Ben Walters has been busy. He’s traveled across the nation and around the world, before finally calling Shanghai home. In 2007, he turned his focus to the shoe industry, starting ospop. The brand’s first offering are the Tian Lang Trainers, known and loved by millions of blue collar Chinese workers. Like the Warrior Shoes, the Trainers are popular for both their utilitarian nature and iconic design. One Small Point of Pride (ospop) worked closely with the Tian Lang factory to produce a version that stays true to the original design while employing better materials to create a more durable and comfortable shoe. Last fall, ospop released the Skywolf series in three colorways. This summer, the Departure series will introduce an additional six. The kicks can be found in a worldwide network of dealers as well as on ospop.com


Brian Tuesday, 08.05.08 @ 7:47 pm

I ordered a pair of carbon sneakers expecting black shoes. They looked black on the website. They were dark green. I returned them. The people at ospop had no explanation why their carbon sneakers are green and not black.


Jorge Tuesday, 09.09.08 @ 8:03 am

UK buyers beware, you must *really* love the shoes.
To the $76 shoes + $44 shipping fees tally add a whopping £44 (~$80) of import duties and tariffs, bringing the total cost above $200!
Returning the items and obtaining a refund is also more challenging from the UK.


Dylan Jackson Saturday, 09.27.08 @ 11:48 pm

Bought my first pair of ospops after reading your blog about them this summer – just got my second pair this week, they are prob. the most comfortable shoes I’ve found in a long time.


ospop Monday, 09.20.10 @ 4:09 am

Europe and the United States and more recently on the market called a “Ospop” of sports shoes, Ospop inspiration from Chinese workers, even it is based on Chinese workers wearing “Jiefang Xie” and the design.
OSPOP Shoe, originally called Jie Fang Xie, meaning Liberation Shoe, it was first made at the beginning of 50’s, along with the start of Chinas rubber industry. The army was the first to add a cotton canvas upper to transform them into the sneaker design still in production today. The shoe has taken the people through world wars, revolutions, vast political and economic change and is still the most popular choice of work shoe as China retakes it’s claim as the original superpower. See more at http://www.ospopshoe.com




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