Wearing boots without socks? Great idea, if you enjoy the feeling of corns and blisters all over your feet. So, yeah, bad idea. While your feet will still be in peril of blisters while wearing the Astorflex Bitflex Chelsea, their chances of coming out unscathed just got a lot better.
Arguably one of the best-kept secrets in men’s footwear, these Chelseas are made using an exceptionally soft European leather that should enable the kind of comfort you’ve never quite associated with that kind of footwear. That softness is due to an all-natural treatment that sees the leather slowly processed over 30 days in a mixture of water, oak bark, and powdered mimosa before being softened in barrels with animal fats and aniline dyes.
The Astorflex Bitflex Chelsea pairs that soft suede leather to twin elastic goring for easily stretching when slipping your foot inside, along with a memory foam footbed to ensure all-day comfortable wear. It comes with soles cut in all-natural, chemical-free crepe rubber, providing a strong grip even on wetter days and soft cushion all throughout. Like their popular Greenflex silhouette, which found its way to the US last year, this thing boasts serious comfort – the kind that you’ll appreciate as soon as you wear it with no break-in needed whatsoever.
Available in three colorways (stone, dark khaki, and dark chestnut), the Astorflex Bitflex Chelsea is priced at $179.98.