Ecco

I have not always known that ECCO even made a sneaker.  I wish I’d known sooner.  These sneakers are incredible – better than any popular commercial brand I’ve owned.  The comfort of these Ecco sneakers gets me through my toughest workouts on any kind of terrain I want – smooth city streets or the hiking trails I run.  They feel like a custom fit and give me the support I need for my arches and hips (the places other sneakers have failed to help).  Plus, they look so cool.  The pair that I have is streamlined and sleek looking, making them both hip and functional.

I saw her walking down the street and was immediately enamored. Her skin was the color of milky espresso, hair long and a shadow shy of black, large almond eyes that mirrored the grey sky above. She was tall and lean, wearing an ankle length batik skirt and rust colored peasant blouse. She was amazing, but I easily could have just kept walking. Then I saw her shoes. Oh, those shoes. I don’t use this word often or lightly, but they were sexy. Simple red thongs with a thick band that slid up the middle of her beautiful feet. And not only did they look fantastic, they made her look like she was walking barefoot – a stride so easy you’d have thought she was walking on a warm, sandy beach.

One word immediately comes to mind when I think of the ECCO brand: timeless. When I first found the ECCO Shoes Line I thought they were Eurotrash. The first pair was handmade by a guy in Denmark in the 1960s – “crafted both by hand and by heart”. Karl Toosbury wanted to make good looking shoes that were comfortable, shoes that conformed to the wearer’s foot not the other way around. They had a Scandinavian style but were made for hard wear. All I could think of was ABBA and their scary platforms stomping around on stage.

Sometimes you feel like running for no reason (or at least I do). No one is chasing you, you don’t have to be somewhere five minutes ago…you just want to run. Muscles burning, hair blowing in the wind, glistening sweat on your brow, the world a blur. But what if you don’t have the right shoes? Your old Converse high tops are ratty, and your gym shoes have a hole in the sole. You need something comfortable and lightweight with great support and stability. You need a shoe that has a Star Trek-sounding name. The Ecco XT 1010 is your shoe.

ECCO is a Danish shoe manufacturer that was founded by Karly Toosbuy in 1963.  Today, this little shoe manufacturer that got its start in Bredebro, Denmark, has more than 3,000 shops throughout the world.  They sell a great range of shoes for men, women, and children.  In fact, they actually manufacture more than 12 million pairs of shoes each year.  Hanni Toosbury Kasprzak is the daughter of Karl Toosbury, who died in 2004, and she now owns the company.

The Ecco Bouillon Buckle is a shoe that once you try it on, can easily become a welcome addition to your collection of casual shoes.  This is because when buying casual shoes, you are thinking about durability and comfort, which these shoes provide.

It has a rich leather upper with a hardware buckle detail. A soft leather interior lining and foot bed with a divine metallic look. The padded heel prevents abrasion and the cemented one component outsole provides lightweight durability and softness.  The arch support is excellent and the shoe feels true to width. The sizing is North American.

With 40 years of experience behind them, ECCO men’s shoes are unsurpassed in comfort, fit, performance, and design.  The innovation that charges ECCO results in the best shoes for men – ones that protect and support men’s feet without sacrifycing style.

The ECCO boot collection has less than 30 different pairs of boots in it, less than 10 for men.  Before you think that it’s not a lot, let me be the first to say that ECCO totally understands the value of quality over quantity.  While the selection is not overwhelming, the choices ECCO offers for the boot-lover are the best out there.  With both fashion boots and performance boots, these boots earn the ECCO label and will impress with style, fit, and comfort.