwear. Proving that ‘smart casual’ can sometimes be a very good thing, their hybrids of athletic and traditional styles found favour with a generation who had outgrown the skate shoes of their youth but weren’t ready to hang up their sneakers just…

Available in December are two new styles from Gourmet. One of the success stories of a recent surge of independant footwear companies, the brand has gone from strength to strength since it came on the scene with their Jordan inspired casuals, these 2 new styles take reference of the current trend of simplistic court shoes,…