It’s been a while since we had a contest here at Shoegazing, now it’s time again. In this giveaway contest you have the chance to win a pair of Crown Northampton Ernest Wholecut sneakers, a really specially constructed sneaker that is properly handmade, priced at €1,600. Learn how to enter below.
The contest give away is a collaboration between Crown Northampton and Shoegazing, Heddels, Stitchdown, Worn & Wound, and Rose Anvil. The price in question, the new unique handmade sneaker model the Ernest Wholecut, is a project where Crown Northampton teamed up with its sister company, E.Woodford & Sons. It’s built with an intricate hand welted construction, with a nice wholecut upper and excellent materials throughout. You can read a lot more about the sneaker model in this article I wrote a while back. It cost €1,600, so certainly a nice price to pick up.
To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is drop your email on this page before September 15 2025. The one lucky winner will be notified by email and have 24 hours to confirm their shipping and size information. All entrants will be signed up for all partners’ newsletters, but you can of course unsubscribe at any time.
Crown Northampton Ernest Wholecut sneaker specifications:
- Made from the highest-quality oak-bark tanned calf leather from J & FJ Baker, which will earn patina with use and wear. This leather features throughout detail of the shoe, down to the insole, toe-puff, and stiffeners.
- Lined with soft Italian baby calf leather, tanned slowly over eight weeks in traditional wooden drums.
- Hand-lasted, hand-welted, and hand-stitched outsole.
- Double welt construction developed in-house for the Ernest Wholecut Sneaker.
- A full Lactae Hevea sole, individually cut and hand-stitched to each pair.
- Cork filling that will naturally conform to the foot with wear.
- A touch of arch support gained by setting the wooden last into the insole during lasting.
- Handmade in Northampton, England.
- 18-20 week production time.
- Available in four colours: London, Natural, Black, and Brown.
