About Us

Heart and Sole - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Heart and Sole is a unique neighborhood shoe store off the beaten track and worth the visit!  Located just one block off of Fort Street at Cook in the Antique row. We feature handmade accesories from local crafts people including Floating Gold Iceberg, Catalyst Reaction, Wild Abandon earings,  Bronsino handbags and Sandalman Sandals and handbags made to order.  Our store is perfect for the fashion forward and comfort minded customer. Some of the fabulous shoe lines we carry are Boulet, Gabor, Miz Mooz, El Naturalista, Tsubo, Birkenstock, John Fluevog, Think, Everybody and more. Also, our range of Smartwool socks and clothing, is one of the largest in Victoria

We are committed to bringing you locally made jewelery and accesories including Floating Gold Iceberg, Catalyst Reaction cuffs, Wild Abandon jewelry. As well as our own line of handmade handbags and small leather goods. We are the home of Sandalman sandals (click on SANDALMAN on our menu for more info).

Our Return Policy 

We will gladly offer an exchange or issue a store credit within seven days of purchase on full-priced, unworn merchandise in the original packaging.

Sale and discounted items are final sale. No cash or credit card refunds.

Eco-Policy

Heart and Sole is your neighborhood shoe store with a little more... Our staff endeavor, on a daily basis, to recycle cardboard from shoe boxes and their contents as well as other paper based shipping materials received from our vendors. We recycle other materials such as any plastic foot forms and plastic bags used by manufacturers to keep our shoes in good shape during shipping and storing. Any other fine paper products, including stuffing that come from inside shoes, we reuse again and again in many practical ways in the store.

Heart and Sole uses natural cleaners and environmental practices where possible and in fact prefer to keep all artificial scents to a minimum. Our shoe care products such as Mink oil, do not contain real oil of the Mink, but are composed of nature based and man made ingredients.

We are very pleased to say that most of our customers do not request our biodegradable shopping bags made from corn, in which to take home their new shoes and accessories. They prefer to use their own re usable bags or just walk on home carrying or wearing them. Our heaters run on inferred technology and are very efficient, reducing cost and energy.

The Owner, Keith Gage-Cole, makes some of our own sandals, handbags and belts on the premises. We continually stock locally made accessories aswell,  thus reducing the carbon footprint with less reliance on transportation.

We make a conscious effort to select footwear lines that also reflect care and concern of our planet, such as El Naturalista from Spain. El Naturalista's Eco-Policy. We feel that we have some responsibility to inform manufacturers on consumer preferences and feedback regarding environmental concerns and sensitivities. -We tell them when there is just too much unnecessary and wasteful "stuff" inside their shoes and or shoe boxes.

 

FOOTLOOSE SHOES ON FORT

Please visit our sister store, Footloose Shoes, 637 Fort St (Between Broad and Government) Open 7 days www.footlooseshoes.com 250 383 4040 They carry lines such as Frye, Dansko, Coclico, Chie Mihara, Argila, Camper, Timberland, Gentle Souls, El Naturalista and much much more