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Proper educational books about shoemaking has been a rare sight in recent decades, and books specifically about shoe upper making even more rare. Hartmut and Dustin Seidich, father and son who runs a specialised uppermaking workshop in Germany, set out to change this with an extremely ambitious book project. Shoegazing have read the English version of volume 1.
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.
India is a country that we see more and more quality shoe brand appearing from, and one of the most acclaimed ones is Bridlen. Here’s a substantial review of two models from their two main lines of Goodyear welted shoes, to see if they live up to their reputation.
Blazing Wonders, BW Shoes, offers exquisitely looking hand welted shoes at an impressive price tag, starting at €500, where the ambition is to offer shoes that look like way more expensive bespoke shoes to a larger group of customers. Here’s a substantial review of a pair from them.
Zonkey Boot has been around for over a decade, yet still remains a bit of a hidden gem for many. It’s kind of a mystery to me, since it’s a brand with a distinct own character not really found from any other brand, making hand welted and Norvegese stitched shoes of excellent quality. Here’s a substantial review of a seriously cool green wholecut derby boot.
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It’s not too often we see new books about classic men’s shoes – for us shoe nerds it’s always a thrill when it happens. The latest and greatest of these is the book Shoes – The Art of Male Footwear by Hugo Jacomet and Sonya Glyn. Shoegazing have read it.
One of the Japanese RTW brands that are famous also outside their home country is Miyagi Kogyo. The first retailer in Europe is the Norwegian store Skomaker Dagestad, I have tested one of their models from Kogyo, which is dissected in this review.
About 1.5 years ago, British Loake launched its new top range 1880 Export Grade. A range in the lower mid-range segment sought after by many of the company’s customers. Here’s a substantial review.
It’s nice to see that new interesting manufacturers are constantly appearing in the entry-level segments of classic quality shoes, and one of them is the online shop Herrstil’s own brand Myrqvist. Goodyear welted shoes with good specifications for €210. Shoegazing has tested them.
Often when the Japanese do things they do it properly. That also goes for shoe care products, where ambitious Boot Black offers an impressive arsenal of different types of products for all types of shoe care you can think of. Shoegazing has tested a selection, ranging from ordinary cream and wax polish to oil-based shoe cream, sole edge crayon and polish water.
