Role Club Lace To Toe A-2 Style

In watching Role Club Boot making videos with my partner (almost) every night, I fell in love with the lace to toes! I love the two tone look, the shape, and the versatility. I wanted a pair of boots that I could wear to dress up, stomp around in the snow, run the track (as a PE teacher 😂), take care of chickens, moped across the city, walk for 10 miles around San Francisco, and dance to Bad Bunny in! I have wider feet and have a hard time finding women’s shoes that don’t hurt, so I was hoping that the lace up style would give me the flexibility to loosen and tighten up the boots as needed. In my experience women’s clothes & shoes typically aren’t made to last, and after a moped accident the year prior, I learned just how important it is to have a pair of boots that protect them toes! I knew that horsehide would be the right choice to protect my toes, and to continue to wear for the rest of my life!

I was lucky enough to place my order at the Role Club shop itself in Los Angeles. I got to meet Brian the Bootmaker, (I was totally start struck after watching my partner watch hours of his videos every night 😆) who measured my feet, and noted my foot shape in order to create the best fit for me.

On a lovely spring day in Los Angeles, in the midst of the pandemic (March 2021), I tagged along with my partner (now fiancé ✨💅) to get fitted for a pair of boots from his favorite bootmaker. This stop happened by chance, as we were in the process of moving from San Diego to San Francisco. The uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, loss of jobs, and housing crisis led me to think he was crazy for spending so much on ‘just a pair of boots’. But when I walked into the Role Club shop, heard Brian’s story, and saw the care and passion he put into each pair of boots, I understood that his creations are not ‘just boots’ but handcrafted works of art. I was lucky enough to get sized that day, and place an order for a custom pair of boots. I was mesmerized by the deep tones of Color 8 Chromexcel Horsehide, and chose the natural colored Unbuffed Horsehide panels for contrast. I asked for brass speed hooks and leather laces to tie it all together. Then, the waiting began⏳. These are my first real pair of boots, my first bespoke pair, and definitely the longest I have ever waited for an order. Two and a half years later, I received an email- “Your boots are ready!” The boots arrived in September 2023, perfect timing for The Dome! Opening the box for the first time brought tears to my eyes! It was love at first sight- in Farsi “Dooset Daram” means I love you, so naturally Bootset Daram was the perfect profile name. These were (and are) the most beautiful pair of boots I have ever seen (and smelled)! From that day forward, waiting for The Thunderdome to start felt almost as long as waiting for the boots to arrive.