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From the Sanskrit word for flow. Brutalist architecture meets functional footwear. A full-grain cow leather upper over a lightweight high-density sponge platform, welted and hand-stitched. An extended leather lace wraps four to five times around an extra-wide shaft, over a concealed full-length YKK zip. All black, every seam tonal. Business in the front, drama in the back.
CRÜZØR started the way a lot of good things do. Somebody got laid off. My best friend Andrew got let go, my own head was underwater, and we did the only reasonable thing two queers can do when the ground gives out. We went to Bali.
Somewhere up a mountain, on a hike to a waterfall, cackling about the ten-dollar water shoes he refused to take off, it hit us. What are the two things the gays love most? Party and travel. And how do we do it best? We cruise. Cruising in your CRÜZØRs. And thus the name for our fictional footwear house was born.
When I returned to New York City; some ideas just stick with you. I would endlessly search for the perfect rave boot: day to night to day night. But I was always annoyed with the construction; sizing; options, & style. When I started dating my partner Taylor; I set out to find the perfect rave boot - but I quickly realized this was a nearly impossible task; as most sizes for female boots stop at 10. I set out to change that --
Cruise in your CRÜZØRS.

Every pair is made to order, so nothing ships the same day. Allow 6 to 10 days for us to build them and 5 to 7 days in transit, which is roughly two to three weeks door to door. You get a tracking link the moment they leave the workshop.
Nothing. Shipping is free worldwide and the price you see is the price you pay. There is no shipping line added at checkout.
Sometimes, for the cost of the faster service. Email diva@paythedolls.com before you order and we will tell you honestly whether the date you need is possible. We would rather turn the order down than miss it.
Outside the US, possibly. International orders ship with duties unpaid, so any customs charge your country applies is yours to pay. We cannot calculate it in advance or refund it afterwards.
Yes, if you catch it before we cut. Email diva@paythedolls.com as soon as you know. Once a pair is in production it is already made for your foot, so a change becomes an exchange.
Exchange or store credit, within 14 days of delivery. We do not do cash refunds on made-to-order footwear, because your pair was cut for you and cannot be sold to anyone else.
You do, in both directions, along with any duty on the return leg. That is why we would rather spend ten minutes getting your size right before you order than have you post a boot back across the world.
The condition they left in. Try them on indoors, on a clean floor. Anything worn outside, scuffed, creased, or missing its box cannot be exchanged.
Tell us and we will fix it. Email diva@paythedolls.com within 48 hours of delivery with photos and we will sort a replacement or a repair at our cost. Transit damage is ours, not yours.
These are made by hand, one pair at a time, so no two are identical and small variation in the grain, the stitch or the finish is the signature of the thing rather than a fault. Anything that affects how the boot wears is a defect and we will replace it. Anything that is just evidence of a person having made it is not.
Stand on a piece of paper, mark your heel and your longest toe, measure the gap in centimetres, and match it to the size chart on the product page. EU 41 is 26 cm. The boots run true to size.
Size up. The shaft is wide and the lace takes up slack around the calf, but a short toe box cannot be fixed.
The shaft measures 38 cm around at EU 41 and grades about a centimetre per size, and the back lacing gives real adjustment on top of that. If you are near or above that number, email us and we will talk it through before you order.
Email diva@paythedolls.com. The whole reason this house exists is that the industry stops around a 10 and decides the rest of us do not exist, so we are not about to do the same thing four sizes later.
Anything not answered here, write to diva@paythedolls.com. A person reads it.
Every pair is cut after you order it. Nothing sits in a warehouse waiting to be marked down, and nothing gets destroyed at the end of a season, because there is no season and there is no stock. Made to order is slower and it is more expensive to run. It is also the only version of this that does not end in a landfill.
We make EU 36 to 48 because most of the industry stops around a 10. A boot that actually fits is a boot you keep, and a boot you keep for a decade is worth more than any material claim on this page.
They are built by hand in Bali, in small runs, by Anthony. One workshop, one set of hands, people we know by name and work with directly.
You can view his work and designs here: thearahant.com