Spring Is In The Air

Well it sure felt like Spring in Winnipeg last weekend. The snow is pretty much all gone now, people are (bravely) wearing shorts and sandals, and the sun is shining! We hope that this is a sign that Summer is just around the corner! (wishful thinking right?)

Anyway, we have to apologize because we had a bit of technical difficulties with our blog last week. We tried to get our post up and it said it posted but it never did! So here's hoping this one works this week and that you'll be blown away by everything in it!

What's New?

It's Spring! So that means our showroom is FULL of new shoes, styles, and colours! Everything from casual to dress and athletic, we've got TONS of new footwear! And we've still got lots coming in too! Our boot wall came down yesterday, which means that it's sandal season! Be sure to keep checking back as we feature new styles each week!

Here's some of the new ones we're pretty pumped about:

Uneek by Keen

Ok. These shoes look a little weird. I have to admit, I took a look at it, and thought it looked kind of like a glorified Croc. I read a little bit into these shoes and why they're so awesome and unique. Once I tried them on, I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough. These shoes may have a bit of a bizarre look to them, but they are so comfortable and lightweight. They're meant for the outdoors for things like walking and hiking. You can check this style out here, or come into our store to try them out! We have both men's and women's styles in this one.

 

Fresh Foam by New Balance

New Balance is going crazy over these shoes. I have never heard so many people talk about one running shoe before. The breathable upper mesh gives the shoe a nice light weight feeling, and allows your feet to breathe during your activity. The foam like midsole allows for cushioning and stability of the foot, and it looks pretty cool. Again, we've got men's and women's styles! Come into our store and check them out. Try them on, and see why everyone thinks they're so great!

And today (March 19th) is New Balance's launch of the Fresh Foam Zante shoes! This means stores across Canada and the US will be having launch parties to showcase how awesome this shoe is. You can follow our New Balance store in Calgary on Facebook and Instagram for live updates this evening from 7-9PM (or 8-10PM Central Time).

So why is now the best time to look for shoes? Well Spring is here, and you want to have a fresh new shoe collection. So why not take an hour (or two) and go through your current shoe selection and ask yourself:

1) have I worn these in the last year?
2) will I wear these in the next year?
3) is it time to throw these out?

Spring is always a good time to start fresh and new. So see if you can challenge yourself by getting rid of the shoes that you don't need! And if you have shoes to donate, we are always accepting donations of new/gently used footwear for Fit Feet on the Street!

This Is Your Pilot Speaking

It seems like we've been away for a while, but don't worry, we're back! Things get busy around here very quickly!

We recently had the chance to go work with one of our good friends downtown, Eph Apparel. For those of you unfamiliar with them, Eph Apparel makes custom made suits for graduations, weddings, grooms, and even our own Brian Scharfstein! They also sell dress shirts, pants, blazers and accessories.

Once you're completely suited up, what do you typically look for next? Well if it's not a date for grad, then it's probably a pair of new dress shoes, and we carry lots of those in stock. If you've been to our downtown location recently, you'll notice by our men's dress shoes we have fabrics from Eph Apparel. In our displays we've done a little mixing and matching to show you what fabrics go well with each dress shoe. We know sometimes it can be challenging to try and guess what pair you think will go well with your suit, and a lot of times we'll hear the "well black goes with everything, so I'll just go with that." While that can be true, you can be missing out on so many more options.

So here's what we did just for you. We went down to Eph Apparel last week with some dress shoes, had the fabulous Brett model some suits with the shoes, and we've got evidence that you CAN in fact buy other colours of dress shoes to go with a few different suit colours! Each week, we'll feature our most popular styles of dress shoes in our own version of #MCM (better known as man crush Monday.) And no, we're not talking about Brett although he does look good in our dress shoes. But we are crushing on our dress shoes.

This week we looked at our Naot Pilot dress boot. Why do we like this? Well let's take a quick look here...

 

If this photo alone isn't enough to get you to our store, we'll go into a bit more detail. We like this style mainly because it's versatile. As you can see in the photo here, our model Brett is wearing nice blue jeans with these Pilot's. They're a great shoe to top off your business casual look whether you're going to work or heading out for a lunch meeting.

 

As you can see, Brett is able to wear these shoes working at Eph Apparel...

as well as while hanging out in the gentlemen's lounge. Not only that, but we've been told the shoe is very comfortable which is always great.

If you're interested in our Naot Pilot shoe, you can come into any of our locations, or order online at http://www.canadianfootwear.com/product;cat,0;item,15317;Casual-Boots-80017-E66-

Keep watch for the next few weeks as we unveil a new man crush Monday shoe every week!