When we call a shoe “versatile,” it’s typically referring to its chameleon-like adaptability for many activities and/or outfits. But Commbi, a newcomer on the shoe scene, is taking it one step further (pun intended). The footwear brand recently launched with its first-ever capsule collection of colorful, comfy slides, slippers, and clogs complete with mix-and-match footbeds, allowing you to customize any one pair as you please. With its Build-A-Bear approach, Commbi lets wearers customize their fit and feel to their exact liking—which is exactly why I had to try it.
My coworkers and I were curious to see for ourselves just how well customizable shoes *really* worked and stood up to a full day of wear. Turns out, Commbi is on to something. Find our full review below.
How Commbi works
Commbi currently offers four core shoe styles: the trendy Softie Slides ($180), the pretty Patchwork Slides ($150), the classic Rhoads Slides ($170), and oh-so-cozy Woolie Burro ($180). Once you pick your shoe, you choose your insole. Every shoe comes with a modular footbed of your choice (there are five total) that pops in and out of the base of the shoe. If you want to switch things up, you can purchase additional footbeds to mix and match depending on the occasion, season, or mood.
Despite the different outer materials of the footbeds (cork, shearling, vegan leather, terry-lined memory foam, and flannel-lined memory foam), each insole sports a layer of memory foam, so you’re promised cushy comfort regardless of which one you pick. All also have grooves that snap into the shoes like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, so that a single shoe can quickly be transformed into multiple footwear options, whether for plodding around the house or running errands around town. (You can see in the photo below one pair of slides worn three ways.)
Commbi footwear: Our honest review
Intrigued by Commbi’s choose-your-own-adventure model, I opted to test the Softie Slides in black with a vegan leather footbed, while my colleague and Well+Good Content Operations Director, Katie Maguire, opted for the Woolie Burro.
The Softies are the slide equivalent of inflatable pillows. They’re big and squishy and, as the name suggests, very soft. The straps are made from smooth vegan
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