Safety shoes are not only used very effectively as industrial footwear, they are also used for urban street wear quite successfully over the past decades. Singapore too is rich in safety shoes both as a trend and for those who need to wear these for work. Safety shoes must be certified in order for workers to use them for industrial protection. In our article we would like to represent you with the most popular and worn industrial footwear, the safety shoes and the best places to buy them in Singapore.
Safety shoes generally those shoes or boots which are reinforced with a steel safety cap are used widely by all sorts of industrial workers as they contain steel they are standardised to protect against heavy falling objects and even can be lifesaving when it comes to electricity transmission in case of such accident. The safety shoes have become heavily favoured and worn from roughly the Eighties by several subcultures then from the Nineties they have become part of urban street wear. Today, many explorer brands also make safety shoes to sell to mainstream customers. Some of the most popular brands that sell safety shoes all across the world include Dr. Martens that was started up originally as a creator of safety and correctional shoes. Martens shoes and boots are extremely popular, especially among teenagers. Dr. Martens have several selling points also in Singapore. Another well-known street-wear and explorer shoe brand that deals with mainstream safety shoes and boots include Caterpillar. The shoes are extremely trendy these days, both among men and among women.
Although you can find Caterpillar shoes all across Singapore, the biggest variety of their shoes can be viewed on the website of Cloggs, one of the biggest online shoe sellers of Singapore.
Other popular brands selling safety shoes in Singapore include:
• KRUSHERS Safety Footwear – 55 Toh Guan Road
• Dominion Safety Footwear – 803 Kind Georges Avenue
• Nitti Safety Footwear – 209 Henderson Road
• BFR – BFR House – 33 Senoko Road
You can find Dr. Martens store along Orchard Road at Orchard Central at Robinsons Department Store at Raffles and at Takashiyama at Ngee Ann Shopping Mall as well as in Bugis Junction where the brand has its own store.
For Caterpillar safety shoes, go to Far East Shopping Centre along Orchard Road or to Queensway Shopping Mall at Queenstown close to the MRT Station.
BFR on the above-mentioned address has a wide variety of law enforcement, military and standard safety shoes and boots. They are also selling Dr. Martens and Caterpillar shoes and boots. The further developed style of safety boots also include motor boots and cowboy boots a big variety of which you can get to find at the smaller stores of Bugis Junction and Far East Shopping Plaza.
Although safety boots are not the very best to wear on the long haul under tropical climate, you can get to find them in the upper mentioned stores of Singapore. Caterpillar and Timberland shoes and boots are perfect for exploring and adventure tours too. S