Paphos Life

Fit flops Does anyone know if these can be purchased here?

I got mine from Famous Sports, though that was a few years ago. I live in them in summer!

You could try Amazon Germany, who I'm sure sell a good range of Fit Flops, in the € currency you are used to, AND ship to Cyprus, according to other PL posters.

Pre-EU 2004, Cyprus had a thriving local shoe industry, mainly Limassol based. Where they imported ecco from Denmark, Clarkes from England, etc. The shoes were imported in two parts- the soles and the uppers. The local factory then glued the two halves together!

Import tariffs were a fraction of what they would have been for 'complete' shoes. Hence, you could purchase top-notch ecco and Clarkes shoes in Paphos for around CY£40 - less than half the price in the UK! Sadly, all that came to an end in 2004 on Cyprus joining the EU. And many Cypriot shoe gluers lost their jobs...

AL

Before Cyprus joined the EU, more things than just imported shoes which were glued together here, (I have just read this in Al's post!) were produced locally. There were local clothes manufacturers, making things such as shirts, mens,ladies and childrens clothes, locally made shoes, a lot of Lefkara lace, Cyprus made souvenirs, not the stuff now imported from China and the Far East. Also locally made pottery.
But the locally made things which were produced in small numbers for use by people living here, became uneconomic to manufacture when cheap imports came flooding in after Cyprus joined the EU.

Dee

Yes, Lloyd,
You are right in what you say. It is true that China, Thailand,S.Korea, India and others are into mass production of all types of goods. Certainly cheaper than those produced in Europe, quality is improving substantially over time. When we lived in Hong Kong in the 90's we used to be wary of buying what was then cheap and sometimes shoddy goods from China. Electrical goods, not properly earthed, sometimes caught fire. Am still wary of cheap electrical things from China or SE Asia! But China can produce much better quality clothes now. But not ladies shoes as sold by M&S! Or woollens.
Cyprus still has sheep, it seems a shame that they aren't using the wool to produce decent sweaters for wear in the winter here. Sometimes one sees sheepskins for sale in markets in the mountains, but wonder who buys them?
Dee

If my memory serves correctly, there was a thread on Fit Flops on CL last year. I have no idea how to search the archive, though . Perhaps Jim could help?

I just wanted to know where to buy locally...need to try them on

I live in mine and have multiple pairs but order from Amazon. Keep an eye and you can get bargains. Not found them here yet

Houdinibun wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:55 pm I live in mine and have multiple pairs but order from Amazon. Keep an eye and you can get bargains. Not found them here yet

Believe me, she's looked.

I got mine a long while ago but I bought the boys Hyker (sandal version) rather than with a toe post.... I bought them from Boots online website and got my mum to bring them out for me when my parents visited in November. The last holiday they had in Cyprus was in February 2013 so the sandals came to me in 2011 because they had to postpone Nov 2012 trip due to my dad being too sick to travel. I still have them and still wear them...

Sadie, I bought the boys Size 4 because I read that Fit Flops are generally a little bit bigger than our regular sizes.

This chart may help you: http://pentactivehosting.com/towerboots ... -chart.pdf

There was a shop in the old town that had a few on a stand outside.
She may not be there now due to the refurbishment.

As Tremigirl says, there was a shop just on the edge of the market, (behind the cafes) it mainly sold alcohol but had fit flops on a stand outside. I bought 2 pairs from there about 5 years ago and still wear one pair regularly. Not sure if the shop is still there, but worth a look.

Have you tied Famous Sports? That's where I bought my 2 pairs from, a couple of years apart (though the last was a couple of years ago). But I had a quick look at their website and it is showing a few pairs of Fit Flops (albeit not a lot), with 15% discount.

Ams wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 5:50 pm Have you tied Famous Sports? That's where I bought my 2 pairs from, a couple of years apart (though the last was a couple of years ago). But I had a quick look at their website and it is showing a few pairs of Fit Flops (albeit not a lot), with 15% discount.

Had a look at their website ....sadly they're the toe post design or glittery... I need them for my work as a cleaner so need more support I.e. Fasteners ( can't wear toe posts sadly)
But thanks for the suggestion

Sadie, did you click on the link I posted further up - it has a size/measuring chart which you can print off to check your correct sizing for Fit Flops.

I've added it here again, in case you missed it: http://pentactivehosting.com/towerboots ... -chart.pdf

This is a shop in Kate Paphos - sorry the image is 90degrees out

This is the shop



In the lane beside The Moorings restraunt