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TLDR “Liu claims the French company took advantage of the Chinese at a time when China was still grappling with capitalism and transitioning from all factories being state-owned assets to devolving some rights to individual businesses." You can’t buy actual Dafu Rubber 501 Feiyue because of this. So we contacted Mr. Liu and jointly created a special run of the original Dafu Rubber 501s with Brooklyn as the logo.

Skippies is a story of 3 friends (Alex, Victor, and Qingqiao) and a quest for clothes with a high ROI (Return on Investment). Shoes wear out fast, you can make shoes heavy with hard rubber, and they will last longer, but your feet will suffer. Minimalist shoes that are light with really flexible soles are a joy to wear and run in. And with less material, they should be cheaper, but they aren't. Why? Because companies assume that with a niche product they can apply Customer Price Perception to get you to pay more for the "perception" of quality. Dont be so predictable.

One day at the office, I saw Norman wearing minimalist-looking canvas shoes he had bought in Taiwan. Their brand was Feiyue. Investigating the story and you come across this amazing tidbit “Liu claims the French company took advantage of the Chinese at a time when China was still grappling with capitalism and transitioning from all factories being state-owned assets to devolving some rights to individual businesses."

After a year of ordering shoes from Aliexpress and trying the Top One, red dot, and the original Dafu Rubber green triangle shoes, we knew we had found the perfect shoes. Super light. Very flexible sole. So we contacted Mr. Liu on WeChat from Dafu Rubber and found a friend. We registered Skippies Industries LLC and Trademark. We learned that International LLC of Florida registered the name Feiyue for footwear. So we changed the name. We are New Yorkers, so for our first run of shoes, we picked our favorite borough for a Big Night Out, Brooklyn.