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World Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2025 – Qualification
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World Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2025 – Qualification

2025-01-22
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Now the road to the finals of the World Championships of Shoe Shining and the World Championships of Shoe Patina 2025 starts, with the qualifications. The contests are organised together with the shoe care company Saphir and the shoe brand Bridlen, with finals at the London Super Trunk Show on Saturday May 10. Contestants will battle it out for glory, medals, shoes, shoe care products plus now also with £600 / $750 in the prize pool of each contest, given by Saphir.

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Buying tip - Bridlen's new Founders line
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Buying tip – Bridlen’s new Founders line

2024-12-08
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Bridlen is one of those brands that never stand still, but continues to develop their offerings year after year. For their updated top range called Founders 25 they’ve refined a lot of things, for example heels built with ten thin leather heel stacks, slim wood pegged waists, 10 spi fudged sole stitching, up to 20 spi upper stitching and so on. All at an impressive price point.

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Report - New York Super Trunk Show 2024
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Report – New York Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-10-16
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The New York Super Trunk Show was back for its second iteration the past weekend, with another great shoe day in the middle of Manhattan. 1,200 visitors coming to check out a bunch of shoe and menswear exhibitors from around the world, follow the U.S. shoe shining champs and other shoe happenings, and just have a good time. Substantial report from the day with lots of photos.

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Info on the New York Super Trunk Show 2024
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Info on the New York Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-10-03
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This Saturday the second edition of the New York Super Trunk Show takes place. In a lovely venue on Manhattan, on Upper East Side between Madison Ave and Central Park, we’ll gather 15 exhibitors from all over the world, host a patina exhibition, a free shoe shining service, and the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining. Here’s some practical info ahead of the event, for those who plan to visit, and on the live streaming we will do for those who can’t attend.

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In-depth - The Reverse Goodyear construction
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In-depth – The Reverse Goodyear construction

2024-09-08
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One of likely the newest construction techniques in the world is called Reverse Goodyear, which essentially is a traditional turnshoe, but made using a Goodyear machine. The shoes become super flexible and comfortable, lightweight and neat, and has become a popular summer shoe. The Indian company Bridlen is world-leader in this method, learn more about how they make these shoes in this article.

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New York Super Trunk Show 2024
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New York Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-07-29
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The huge shoe event New York Super Trunk Show is back for its second edition on Saturday October 5. On central Manhattan more than 15 exhibitors from around the world will showcase, we’ll have the U.S. Championships of shoe shining, shoe patina exhibition, a free shoe shining service, and much more. Here’s all info about the event.

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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024 – Qualification
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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024 – Qualification

2024-06-16
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We now open the qualifications to the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024, with the finals taking place at the huge shoe event New York Super Trunk Show on October 5. The contest and the event are organised by The Shoe Snob, Shoegazing and Kirby Allison in collaboration with sponsors Saphir and Bridlen Shoemaker. Apart from the shine contest where finalists will have 20 minutes to shine their shoes, we’ll also have a shoe patina exhibition and a free shoe shine service on site.

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Report - London Super Trunk Show 2024
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Report – London Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-05-12
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The London Super Trunk Show last weekend was another brilliant shoe day. New visitor record of over 1,300 people coming to browse the men’s shoe and menswear exhibitors from around the world and follow the three world championships contests: in shoe shining, shoe patina and shoemaking. Here’s a report from the day with loads of pictures plus videos.

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