Here’s the second part of the walkthrough of all competition shoes in the World Championships of Shoemaking 2026. Here position 11 to 20 are presented with comments and lots of photos.
Pt.1 with more info about the contest and positions 1-10 can be found here.
Results (click on maker/brand to go directly to summary):
11. Kim Junghwan
12. Peace Andoh
13. Naang Boots
14. Ross Edwin Bell
15. Shid
16. Anietie Ette
17. Petru Claymoor
18. Taichi Yasuda
18. Natalia Iokhvidova
20. François Jardé
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11. Kim Junghwan
We have several faux lace-up boots in the contest, this is the only faux spat boot though. Made by Kim Junghwan is from South Korea, and has worked with shoemaking for 14 years. He runs a shoe factory that produces the brand Kyle Shoemaker. Solid scoring overall, for a boot with fine details like hand stitched upper parts and heel with thin lifts, but 5% deduction of points due to too many upper pieces.
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12. Peace Andoh
Peace Andoh from Ghana has been part of the shoemaking world champs before, but this is best position yet. The high heel take on the chelsea is very swinging London in the 60’s, with a common horseshoe heel but very unique braiding at the toe. Lost out some on execution with for example a tilted heel. Made all himself.
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13. Naang Boots
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14. Ross Edwin Bell
Ross Edwin Bell is Norfolk-based leather craftsman specialising in hand-stitched work, who do shoes on his spare time. This is his 9th shoe ever. The shoe is inspired by an 1899 Swiss military sabre, with the exposed metal shank. A lot of hand stitching that raises the difficulty bar, and many unique features. Made all himself apart from the steel
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15. Shid
Many would think this was an entry by Italian residence Paul Bogdan who have had similar styles several time before, but it’s not. That said, Mashid Shisheh Gar also lives in Marche in Italy and is a friend of Paul, so likely inspired. It’s a very special shoe, bordering being able to be called chelsea at all, but technically it follows the rules. Obviously high originality score, a bit lower on other criterias.
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16. Anietie Ette
A boot made with completely hidden seams, which is a coold take, and then of course the very unique heel that makes it stand out a lot. Scored clearly higher on difficulty than execution. Aniete Ette is a self-trained Nigerian shoemaker who has the small brand Full Armour Leathercrafts as a hobby business.
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17. Petru Claymoor
Petru Claymoor is a Romanian brand founded by Mircea Cioponea who once run the shoe blog Claymoor’s List, together with Petru Coca who runs the brand’s workshop in Transylvania and is also the man behind the contest boot. Their chelsea is a nice looking one with a mid seam and fully handmade, apart from lining stitching. Higher points on difficulty and design/aesthetics, lower on execution and originality. 5% deduction due to the coloured sole.
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18. Taichi Yasuda
An ambitious entry by a shoemaker who perhaps is relatively new into making. Looks good from below but a bit rough above, especially the welt finishing of the tight sole stitching. Fully hand stitched. Made by the Japanese shoemaker Taichi Yasuda who made the entire shoe himself.
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18. Natalia Iokhvidova
A classic take of the chelsea boot, with red contrasting details as an extra touch. The level of the upper making is higher than the bottoming. Natalia Iokhvidova from Russia is learning shoemaking as a hobbyist and has spent her best effort on this contest shoe. Made all herself.
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20. François Jardé
Made by the French hobby shoemaker François Jardé. Also here red contrasting stitching, also Norwegian stitching at the back and front, and the upper one is hand braided in place. Sole is basic but pretty nicely done, edge finishing a bit rougher.
Pt.1 with more info about the contest and positions 1-10 can be found here.
I would say they are all placed in order well.
Don: Glad you think the jury did a good job! 🙂