Jibs

Life’s a journey. Make it enjoyable, keep it stylish in Jibs effortless slip-on shoes.

Natalie Kathleen was a fierce high-heeled New Yorker when she founded Jibs in 2015. By fierce we mean 4 inches while jautning across town via bicycle between multiple weekend brunches or stacked social and business meetings. A vast difference from her youth ages of bouncing between ball sports and snowboarding big air competitions in Vancouver, Canada, and a nudge from her early 20’s backpacking Australia to learning the (fashion & advertising) corporate lifestyle in London.

It was after embarking on this varied, squeeze life out of every moment, journey that she blended her passion for shoes with a love of travel, adventure and life. Essentially, she wanted to make a shoe that could keep up, that wouldn’t slow her down, that could take her from the office, to an impromptu bike ride, to drinks with her friends. After years of globetrotting and seeking out those big memory-making moments, Natalie wanted to design a shoe for epic travels as well as the little everyday adventures called life. She made her way to Três Coroas, Brazil to a friend’s family factory, and what resulted was Jibs, a footwear collection with recycled soles, a flexible slip-on design and perforated biodegradable leather that fits seamlessly on every foot and features multiple colors and styles for everyone from outdoor enthusiasts to the street style icons.