Goral

Barefoot brand from United Kingdom, founded 1936.

Goral is a family-run maker in Sheffield, England, making handmade leather sneakers and boots, mostly aimed at men, with resoleable Blake stitch construction. Most of the range is regular footwear, but I like that there is a separate barefoot collection of low top, high top and boot styles with a wide toe box and flexible soles. They also sell socks, laces, insoles and shoe care.

Specialities: men, handmade, leather, boots, sneakers

Goral website

How Goral fits

rounded toe box, multiple width

Goral's everyday last has a rounded almond toe, and the barefoot styles are described as wide toed. Go for your usual size, or up if you're between sizes, but the unlined SMUGS suggests half a size down. If you have a high instep or wide feet, try the EE.

The Goral range