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Savile Row, running parallel to Regent Street in the central parts of London, is known as the no. 1 tailor street in the world. Also classic shoes have begun to populate the street, and recently the Vass retailer Ascot Shoes and the shoe shining and patina service The Jaunty Flaneur moved in with the tailor Cad & the Dandy on 13 Savile Row.
I have visited quite a few factories that produce Goodyear welted shoes, and although it’s often nice places, it always strikes me that they are relatively small factories, much smaller than many might think. In the Crockett & Jones factory in Northampton, on the other hand, I’m almost overwhelmed by the large, well-trimmed production.
These are perhaps the best made shoes I’ve ever seen, with a precision of the work that is extremely impressive. The shoes are a small series made by Crockett & Jones for an International craftsmanship exhibition in Turin in 1911. The story of these and pictures of several of them in today’s post.
The first London Super Trunk Show was successfully held this Saturday, with around 800 visitors and shoes sold or purchased for about €62 000/£53 000. It was a great atmosphere during the day, and both exhibitors, partners and visitors was very pleased. Here’s a summary of the day with a lot of pictures.
This weekend it’s finally time for the London Super Trunk Show, the world’s largest open event for classic men’s shoes. Here’s some practical info for those who plan to visit us on Saturday.
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The article series that followed all parts of the process of ordering a pair of bespoke shoes from Gaziano & Girling, from the measuring up through several fittings to the production of the final shoes. Here’s a summary and many pictures of the finished goodies.
Time for the penultimate installment in the series that follows the process and the production of a pair of bespoke shoes from Gaziano & Girling. This part follows the production of the final pair, I myself spent a week in Northampton to document it all.
I’ve spent the past week in Northampton, where among other things I visited several factories. Heres some curiosities that I snapped up during these visits. Among other things about buying hides from the right season, the emergence of the modern version of the Scotch grain leather, and why John Lobb Paris had to redo all their patterns.
The old venerable brand Wildsmith went to the tomb in the early 2000, but was revived again under among others Chay Cooper’s wings in 2013. When he was recruited to Crockett & Jones the other year Wildsmith once again went dormant, until now, when the famous British online store Herring Shoes takes over the ownership.
We are very proud to invite you to the world’s largest open event for classic shoes, the first edition of the London Super Trunk Show, organized by Shoegazing and The Shoe Snob. In the central parts of London on Saturday May 13 we gather no less than 11 brands from all over the world, three interesting partners, there will be the first ever World Championship in Shoe Shining, a panel discussion with people from the British shoe industry, and more. Below all info about this historic event.
