6 Reasons You'll Love Our Thallium Boot

1. Built to Last

Thallium is hand-crafted in Portugal, a place renowned for their rich history of crafting leather boots for men using premium materials and traditional techniques. These boots are meticulously constructed with various features to ensure durability, such as a reinforced heel cup and toe puff, a steel shank to provide torsional stability and premium leather that softens with wear. Our Thallium boot is designed to hold form once it's part of your regular rotation.

2. Engineered for Support

All Bared Footwear are fitted with our incredibly comfortable biomechanical footbed; expertly crafted to provide inherent support and cushioning. The thoughtfully designed contours aid foot function and provide mild support, while the heel cup provides shock absorption to aid in the prevention of heel pain. If you're after Chelsea boots with arch support, Thallium is made to meet that need. Plus, they’re orthotic-friendly, making them ideal for anyone needing extra care with their everyday footwear.

3. Premium Leather

100% of our leathers are sourced from LWG-certified suppliers. This ensures that the tanneries adhere to a strict protocol, focusing on energy and water usage, waste management, the control of chemicals and more.

Thallium’s leather styles are also vegetable tanned. This method swaps out chemicals for natural tannins found in trees, fruit, and plants, which reduces the environmental impact of the process.

Vegetable tanned leather is known for its rich, natural hues and unique texture that cannot be replicated with other methods. By choosing this method, you're not only getting a high-quality product, but also supporting more sustainable practices. For tips on maintaining your boots, read our guide to caring for suede shoes.

4. Ageing Gracefully

Vegetable-tanned leather also ages beautifully, developing a unique patina over time as it interacts with air, light, and natural oils from your skin. This patina adds character and makes the leather adapt to your feet, providing a personalised and comfortable fit. It’s one of the many qualities that make our leather boots for men truly worth the investment.

5. Kinder on the Planet

Thallium features our signature B.plantfoam™ footbed which is made from 72% plant-based materials (USDA-certified biobased). With a carbon footprint of 3.85kg CO2E, it reduces CO2 emissions by 70% when compared to traditional petroleum-based footbeds.

Thallium also features heel counters and toe puffs (the material inserted as a stiffener in the toe) crafted from a 5% cotton base and coated in 95% biodegradable polymers, meaning they will break down after their intended purpose.

Here at Bared it is our mission to create quality footwear you’ll wear for years, but it’s even more important to improve our materials and processes to be better for our planet. Thallium showcases just some of the steps we are taking towards a better future and highlights our difference in sustainable men’s footwear.

6. Customised Comfort

And of course, we know, all of the above reasons to fall in love with Thallium are in vain if you don’t enjoy wearing them day in and day out. Thallium arrives with our signature Fit Kit allowing you to customise your fit. The additional forefoot padding will provide a snugger fit, while our thinner footbed provides more space within the shoe, perfect for wide feet. The combination of a customised fit with carefully considered construction makes Thallium ideal for all-day wear—and one of the most comfortable men’s boots on the market.