Product Review: Donum’s Mint Tassel Loafer in Burnet

Saeed Ferguson

Italian Influence w/ Colombian Craftsmanship & Spirit

Colombian based luxury footwear brand Donum created their shoes as a gift to the people of their country. Now, we’ve been blessed with the chance to try them out here in the States. Looking through the full collection, from a stylistic perspective, Donum approach to footwear pushes the design spectrum just enough without stepping into an Avante-Garde territory.

To get some insight on the product, I wore their loafer — The Mint, for a week. Here’s my product review.

The Mint Tassel Loafer in Burnet – Donum

Considering myself somewhat of a loafer aficionado, I was intrigued by the shape of these shoes. With a slender toe box and a more chiseled/square toe, all of the brand’s Italian influence is prevalent.

Let deep-dive into the pros:

The slender silhouette is the perfect complement to a tailored suit or slim jeans
Speaking of the chiseled toe, it definitely gives the shoe some personality and its a departure from the English and American rounded toe that we’ve seen over the last decade. FYI, these aren’t the square toe shoes that you wore to your first internship.
The heel-cup provides surprise levels of comfort
These shoes are sturdy. Loafers in my experience to expand, where the upper spills over the outsole. This isn’t the case here
The coloration is a truly deep brown, making them extremely versatile

Now for the cons

For this particular pair of shoes, break in time was about a solid seven days. Not terrible by any means
There’s are a limited number of colors & materials for this particular shoe