Casbia Shoes

 By Glenn Fennema

Modern, stylish guys pay attention to fashion.

But they are not driven by it.

They also like tradition.

But they are not stuck on it.

They live, work and dress somewhere in the middle. With a few options on the shelves for guys who want qualities from both, the struggle to find essentials that are forward-thinking and flexible in the way fashion offers and are timeless and grounded in tradition.

Enter Casbia

This is the opening of Casbia.

Maybe it isn’t one of the newest brands. But it’s definitely a new brand for me.

In 2010 former “Sergio Rossi” designer Edmundo Castillo and ex Hugo Boss head of design Manuele Bianci started Casbia. Both are big sneakers buffs. Who couldn’t find the proper  sneaker based on they’re style and age. The collections are aiming to cover every man’s needs. New materials, fresh looks, good quality and for me one of the most important things, a certain type of exclusivity.

Casbia released they’re first collections on March 2010. Based on two things.

The first was : “The Ten Shoes Every Guy Needs In His Closet”.

The second was: “The Four Essential Bags”.

Ten shoes, ten different type of shoes. Dress shoes as comfortable as sneakers. Traditional shoes in moder ways.

Four bags with a sharper look, but also with he functionality for the modern guy.

As said on Oi Polloi:

Taking their name from a type of moth, Casbia make proper high quality shoes for when you want something a bit smarter, but don’t want to look like you’re on the way to a wedding.

Casbia use classic designs, but aren’t afraid to shake things up a bit. Take their moccasins for example — made in Italy using super luxury butter-soft leather with a razor-cut sole, they’re more at home on the yacht than the canoe, in fact these are just the sort of thing we’d wear when driving to the Monaco marina in our Ferrari 308s.

After seeing the spring/summer season, I’m having a few favorites all ready.

First off  is the Andy. A chukka moccasins. Entirely hand sewn, a elk skin leather or  calf suede upper and a 4mm leather sole. Leather which is extremely flexible and normally  is used for children shoes. With the extra padding and a comfort foot bed you get a shoe made for walking without feeling those awful street stones.

The second model is Sean.

The sneaker/shoe blend. The classic silhouette combined with a thick rubber sole. So you get the best of both worlds

Last but not least is Bruce.

A low moccasin. Based on the chuckka brother Andy. It’s  like a native Indian world melted together with the preppy yachting class.

Two Fun facts about Casbia, is that all off they’re shoe models are based on men names. And with every pair of shoes you get a shoebag.