FEIYUE sneakers

[skylee]

I've heard on the radio that the old Shanghai sports shoes brand is very successful in France. Anyone wearing this brand? It seems that it is not sold in China now.

FEIYUE Website (in English and French only) -> http://www.feiyue-shoes.com/ (I like the name of the Er Dang Jia line).

Report -> Feiyue 飞跃 —— China Original Sneaker

[imron]

I know people who wear these. Although I'm not sure whether they bought the shoes recently or not. The brand is/was quite common in the martial arts community I think.

[Meng Lelan]

Yes, Feiyue is widely worn in the wushu world.

[skylee]

What do you think about the now inflated price? 50 euro?

[Don_Horhe]

Speaking of shoes, would one have a hard time finding 44-45 size footwear (10-11 US size) in China? Most of my friends told me to stock up on shoes before leaving, telling me it'd be quite hard getting sizes that big.

[imron]

I'm guessing the people I know who wear them didn't even pay 50 RMB! I can't see anyone in China paying 500 RMB for a pair In Europe however, it's slightly different as you also have to account for transportation costs, higher rent/staff costs for the shoe store etc. It still seems a bit pricey, but at 50 Euros, it's still not an expensive shoe in Europe.

[imron]

I wear size 46 shoes, and although it can sometimes be a problem if a store doesn't have the style you want in the larger size, there will still be plenty of shoes in that size.

[BrandeX]

I wear size 44's and just went shoe shopping recently, it seems to be one of the more common men's sizes. From general looking around while on buses or subways, it seems chinese have just as big feet as anyone. In fact being only 5'11" and around 160lbs myself, I was surprised to find that many people here are bigger than me, same as in the US, along with size 10 shoes, it seems to be pretty common. Heck even my chinese father in law is 6'1" wears a size 11.5 and seems to have plenty of clothes

[hidden12345]

Interestingly enough, I discovered these shoes on a 2004 trip to Henan; I grew up with a family in the arts/fashion and I knew these would be a hit back home. Being more the business-minded one, I went back in 2005, this time Shanghai, went to the factory myself, and negotiated a deal for 400 pairs. I was still in university at the time (these trips were over the summer) and when I returned, I sold the shoes pair by pair at local college campuses, including my own [campus]. Suffice to say, the trip to China paid for itself. I still have quite a few pairs left over, wrapped in original packaging, brand new. If anybody's interested, feel free to PM. Shoe sizes are in European.

[Don_Horhe]

Didn't you have any trouble getting 400 pairs of shoes out of the country without making anybody suspicious? I mean, wouldn't that many pairs be considered something more than just buying stuff for yourself back home, for which you'd need some sort of export license or something?

[hidden12345]

All good questions, with what I hope are equally sufficient answers; however, this is not the place.

[imron]

Why not? I'm sure there are many people interested, and that it's possible to provide enough information to satisfy people's curiosity without needing to go into detailed specifics.