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Roberto Ugolini is one of the most famous bespoke shoemakers in Italy, who made his name with a distinctive Italian style of shoes and a desire to teach and share his knowledge. Shoegazing visited his workshop in the heart of Florence old craftmanship quarters, in the first article in a series about different bespoke shoemakers in the city.
Last week I was in Japan and Tokyo, where I visited several bespoke shoemakers and shoe shops which in one way or another will be featured on the blog. First up is a report from my visit to Clematis Ginza, the alias for Keitaro Takano who is one of relatively few completely Japanese schooled bespoke makers.
So here’s the second part of the series about the making of a pair bespoke shoes from Gaziano & Girling that I’ve ordered. Now it’s about the process since the measuring session, when the first version of the lasts are made, the pattern has been developed and test shoes have been manufactured, which I then tried on at a first fitting.
This summer I was in London to get measured for a bespoke order from Gaziano & Girling. In this series of articles you will follow this journey, today the first appointment is covered (already published on the Swedish version of Shoegazing this summer) and later this week you’ll get to see the first fitting which was done about a week ago.
