Blundstone has one of the simplest product lineups in all of footwear. The Tasmania, Australia-based company mainly makes slip-on Chelsea boots featuring leather uppers, large floppy pull tabs, and rugged rubber soles.
They’ve been spotted on countless influencers and celebrities, including even members of the British royal family. They’ve also been heartily endorsed by plenty of product experts, including, most notably, us (years before everyone else, we might add). Last year, The New York Times even suggested they might be “the defining style of the early 2020s.”
And yet, somehow, the brand’s product line can be incredibly confusing for the average consumer.
That’s because, as a storied footwear brand that’s spent nearly two centuries slowly iterating the same formula, understanding the differences between its various boots requires minding the details.
It doesn’t help much that the brand’s major product line names—classic, heritage, original—all seem like synonyms, leaving true fans to refer to models to mainly refer to various boots by their four-digit code instead.
Blundstone is giving lace-up boots another try
That’s what makes the newly released #2428 Lace Up Originals line so surprising. Technically, it’s not the first lace-up boot the brand has made. The company unveiled a lace-up Gore series for women in 2016, and we’re guessing there were previous attempts even before then.
