The appreciation of a shoe’s details can often be felt in the bespoke shoe world where many small details are added to the shoe to set it apart from an ‘ordinary’ ready-to-wear pair. One of...
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What’s great about the full brogue is its ability to be unique and designed with almost an infinite array of possibilities. Its ability to be modernized has been prevalently shown in society wi...
Achieving a shoe’s price is not a science. At the end of the day, you can price your footwear how you want. There are suggested markups and ideologies about a shoe’s value but at the end of.....
A shoe care guide is the basic knowledge we all need to upkeep our shoes. Higher-end shoes are an investment and the more that you know how to look after that investment, the more valuable it wil...
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When executed well, the saddle shoe can be the most stylish oxford in existence. The sad thing about it is that you hardly see them anymore and you don’t see them created to their full potentia...
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Perfect leather all the way around….top grade too Let me start by saying that this is a long, yet informative post. I made a comment on the blog the other day in reference to one shoemakeris le...
Let me first off start by saying one thing: a cobbler is not a shoemaker. This is one thing that bothers me and has just seem to have stuck in people’s heads since the dawn of time.... The po...
Bespoke shoes by Gaziano & Girling As I have stated before, there seems to be a whole lot of confusion as to how a shoe is made (whether by hand, machine or a bit of both), particularly... The ...
Being an aspiring shoemaker/shoe designer myself, I find it critical to try and meet the people in the industry who are shoemakers or shoe designers themselves and do my best to absorb their know...
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In this guide to shoe trees, we discuss all of the various types of shoe trees and their importance, not only in general but also in your wardrobe. There is a lot of opinion/speculation on shoe t...
Breaking in your shoes is not always that easy. Yet, when you think about buying shoes, most people probably think about getting the most comfortable thing that they can find. The old saying goes...
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Restoring old shoes can be a tricking thing. But rewarding if you manage to achieve it. And even profitable if you can do so well. A blog reader, in light of the shoe polishing contest, sent it.....
While living in America and working at Nordstrom (way back when), I remember many of the Italian brands making shoes in what looked like a cross between calfskin and patent. Prada, Gucci and Dolc...
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I am a firm believer in the thought that technology, albeit amazing, has made society as a whole, a lot lazier. We don’t have to work nearly as hard (or at all in the case of some... The post...
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Just in case you can’t tell, that is green pebble grain on the left….beautiful! The other day I was frequenting my favorite street, Jermyn St. (as I often do), seeing what the haps was on the...
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Another project that Xavier Aubercy has just started working on is the publicizing of other less known shoemakers from the various countries around the world that one may not think about. That be...
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All Pictures are of?Gaziano & Girling?shoes (and have nothing to do with the post, just for looks) Not long ago I was able to peruse the internet in the hopes to see what was going on in... The...
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Shoes Above: Crocodile by Riccardo Bestetti Up until I moved to Italy to learn bespoke shoemaking, I never really was a fan of exotics. This was partly due to the fact that in America, certain ex...
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***Post Originally written in 2012, re-posted for inspiration and for those of you that have yet to see it or experience Aubercy shoes**** For some time now, I have been very curious to know more...
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Crockett & Jones Clifford, Courtesy of?Rugged Old Salt A reader recently asked me a question that I found to be quite pertinent to the interest of the average shoe purchaser who may not have unli...
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Gosling does it right! There is a very fine line, when wearing suits especially, to showing off too much sock (i.e. your trousers are too short) and not showing enough. I, myself, have battled wi...
Why is it that so many men are afraid to buy suede shoes for fear of ruining them? Suede is just like any other leather. If you treat it well, it will last a long time, if... The post Suede Sho...
Herring shoes has come a long way in the last few years. When I first started out as a blogger, I won’t lie, I was not a fan of what they were selling as it appeared to... The post Herring + ...
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As a blogger, you try to absorb as much as you can from as many places in order to put up great content for your readers. While I never really take anything but pictures, I can tell... The post...
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