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Totes Talking About Totes
Meet Our New Big Time Tote Today we are totes talking about Totes. New Totes. Big Totes. Our new Big Time Tote to be exact. Created to fit lots of work related things to commute to work or pack up your desk and take it home to WFH. We talk about why we designed it, what its made of, how we’re wearing it and and how big the Big Time Tote really is (hint: it fits a very big laptop). Find out more, watch the video below. See more totes and clutches here big-time-tote-lavender-and-bronze, big-time-tote-black, maximilian-dance-tote-bronze, true-north-nylon-clutch-with-front-zip-nutmeg, messenger-pocket-bag, messenger-pocket-bag-in-racing-green,
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Getting Better, Not Bigger. Introducing Radical Yes Eyewear.
Our pursuit has always been about creating products that are everyday ‘I.R.L’ useful. That serve a function as much as they deliver an aesthetic punch. In Australia, sunglasses could be considered essential virtually 300 days of the year - our customers ‘end use’ needs felt clear in our minds. If you have been following our brand for a while you will know it was a vision we’ve had before. Previous iterations were produced using a different manufacturing process - known in the industry as ‘injected’ make. Whilst beautiful, the make and material we previously had access to were polycarbonate styles that naturally sit in a lower end of the quality spectrum. "We knew we could do better and we were determined to do so." Five years later, long-time friend of our brand, Eyewear Designer Alana Van Ewyk became available to help us create an entirely new level and direction with our eyewear pursuits. A collaboration which would mean we could execute our eyewear working with best-practice manufacturers and materials to produce beautiful handmade eyewear. Alana has worked in eyewear for almost 20 years, including more than 10 spent as the head designer for Karen Walker Eyewear. Aside from an esteemed background in eyewear, Alana and I also began our Design journeys working together many years ago. We have an understanding and aesthetic shorthand that I think has come through in our first collection. We hope you love our Radical Vision. Kerryn xx Sun Hero in black BIO-ACETATE WITH SMOKE GREEN LENS "Our Radical Vision to create beautiful, functional eyewear for your I.R.L. use has come true. Hand crafted from highest quality acetates and bio-acetates in colours and shapes to bring you joy." SOLAR QUEEN IN VANILLA BONE (LEFT) SOLAR QUEEN IN MILKY EMERALD (RIGHT) See The Full Radical Yes Eyewear Collection Here. Related Products light-lover-sunglasses-in-black, sun-worship-sunglasses-in-milky-lime, illuminate-sunglasses-in-solid-lavender, light-lover-sunglasses-in-crystal-olive, solar-queen-sunglasses-in-milky-emerald, sun-worship-sunglasses-in-milky-ocean,
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Meet Our New High Top Sneakers
Meet Our New High Top Trainers! This week we are back in the studio as our two newest styles have just landed. Meet our new high top trainers Sunshine 70 and Solar 90. In this latest video we talk about why we made them, the inspiration behind them and all their magical radical powers! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Flat Shoe Liberation. (@radicalyes) See our full range of durable sneakers. Shop High Tops! sunshine-70-high-top-lace-up-spliced-trainer-in-cream-multi, solar-90-velcro-high-top-trainer-in-avocado-leather, solar-90-velcro-high-top-trainer-in-lolly-pink, radical-yes-saturn-returns-gold-leather, radical-yes-saturn-returns-black-leather-australian-merino-shearling, saturn-returns-high-top-lace-up-trainers-in-yves-klein-blue-leather-on-gum-outsole,
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How To Wear It! Episode 2 - Styling Colourful Boots
How to Wear It Episode 2 We are back with Episode 2 of 'How To Wear It' Live Styling Session with Karinda & Kerryn. In this latest episode, radical friend and Melbourne stylist Karinda Mutabazi, came back to the studio armed with a rack of amazing outfits to helps us style our colourful winter boots! In case you blinked and missed it on Instagram, we've saved it for you here to watch whenever you like. Watch the replay and also scroll down to see all the outfits and all the shoes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Flat Shoe Liberation. (@radicalyes) One boot, two looks! Karinda shows you how to rock our Lucent Boot in Kayak Left: Shirt and Pants, @corepret, @handsom Knit; Right: @corepret Trench Coat Our Lucent Boot in Kayak alongside the Maximillian Dance Tote in Black Eco PU Above: Shirt, Knit, Jacket and Pants all @enolanmelbourne Bright boot, chill outfits. Navigating the effervescent, vibrant Lunar Boots in Aquatic "Pair some wildly bright Aquatic blue boots with a sophisticated, subdued outfit" Above: Coat and Jeans from @kloke, @countryroad Chunky Knit Complete the look with our True North Clutch in Faux Shearling Welcome to the Pinot party: dress our Orion Skies Boot can be dressed both active or sharp Left: Corduroy Jacket and Pants from @obusclothing, Knit by @kloke; Right: Shirt, Jacket & Pants all @enolanmelbourne Welcome to the Pinot Party Whether your mood is wild or mild, our Lead The Way boots in Black have you covered Left: Kloke Dress and Knit; Right: Paired with our Maximilian Large Dance Tote in Avocado Above: Collective Closets Jua Shirt Dress in Stone Marle, Collective Closets Urafiki High Waist Pants in Stone Marle Dress it up, dress it down - our Lead The Way boots in Black have all your looks covered for all occasions Lead The Way boots in Black Radical Hacks – Mangoes aren't only for summertime in RadicalLand Above: Blue Jacket by @handsom, Blue Top by @apresstudio, @countryroad jeans Left: Brown Jacket by @handsom, Check Dress by @apresstudio; Right: Lead The Way boots in Mango Nubuck with Jeans Barbar Boots in Gold Above: Barbar Boots in Gold paired with @kloke's Clash Stripe T-shirt And that's a wrap!!!
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Unboxing Lucent Kayak – what colour is kayak anyway?
Unboxing Lucent Kayak – what colour is kayak anyway? Meet Lucent, our new zip up dress boot designed with people with higher foot arches in mind. In today's video from The Fitting Salon, we talk about how and why we made it, what's so special about the outsole and get to the bottom of the question 'what colour is kayak anyway'? Shop more Flatforms... lucent-zip-boot-kayak-leather, lucent-zip-boot-gold-monochrome-leather, lunar-bootie-black-leather-black-outsole, lunar-bootie-aquatic-leather-gum-outsole, lead-the-way-boot-in-black-leather, lead-the-way-boot-in-mango-nubuck
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Radical Yes, Help Me Find My Perfect Winter Boots!
Radical Yes, Help Me Find My Perfect Winter Boots! We're back in the Fitting Salon with a new video, and as the weather threatens to get colder we've been getting asked..."Radical Yes, Help Me Find My Perfect Winter Boots". Which is perfect timing actually because we have just launched three brand new boot styles. In this video we introduce you to these three new styles and show you which ones are best suited to which type of feet. Watch the video below and see all our new boot styles here. Your perfect winter boot awaits! lead-the-way-boot-in-black-leather, lead-the-way-boot-in-mango-nubuck, lucent-zip-boot-kayak-leather, lucent-zip-boot-gold-monochrome-leather, orion-skies-boot-dirty-cream-leather-on-black, orion-skies-boot-black-leather-on-black
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Earth Day 2022: Is Radical Yes A Sustainable Brand?
If you have been following our brand for a while you might know - our position is that we do not identify as a ‘sustainable’ brand. What we aim to be is conscious and responsible. Most importantly – what we are not - is a ‘fast fashion’ brand. Here are some of the things we have purposefully built into our business model from the start in the pursuit of being a responsible, community minded brand; From the beginning, we have designed our products with the idea of long term ‘every (other) day’* use in mind. We aim to make shoes that are highly wearable, useful items – in silhouettes that we believe can guarantee a minimum of 30 wears. This figure is not about durability (of course you can expect at least 10 times the amount of wear from our shoes), but prioritising function over fads. This figure is given even greater context in contrast with the built in obsolesces of fast fashion – where products “are actually designed to be worn less than 7 times.” (The Age, Monday 18th April) The 30 wears philosophy is central to our process and was inspired by a figure that 'True Cost' Film Producer Livia Firth demonstrated to be a tipping point in reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing in terms of water consumption, material waste and resource management. This is one of the many reasons we choose to only make flat shoes because of their every-other-day* usefulness and wearability. *Rotating your shoes is another important factor we advocate in increasing the lifespan of your products - which you can read more about here. We continually invest in research and development to improve the quality of our shoes. To date, the largest focus of this investment has been in opening our own proprietary designed outsole molds that we subject to the highest international abrasion testing standards (Intertek Certification). Opening our own outsole molds also means we have greater transparency on the raw materials used to pour the soles. We never ‘spec down’ our products and we never ‘barter’ prices with our makers. We maintain long standing relationships with our factory partners and do not move our production to find ‘the cheapest deal’ available. This is counter to my previous experience developing product for high street brands seeking the lowest price for the highest volume at the expense of the quality outcome. We manufacturer in small quantities and in quantities we feel confident we will sell everything we make. In contrast to a fast fashion 6 week sales cycle, we work off a 26 week seasonal cycle to try to keep discounting, end of line products and excess stock to a minimum. This approach creates less material wastage and reduces shipping, freight and transport emissions. These ideas form part of our ‘Hasten Slowly’ philosophy. We passionately advocate for care and repair of all products. In contrast to a fast fashion 6 week sales cycle, we work off a 26 week seasonal cycle to try to keep discounting, end of line products and excess stock to a minimum. This approach creates less material wastage and reduces shipping, freight and transport emissions. These ideas form part of our ‘Hasten Slowly’ philosophy. We offer ways for our customers to keep their worn products out of landfill. One of the ways we assist our customers with this process is through our ‘Toe Tapper’ trade initiative passing pre-loved shoes on to our Not-For-Profit partner Ready Set to either sell at their famous fundraising sales or to help dress long-term unemployed women looking to re-enter the workforce. We believe making better product that can be worn more often means more sustainable outcomes for both people and planet. We acknowledge that we are not perfect. That our brand exists on a passage of continual innovation and change and Radical Yes has a long way to go in being a truly sustainable brand. Styles for every (other) day wear radical-yes-neptune-athletic-sandal-2-0-black-leather,cloud-2-0-retro-trainers-in-navy, radical-yes-always-elevated-slip-on-black-leather, radical-yes-everything-chelsea-boot-aw21-black-leather-australian-merino-wool-lining, radical-yes-journey-3-0-trainer-gold-leather, radical-yes-movement-buckle-shoe-black, north-star-clutch-kayak-pu, north-star-clutch-black-pu,
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The Radical Yes Fitting Hacks Guide
The Radical Yes Fitting Hacks Guide We couldn't send a fitting expert in every box so instead we decided to create our Radical Yes Fitting Hacks Guide, to help you fit your new shoes at home. Compiled from your most frequently asked fitting questions in store, we've put them into one easy guide to accompany every online shoe order. We also just made a video to tell you all about it. Click below to check it out and see if our fitting hacks can help you get the perfect fit! Try these on for size... lead-the-way-boot-in-black-leather, lead-the-way-boot-in-mango-nubuck, light-years-away-lace-up-trainer-in-sage-leather-on-gum-outsole, light-years-away-lace-up-trainer-in-black-leather-on-black-outsole, orion-skies-boot-dirty-cream-leather-on-black, orion-skies-boot-black-leather-on-black
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How to Wear It! Live Styling Session with Karinda & Kerryn.
How to Wear It Something we are always talking about in our design process at Radical Yes is the idea of ‘end use’. That is how you will really be using the products we make in your day-to-day life, and importantly how you can wear them. It’s at about this point that working with a skilled stylist who can give us a new lens and focus to the key styles in the range, helps us elaborate on our key end-use ideas. Introducing long-time friend and collaborator of our brand, Melbourne based stylist Karinda Mutabazi. Karinda has a long history in styling including work for stage performance, music artists as well as fashion styling. Karinda has worked all over the world including adventures in London, New York and Los Angeles and defiantly brings an international aesthetic to her approach. Most importantly, Karinda has a strong pull towards a sophisticated use of colour in her work which is what made our styling session idea with Karinda an obvious and seamless partnership. We asked Karinda to edit the collection, taking her pick of the shoes and showing us IRL ways our customers can easily wear them. Watch the video and see below our favourite tips to making flat shoes effortlessly chic. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Flat Shoe Liberation. (@radicalyes) Tip 1 – Go Colour On Colour with our Olympia Aquatic Left: Proenza Schouler Denim Jacket from @gracemelbourne, @elkthelabel Knit, @jacquemus Pants; Right: Pants stylist's own Karinda’s favourite way to wear the aquatic loafers is with other vibrant tones like her bright fuschia pink pants. The bright-on-bright idea though gets a relaxed twist with the casual Aries Arising ‘No Problemo’ sweat shirt layered over a pinstripe shirt to anchor things. It’s this kind of radical styling – bright mixed with classic elements / tailoring mixed with streetwear - that we love Karinda for as it draws a strong line to our own ‘intentional aesthetic. Our Olympia Loafer in Black Tip 2 – Use classic prints like pinstripe and checks to contrast the Olive Ophelia Pinstripes are a great way to bring calm and classic to any outfit making them a good pairing for many of our shoes. Karinda let me wear this brilliant 3.1 Phillip Lim dress which mixed 2 of my favourite garment situations – pinstripe and grey jersey – that we then match to our Ophelia Olive shoes. We both liked how this made the seriousness of the Ophelia shoes more playful. Layering a dress with jeans is another radical signature where in Melbourne Winter it’s normally a purely pragmatic decision. Outfit: @strateascarlucci Suit, @allsaints Grey Marle Sweater Tip 3 – Adventure Awaits Clogs can be dressed both active or sharp On queue from our customer questions, to explore the two different ends of our Active-Sharp spectrum Karinda presented us with 2 ideas for dressing everyone’s new favourite clog silhouette. First up, with more active ideas. We went ‘70s with a modern twist’ choosing printed flared leg pants mixed - to keep the feeling weekend and modern - with a @strateascarlucci satin bomber jacket. The Mango tone of Adventure Awaits really speaks into this 70s mood making it a good match to the more primary tones of the blue pants she selected from @arthurapparel We also explored ways to wear this shoe to work. Karinda selected a more structured blazer from @bulclothing as the bones for this idea and then used a bright yellow @mcintyre_merino knit as a sunshine party Left: @strateascarlucci Bomber Jacket, @arthurapparel pants; Right: @bulclothing Blazer, @mcintyre_merino Sweater, @designaspace skirt Tip 4 – Bananas Trainer speaks best to an Intentional Clashing energy Left: @mcintyre_merino Cardigan, LF Marley Dress from @somebuddylovesyou; Right: @sandroparis Jacket, @mcintyre_merino Sweater, Ellery Pants from @Secondo286 Use the Mango laces as a jump point for layering your outfit colours. Karinda showed us how she used elements of the pink palette in the shoes to speak to tones in the printed tones of both the LF Marley Dress and @sandroparis striped Jacket. Bananas Retro Trainer Tip 5 – Orion Skies in Dirty Cream works in larger sizes because of the black bumper we have used on the upper to contain the toe. Above Left: @ganni Cardigan, @cosstores_au shirt, @morrisonclothing jeans As a size 42 foot, Karinda showed us how the Orion Skies in Dirty Cream still works for larger sizes because of the optical illusion of the black bumper on this shoe. Orion Skies Boot in Dirty Cream Leather Cloud 2.0 Retro Trainer Above: Kara Liu Trench (Stylist's Own), @marimekkoaustralia Jumper, LF Marley Pants from @somebuddylovesyou Cloud 2.0 Retro Trainer in Navy Lucent Zip Boots show us how gold can be evening special or daytime neutral depending on what’s on top Left: Kowtow Jacket and Skirt from @somebuddylovesyou, @marimekkoaustralia Top One of the most popular looks from our live viewers was the mix of the Kowtow Latte toned Cotton Canvas jacket and skirt which speaks effortlessly to the gum-coloured sole on the Lucent boot. It somehow makes the gold just shimmer and pop effortlessly like a lake under a perfect sunset. Barbar Pink Boots have Easy Winter Weekend Commute Dressing written all over them. Left: Kara Liu Trench (Stylist's Own), @marimekkoaustralia Jumper, LF Marley Pants from @somebuddylovesyou; Right: @mcintyre_merino Cardigan, LF Marley Dress from @somebuddylovesyou Yes! There is such a thing ;> We love pairing our Barbar Chelsea boots with more relaxed weekend silhouettes like unstructured trench coats and oversized knits. Karinda showed us how to wear the soft pink tone with other neutral palettes – like creamy white and pastel blue on the one hand to give a really soft mood to this shoe. If you've read down to here, thanks for tuning in! Shop The Live Event! olympia-slip-on-aquatic-leather, olympia-slip-on-black-leather, ophelia-slip-on-lace-up-in-olive-leather, adventure-awaits-black-tumble-leather, adventure-awaits-mango-nubuck, bananas-retro-trainers-in-dusty-pink, orion-skies-boot-dirty-cream-leather-on-black, cloud-2-0-retro-trainers-in-navy, lucent-zip-boot-gold-monochrome-leather, barbar-chelsea-boots-in-pink-leather-on-black-outsole
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