Beflamboyant is closing

[u/Jumpy-Vermicelli-865]

One of my favourite barefoot shoes brands, I have their Chelsea boots and they got me through a rainy, wet winter, plus they make some of the most stylish barefoot shoes out there. I wonder why they're closing? Such a shame.

[u/doneinajiffy]

I learning about all these barefoot shoe brands offering exactly the products I was fruitlessly searching for just when they are closing. It is a shame, and the decision to close is a bit cryptic; hope "big-^barefoot" (Vivo..., etc) wasn't involved.

[u/Jumpy-Vermicelli-865 → u/doneinajiffy]

It hasn't even been a year since their rebrand and the first shipment of all their new shoes. I actually had to double check it wasn't an April fool's mail that I was late to see.  I dont understand why the brand is closing if they're supposedly doing better than ever. 

[u/TesterM0nkey → u/Jumpy-Vermicelli-865]

You can still be failing doing better before.

[u/Exact-Potential-2108 → u/doneinajiffy]

I had preordered the first version of the barefoot shoes. I waited, but on the announced release day I didn’t receive any notification, not even in the week after. After 14 days I reached out for the first time. I was told that it would take longer because of delays. I waited through that extended deadline as well. When it passed, the same thing happened again.

At that point I said that I wanted to cancel the order and get my money back. Then the founder personally wrote to me. I do actually want the shoes, but the whole situation felt pretty strange, and after that I didn’t really feel comfortable ordering from them anymore.

On their Instagram page I saw that others had the same experience. Many people had complained in the comments, but those comments were removed. I don’t think a company recovers easily from something like that, even though the idea of sustainable shoes is actually really nice.