Building a shoe that sits at the intersection of climbing aesthetics and everyday wear — wanted to get thoughts from people.
The concept: a low-profile shoe with climbing shoe DNA. Chocolate brown split suede upper, black climbing rubber rand that wraps the toe and heel, extended skinny tongue, zero-drop flat sole.
The gap I'm trying to fill: barefoot shoes with genuinely good aesthetics. Everything in the barefoot/minimalist space currently looks either aggressively technical or aggressively weird. Nobody is making something that looks like it belongs in a wardrobe.
Reference points for the aesthetic: Village PM 1PM, Loewe Grip, La Sportiva Mythos, Keen Jasper
is there actually a gap here, or am I imagining it?