Viberg
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Re: My spec. Don't know exactly, I just sent Brett the pic and said, make me a pair of these please. Here is an extract from his email confirmation:
Merlot, gun metal eyelets. Mid sole and leather
Outsole are the same.
With a washed out brown edge. Black or brown leather
Laces would look good.It's a classic look. Which is good. But still aggressive
The last is the 310 sprung toe last. It comes in D and E width
It's great last, very comfortable to wear.Kiya's look the same but the leather is Mocha…
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tmg. i just ordered mine wednesday using the boot builder on vibergs site (workboot.com)
pm about the pricing if you wantoh yeah g i didnt even notice your eyelets are different
im not getting fast hooks either
other than that same boots -
An image of my IHVB-01 are on the Viberg Blog
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I followed a couple of links after viewing your boots and ended up at this recent interview with Brett Viberg:
http://www.themilltown.com/chat-with-brett-viberg/
Might be of interest to folks.
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When asked about the future of Viberg, Brett replied: "If it was just me, which it isn’t – I would continue to upgrade the quality and make Viberg into a higher luxury brand. I would make the shoes more expensive and add bags and clothing to create a very high end collection."
I cant knock his hustle, but I think they should stick to making boots. And making them more expensive is just foolish, as they are already on the upper end of what is reasonable for the product they make. There comes a point when making something more exclusive and more expensive will kill your business, not bolster it. (i got the quote in the link Sugar Mountain provided)
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Brett wants to make Viberg boots MORE expensive ???
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Yikes. Better get them while they're cheap. Nope, that's the wrong word; um, get them while they're not outrageous?
Seems a risky idea to go higher end and more niche. They built the company on selling solid workboots. I'd like to think there's still a viable market for them to continue doing the same, as well as expanding into more "fashion" offerings.
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Sounds like he wants to move his market away from competing with Whites, Wesco and similar lower priced brands (Wolverine, Red Wing etc..), and start going after Visvim. Especially when you consider the sneaker collaboration, and branching into clothing, sounds very much like he wants Viberg to become a Canadian Visvim.
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Canadian Visvim.
Hahahahahahaahhaahahhahaha
EDIT: Sorry that just sounded funny when I read it.
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It did to me too
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It did to me too
I just can't wait to see the prices of all the collabs when/ if the price increase happens. Also, can someone tell him to do more of the style favored in JP? I feel like I need to grow a mustache, vest, and wear some spectacles before putting most of them on. Here comes the hate…
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It did to me too
I just can't wait to see the prices of all the collabs when/ if the price increase happens. Also, can someone tell him to do more of the style favored in JP? I feel like I need to grow a mustache, vest, and wear some spectacles before putting most of them on. Here comes the hate…
No hate from me L, I agree.
I wish I could love Viberg I really do, and I do love the look and quality of their boots, I just cannot justify them in comparison to Whites. The quality and materials are separated by a hair width, and that hair width isn't worth several hundred dollars to me.
**Megatron leaves the herd.
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When asked about the future of Viberg, Brett replied: "If it was just me, which it isn’t – I would continue to upgrade the quality and make Viberg into a higher luxury brand. I would make the shoes more expensive and add bags and clothing to create a very high end collection."
this sounds to me a lot like Brett wants to continue building boots (and other stuff!) just cuz he wants to make more and more money, not cuz he just love doing what he's doing and why he became famous in some way…
and I'm totally with mega on this one...not cuz I'm still living a students life but more like this sounds to me that he's going to lose a lot of customers with this shitty idea...he rather should stick to the things that people can associate with the name and the brand behind everything instead of using the name to jump on some other shit!...just my 2cents though!
*finn leaves the www and gets back to drinking Belgian beer all day long!
