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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.
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.
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.
The English brand Crockett & Jones is one of the more well established brands when it comes to classic shoes. Tonight they launched a brand new website that provides an excellent overview of their entire range, contains a lot of information about their shoes and the manufacturing, and also have some interesting features such as a guide to help you easily find the right model.
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The American shoe group Caleres has bought Allen Edmonds, one of the world’s largest manufacturer of Goodyear welted shoes, for $ 255 million. As usual in similar takeovers customers are worried about what will happen with the brand and what can be changed. There is both cause for concern and calmness.
The small Japanese RTW/MTO manufacturer Joe Works has quickly made a name for themselves both in Japan and internationally. It has not been due to mass marketing, they may be active on social media but do not do overly great pics, they just make really nice shoes and with that you come a long way.
Tomorrow, Saturday, the Spanish brand Carmina will launch a new online service for Made to Order, which in an easy way let’s you see what options are available and put together your own model variant. In addition the MTO premium of 30% is waived this weekend during the launch, so a good opportunity to strike if you’ve been eyeing something that’s not included in the standard range.
The British brand Loake launches a new top range, called 1880 Export Grade. It has higher leather quality and more advanced production details that differ it from the previous top line 1880. Shoegazing have looked closer at the shoes.
Project TWLV is a new Swedish/Italian quality footwear brand in the upper midrange segment, which makes Blake/Rapid stitched and Goodyear welted boots. Founded by two people with extensive experience from the shoe industry’s more fashion-oriented area, which now use their knowledge and contacts from this to get the brand widely spread.
