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Now the road to the finals of the World Championships of Shoe Shining and the World Championships of Shoe Patina 2025 starts, with the qualifications. The contests are organised together with the shoe care company Saphir and the shoe brand Bridlen, with finals at the London Super Trunk Show on Saturday May 10. Contestants will battle it out for glory, medals, shoes, shoe care products plus now also with £600 / $750 in the prize pool of each contest, given by Saphir.

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Report – New York Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-10-16

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The New York Super Trunk Show was back for its second iteration the past weekend, with another great shoe day in the middle of Manhattan. 1,200 visitors coming to check out a bunch of shoe and menswear exhibitors from around the world, follow the U.S. shoe shining champs and other shoe happenings, and just have a good time. Substantial report from the day with lots of photos.

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Live from the New York Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-10-05

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Here we will live stream two sessions from the New York Super Trunk Show today Saturday October 5. See live from the final of the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining, see the results of the shoe patina exhibition, and get a look at all the amazing shoe exhibitors from all over the world. Will also be available to watch after the live sessions.

Info on the New York Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-10-03

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This Saturday the second edition of the New York Super Trunk Show takes place. In a lovely venue on Manhattan, on Upper East Side between Madison Ave and Central Park, we’ll gather 15 exhibitors from all over the world, host a patina exhibition, a free shoe shining service, and the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining. Here’s some practical info ahead of the event, for those who plan to visit, and on the live streaming we will do for those who can’t attend.

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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024 – The finalists

2024-08-23

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We’ve now appointed the three finalists of this year’s U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining, organised in collaboration with the shoe care brand Saphir and the shoe brand Bridlen. At the New York Super Trunk Show on October 5 the finalists will have 20 minutes to shine a shoe as beautiful as possible, to become the American shoe shining champion.

New York Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-07-29

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The huge shoe event New York Super Trunk Show is back for its second edition on Saturday October 5. On central Manhattan more than 15 exhibitors from around the world will showcase, we’ll have the U.S. Championships of shoe shining, shoe patina exhibition, a free shoe shining service, and much more. Here’s all info about the event.

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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024 – Qualification

2024-06-16

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We now open the qualifications to the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024, with the finals taking place at the huge shoe event New York Super Trunk Show on October 5. The contest and the event are organised by The Shoe Snob, Shoegazing and Kirby Allison in collaboration with sponsors Saphir and Bridlen Shoemaker. Apart from the shine contest where finalists will have 20 minutes to shine their shoes, we’ll also have a shoe patina exhibition and a free shoe shine service on site.

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Report – London Super Trunk Show 2024

2024-05-12

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The London Super Trunk Show last weekend was another brilliant shoe day. New visitor record of over 1,300 people coming to browse the men’s shoe and menswear exhibitors from around the world and follow the three world championships contests: in shoe shining, shoe patina and shoemaking. Here’s a report from the day with loads of pictures plus videos.

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Buying tip – New generation shoe cleaners from Saphir

2024-04-26

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The French shoe care company Saphir has in recent years released three new shoe cleaners, which fill various voids their premium Medaille d’Or range previously had. The most recent one is the strong Reno Cleaner, we have the gentle leather Cleanser, and the fully organic Plant Based Cleaner.