I seriously love all my Fluevogs so so much. I have over 40 pairs of these, collected from the 90's till now.
I love the Calgary store because it's the closest to Edmonton- but come on John. Build an Edmonton store and I'll work for you forever! Converting a friend to Fluevog is a valuable skill that I've got!
The staff in Calgary are super nice and friendly! Every time I go in they are willing and able to bring out dozens of shoes for me to try and decide which will be the ones to go home with me. I really like seeing which vogs THEY are wearing, and I've definitely copied them in their style choices. The store is pretty big, you can get lost in it because there are 3 floors. Not all for shoes, sometimes downstairs they have a gallery and upstairs is a shoe museum! Pretty swanky. And a cute vending machine that sells canadian handmade goods!
I really respect canadian designers especially when they have been in the business for so long with growing success. I prefer to shop in person at a Fluevog store or online so that 100% of my hard earned money will go to the Designer. Yes, they sell Fluevogs at Gravity pope in Edmonton but that's wholesale and I would rather see my money go to someone I respect. That might sound weird but I'm speaking as a designer myself and the more $$$ I spend and the more shoes I buy the bigger John Fluevog can expand and make other people happy with unique shoes in the future.