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History – The evolution of RTW lasts

2023-01-25

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Shoes have gone from something that most ordered from a local cordwainer in versions of relatively standard styles, past a segment where styles were perhaps more limited but Ready to Wear shoes were kept in loads of different lasts and widths that customers could try on, up to today’s situation where there is a huge selection of styles but fit-wise more and more streamlined to fit the most common feet “ok”, instead of fitting some feet great. Here’s how it all evolved.

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In-depth – Toe spring, heel height and creases

2022-04-03

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Many people think that a shoe’s toe spring, the height of the tip of the toe above the ground, and the heel height only affect how the shoe feels when walking and its appearance. But it also has a bearing on how much the shoe needs to be bent when walking, which can ultimately affect how prominent the creases becomes. I’ll explain this more in detail, and delve deeper into these topics.

In-depth – Creases due to how shoes fit

2022-03-20

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The fact that how shoes fit affects how shoes crease is sort of common knowledge among shoe interested. However, it’s common to see misconceptions where people confuse excess creasing due to fit issues with pronounced creasing due to the properties of the leather or because of bad leather quality. Here I try to pin out the differences.

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Midas Bootmaker x Skolyx service boot brown pull-up leather

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The tip – How to lace boots to be more comfortable

2021-12-15

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Some think boots in general are the most comfortable footwear there is, while many others dislike them especially for creating discomfort around the ankles and lower leg. For the latter group of people, here’s a simple, logic yet still not commonly used solution for how to make the shaft of lace-up boots more comfortable: skip lacing the last pair of eyelets.

The web tip – Grayle size guidance

2021-09-12

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Buying shoes online from a maker one haven’t tried before is a challenge, and internet is full of size guides and questions and answers on sizing. Grayle is a new website that wants to be the one stop solution for all shoe sizing questions, by building the world’s largest database on shoe fit.

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In-depth – What affect how shoes are stretched?

2021-05-02

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

The fact that leather shoes stretch is something that most people learn when they are children. In what way and how much they stretch, however, is another matter, and not something for which there is a fixed formula. There are lots of different aspects that affect how much or how little a shoe stretches, here I go through some of them.

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Guide – Simple corrections of fit nr. 2

2021-04-06

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Most people know about removable insoles, heel grips, tongue pads etc. to fix various fit issues, what some might not think about though is that if you go to a good cobbler you can have fix the same issues in an even nicer looking and better way. Here I highlight a number of fit modifications that cobblers can do. It’s very common that RTW shoes does not fit perfectly, but in many cases the modifications below can make it really good.

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The tip – Space in front of the toes

2020-07-26

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Many misconceptions about what space you “should” have in front of your toes in shoes are spread and believed in. Here I go through the actual facts on the topic.

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The tip – Avoid pinched big toes

2020-05-06

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

One of the most common unusual fit problems, to use a complicated expression, is that the shoes pinch on top of the big toes when walking in them. A not always permanent problem, thankfully, about why this is the case and about why and how to avoid the problem if it stays, is what today’s article is about.

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In-depth – Feet shapes around the world

2019-06-03

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Jesper Ingevaldsson

Just as the way people look varies around the world, people’s feet also are different depending on where you come from. Here’s a large review of feet shapes around the world.

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