gravitypope

Shoe selection is pretty good, staff attitude is not. I felt like I was inconveniencing the man just trying to buy a pair of 500 $ boots. Sorry dude, I’ll go «inconvenience» someone else at some other store.

Grabbed a pair of kicks from here. What a dope store… And to the people who complain that it’s to expensive that’s fine if you keep walking down queen you’ll find an Aldo store … Staff is super friendly and Kristina was very knowledgable and helpful when I choosing a pair of jeans. Has a great eye for what fits and works and what doesn’t. Totally shopping here again

I’ve been here several times and I love the selection of shoes. I have mixed feelings about the service. The last time I was in I was basically ignored for 20 mins. I tried shoes on myself and then I just left because no one was around to help even though it was basically empty of customers. I’m sure there was a reason and we are all humans and drop the ball at times. I’ll still shop here eventually, I just need a break after my last experience.

The shoe selection here is truly exceptional. The best in the city. However, many of the shoes are simply not affordable for the average person. Sometimes they have sales.
One of my issues with gravitypope is customer service. Interestingly, I find the female staff to be very friendly and knowledgeable, but some of the males need training — I found two of them in particular to be very blasé and they each failed to provide a level of service that I would expect to see at a high-​quality shop.
I tried on a pair of shoes and I was ready to buy, except that they were damaged (the leather was chipped on the side). Instead of offering me a discount or offering to repair them, my options were to: (a) buy the damaged shoes at full price or (b) go home. On principle alone, I went home. I then found the same pair of shoes online for $ 20 less and they were shipped to my home the following week. Win-​win for me!
At the end of the day, this is a monopoly-​type situation because there is no better selection of shoes in Toronto. The men’s shoe and clothing selection is equally impressive as the women’s and the prices are somewhat more reasonable for guys.

Their Kitsilano store was a favourite of mine when I lived in Vancouver. I was really disappointed when this one opened, so much so that (despite living very close) it took me almost a year to go back. Still not a fan, it seems gravitypope left their laid back attitude on the west coast.
If you are okay paying these prices there are better options for shoes around queen west. This place thinks it much better than it is.

I like dressing nicely. In fact, I know more about fashion than the gf, even though she dress very well too. To my knowledge they biggest sale they have is like 10% or 15% off full priced items each year. I know, eh? I think twice a year they’ll have 40% off sale, but the stuff I like is never on sale … ANYWAY
Only going to talk about the men’s shoes:
This store carries a great deal of both low-​end and higher end shoes (mid-tier=churchs if you frequent SF). The thing about shoes in general is that most of the time, their price to quality ratio is pretty much on par. The more expensive the shoe is, the better quality it is (again, this is generally only for dress shoes).
That is true when it comes to high-​end men’s fashion, like Gaziano & Girling ($ 1500+), Crockett & Jones ($ 650+), Alden ($ 500+), Carmina ($ 500+), and Allen Edmonds ($ 300 — 500). The aforementioned brands demonstrate QUALITY with an increasing price point.
However, this store carries some «fashionable» shoe brands like Mr. Hare, which is blake-​welted shoe with corrected grain (I think) and priced at $ 900? That is ridiculous, considering I can buy a pair of Alden cordovans or Alfred Sargents for less money, which are both Goodyear Welted and far better quality! For example, they sell the brand «Fluevog», which seems to be cemented (sole is glued on /​adhesive construction) for $ 300. That is preposterous! I can purchase a pair of Goodyear welted Allen Edmonds (full grain leather) for $ 300 when it’s on sale (~4x a year in Toronto). The AE are better looking and the quality is exponentially better.
Secondly, some of the shoes here are out of date, namely some of the Church’s styles. Note that Church’s quality has fallen with being acquired by Prada.
*Edit: They keep both old and new stock.
Gravity Pope seem to not offer any discounts on their old stock if it’s «brand name», like Arcteryx Veilance and Church’s, even though if it’s from the seasons before. They need to realize that other stores in Toronto are offering large markdowns on their old stock at the end of the season to bring in the new stock… like Harry Rosen. Gravity Pope needs to hire better pricing strategists because I personally feel much of the stuff will be hard to sell with the exuberant prices now.

Let’s just get it straight: There aren’t any «bargains» to be found at this store!
If you’re buying shoes here, not on-​sale items, you will be paying AT LEAST a coupla bills, easy. However, they do carry brands that you may only find at TNT/​Holt Renfrew, re: Fiorentini + Baker, Church’s (love!!!), Repetto, Frye, Camper (not as uncommon), etc. Quality shoes.
While I browsed, a coupla sales staff did ask if I needed help and they weren’t pretentious.
So rating reflects on prettiness of store, product, not price! ;)

I like this place but admittedly I usually wait for sales. It’s a bit pricey. The quality of shoes and clothes are great and the customer care is even better. Th store is filled with natural light and it’s welcoming. Upstairs in the women’s clothing section I’m not really all that impressed and the price tag for the average item is wayyyy overpriced. I come here for shoes.
The customer service is great!

Wow, this place is expensive… But it’s a shoe lover’s dream. Well-​stocked, organized, friendly service. They carry beautiful repetto ballet flats in every colour imaginable. The Bay on Queen St. also carries repetto, but Gravity Pope has more styles, including repetto heels. They do have some more affordable brands, including their house brand, plus the usual birkenstocks, blundstones, Frye, etc. (similar to Get Outside). They also have a small selection of Camper’s. But there are also a lot of brands I hadn’t heard of, with prices around $ 500 for sandals! There’s a small sale section and maybe I’ll go back at the end of season to see if there are better sales.
They also carry some clothing and accessories for men and women, as well as a small selection of kids stuff. Definitely worth stopping by, even if just to window shop!

Good selection of men’s footwear. Vans to Clark’s to red wings. Mens wear from cdg to Pendleton. Tnt of the west, kinda.
Only issue, my mom was trying to buy something which was marked on sale and the check out girl was trying to tell her that it wasn’t on sale and she will have to pay the full price, even though it was clearly marked…