Few makers spend so much time on the bottoms as French bespoke shoemaker Atelier Du Tranchet. Above is one of many examples, a tribute to Japan with a decorative drawing and not least an amazingly made heel.
The brainchild of Atelier du Tranchet with the brand Tranchet Vif is Christophe Corthay, running it together with Christophe “Toulouz” Algans and Phillippe de Paillette. Christophe is a turbine of creativity, and if there’s a place to vent that creativity, like the bottom of the fine bespoke shoes they are making, it surely is done. If you missed it, you can hear Christophe Corthay talk about shoes and art in episode 7 of the Shoegazing Podcast.
The upper part isn’t too bad either, bonus pic of this:
