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Brand profile
Kyrgies
American brand making hand-felted Kyrgyz wool slippers and house shoes through a women-owned factory in Bishkek.
RichmondOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Workwear / HeritageStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Kyrgies
One product, made one way
The whole line is hand-felted wool house shoes — mules, closed-back slippers, boots and hand-woven styles — soled in vegetable-tanned leather or natural rubber.
A named factory, not a supplier
Every pair is wet-felted by hand at Tumar, a women-owned and women-staffed factory in Bishkek, using Kyrgyz felting techniques and local sheep's wool.
$79 with a repair path
Core slippers sit around $79, and the brand backs them with a repair-and-upcycle program plus 1% for the Planet membership.
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Brand facts
Kyrgies is an American footwear label founded by Barclay Saul and Steve Anderson that specializes in hand-felted wool slippers and house shoes. Production runs through Tumar, a women-owned and women-staffed factory in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where local sheep's wool is wet-felted by hand using centuries-old Kyrgyz techniques and finished with vegetable-tanned leather or natural rubber soles. The range spans low-back mules, closed-back slippers, boots and a hand-woven "Wovens" line. The brand is a 1% for the Planet member and runs a circular repair-and-upcycle program. Core slippers retail around $79.
- Founded
- 2017
- Origin
- Richmond, United States
- Price
- $$
- Typical prices
- Home goods $6–$24 · Bags $179–$268 · Belts $44–$268
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Styles
- Workwear / Heritage, Minimalist / Contemporary