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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.
Many both well-established and brand new brands have tried to offer bespoke shoes where one use 3D scans as base for the last production – all have failed. Now the industry giant Carmina steps into the game. I was one of the first in the world to get to try the service, find out if they have succeeded or not in this substantial review.
The webshop The Noble Shoe has a good selection of styles from the Portuguese brand Carlos Santos, and they now offer 25% off the entire range from the brand. Already affordable Goodyear welted shoes even more affordable for a couple of weeks.
Ichigo Ichie Shoemaker has set up its own team in Vietnam to produce a range of fully handmade RTW shoes, which now initially are offered at the impressive price tag of €470. A nice opportunity for those who want try something made a different way to regular factory-made Goodyear welted shoes.
Spanish brand TLB Mallorca has introduced a new range of models made in Shell Cordovan. The take is a bit special, where the ten different models are made upon request and the customer can choose any type of leather, sole etc, without any MTO upcharge.
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Between October 1-5 TLB Mallorca runs their first ever Made to Order event, where they remove the normal upcharge for a personalised model, so prices are the same as for regular RTW models.
When Alfred Sargent went into liquidation last winter, fourth generation of the founding family, Paul Sargent, quickly announced that he was leading a project to restart it all under a new name. Now Paul Sargent Shoes has officially launched.
Today the Chinese brand Yearn Shoemaker launched a new website aimed on the international market. Their very fine fully handmade shoes at prices starting from €340 now take a huge leap in accessibility, which now can be bought with about a weeks delivery time all over the world.
Crockett & Jones is one of those brands that you rarely find on sale, especially on the staple models. Well the coronavirus situation has changed a lot, and currently the British store Pockets, who already have pretty low prices, have a 15% discount sitewide, meaning you can get C&J shoes from €350.
It’s not every day new brands that make shoes in their own factory in British Northampton pops up. Newman & Regent manufactures Goodyear welted RTW/MTO shoes in the lower midrange price segment, and also offers factory-made bespoke for about €850.
