Bodega and Clarks Originals Reunite for Wallabee “Heritage Patchwork”

Following footwear collaborations with ON, Suicoke, Salomon, Jordan Brand, and New Balance, Boston-based retailer Bodega has teamed up with Clarks Originals for “Heritage Patchwork” Wallabees.

The pairs are dressed in an eclectic range of textures and fabrics, including tweed, leather, suede, and corduroy in herringbone and pinstripe patterns, and arrive just in time for the cold Northeast winters.

Double-stacked hangtags dangle from the sides, and the laces are adorned with a “B” logo lace dubrae. Fall-friendly brown and orange hues are accented with a touch of indigo below the collars, and red insoles and crepe soles round out the new-generation classics.

“We tip our deerstalker caps to the textile traditions of the UK while keeping things firmly stateside with boots that merge two identities into one, balancing sartorial and street in the process,” writes Bodega in a press release.

The Wallabees were designed to be versatile, easily pairing with workwear-leaning outfits, relaxed weekender fits, or other occasions requiring a subtle dash of retro flair. Bodega paints a vivid picture of its vision for the project.

“Those absolutely random hand-built stone walls. The hills that look like that Windows screensaver from middle school. Winding dirt roads 5 sheep wide, big enough for half a car. And massive summer estates, almost exclusively inhabited by ghosts except for the one-odd family holiday.

But then that taxi horn, train screech, and incoherent shouting match snaps you right out of it.

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That’s not the smell of fresh air, that’s the smell of an air freshener. The ride is not a Land Rover but a bicycle that roves over land. The dog barking is not a pure bred hunting beagle but the mutt from 2-F with a thirst for squirrels and an aversion to rabies shots. The summer estate is also the winter estate…and the spring and fall one. And that tapestry of heritage UK fabrics? That maze-like tweed and those ridge-filled corduroy corridors? That’s printed suede and carved leather respectfully. But are the countryside and Court St. really that different? We don’t think so and with the right footwear, there is no ‘either or’, especially as far as heritage is concerned”

The Bodega x Clarks Originals Wallabee 2.0 will be available on October 28 at 12 p.m. EST at the brand’s Boston and Los Angeles locations, as well as online.

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