We've given a great, big hug to our Goodyear welted boot design. 

The result is A Softly Serious Boot, which you can pre-order now for September delivery.

A Softly Serious has the same lofty stature as our previous Seriouses, but is more comfortable from the off, thanks to a super light Vibram Morflex sole and a flexible 3mm leather midsole (whereas the original Serious has 4.5mm). 

It means no breaking-in required and an almost sneaker-like cloudy bounce, despite the very proper and un-sneaker-like Goodyear welt, which is probably THE highest quality construction technique in shoemaking, allowing for a secure bond between sole and upper and ease of sole replacement when it eventually wears down (and replacing this Morflex sole is quite a familiar practice to any good cobbler, not least because Red Wings have worked with the same sole for years). 

The leather is a soft, gorgeous German nubuck, from the Heinen tannery; robust despite its velvety finish and something we're defnitley going to use more of in shoes to come. 

To launch, we're offering just one colour of leather - this ash brown - and with a choice of tan welt, or black welt (we don't yet have a photo of the black welt, but you can check out the black and tan welts in our other Serious boots, here). The soft EVA outsole comes only in black.