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Once again we saw some hugely impressive craftsmanship in the shoes participating in the World Championships in Shoemaking. Here is a look at the top three shoes, made by Daniel Wegan (1st place), Christophe Corthay (2nd), and Eiji Murata (3rd).
Here’s a large collection of images of my latest bespoke pair from Japanese Yohei Fukuda, a 3 eyelet derby in light brown vintage Freudenberg leather. Superbly made shoes well worth taking a closer look at. Also a reminder that the qualification to the World Championships in Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina closes on Sunday.
Last week I spent in Tokyo, where we had a World Championships in Shoemaking exhibition event at Isetan Men’s last weekend. I was there together with the world champion Patrick Frei, and obviously the top three shoes and the three top Japanese contributions. Here are a number of pictures from the well-attended event.
This week I received a new bespoke pair from British Gaziano & Girling, adorable dark brown chukka boots with leather soles. Here is a bunch of pictures of the goodies.
The first world champion in shoemaking was appointed this weekend, with Patrick Frei from Germany winning the title, ahead of Daniel Wegan in 2nd and Philippe Atienza in 3rd. Here’s a closer look at the winning shoe in some stunning pictures, plus a couple of the runner up shoes.
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Good pictures of new shoes I received from some of the top manufacturers are usually appreciated, so here’s a bunch on a new amazing pair from Japanese Hiro Yanagimachi.
This week I received my fourth bespoke pair from Japanese Yohei Fukuda. A pair of adelaides with a floating toe medallion in a beautiful nougat brown shade. Here are the very well-made shoes shown in a large number of pictures, where the craftsmanship can be studied up-close.
In John Lobb Paris’ flagship store, in Paris, there’s now a smaller exhibition held with black bespoke samples, different models from different decades. Here is a photo gallery showing some of the shoes, including a double monk with a sole covered in 24K gold.
To do anything extra big or tiny has for some reason always interested people. When it comes to handmade shoes, it is relatively easy to make very big shoes, albeit very time consuming, but it can be really hard to make small shoes since it’s so complicated to do things nicely when the size is minimal. Here is a look at some small examples.
Yohei Fukuda and Marquess/Shoji Kawaguchi are two of the most well renowned bespoke shoemakers in Japan (and in the world, for that matter), who have a lot of similarities between them. Here’s a nerdy but hopefully interesting comparison between them and their versions of a faux full brogue.
