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We can now announce the finalists in the two prestigious world championships contests, with finals taking place at the London Super Trunk Show on May 10. We’ll have two Japanese and a Brit going head to head in the shine final, and two Frenchmen and a Swiss to battle it out for the patina title. See their submissions here.
The major shoe event in London returns for its seventh edition on Saturday, May 10. The event will feature 14 shoe and menswear companies from around the world, a free shoe shining service, a mirror shine masterclass, the new Super Trunk Sweepstake raffle with great prizes, the finals of the World Championships of Shoe Shining, Shoe Patina, and Shoemaking, and more. Below you’ll find all the details about the day.
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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.
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.
Here we will live stream three sessions from the London Super Trunk Show today Saturday May 4. See live from the world championships of shoe patina and shoe shining, follow the award ceremony for the world champs of shoemaking, and see a tour of all the amazing shoe and menswear exhibitors from all over the world. Will also be uploaded and viewable after the live sessions.
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The finalists have been selected. We’ll have a Chinese, a Japanese and a Swiss battling it out in the shine final, and the same Swiss (!) and two from France fighting for the patina title. Finals take place at the London Super Trunk Show on May 4. See their submissions here.
The huge shoe event in London is back for its sixth instalment, on Saturday May 4. There’ll be 14 shoe and menswear companies from around the globe exhibiting, a marketplace for second hand shoes, a free shoe shining service, plus the finals of the world championships of shoe shining, shoe patina and shoemaking. Here’s all info about the big day.
Time to kick things off ahead of the finals of the World Championships of Shoe Shining and the World Championships of Shoe Patina 2024, with the qualifications. The contests are organised together with the shoe care company Saphir and the shoe brand Bridlen. Finals take place at the London Super Trunk Show on Saturday May 4. The patina finalists will paint their shoes during the whole event, and the shoe shiners have 20 minutes to shine a shoe.
For those who couldn’t attend the London Super Trunk Show this spring and follow the finals of the World Championships of shoe shining, shoe patina and award ceremony for the shoemaking contest, the second best way to view it is through Kirby Allison’s videos, where summaries of all contests now are up on his YouTube channel.
Another super trunk done – another amazing shoe day to remember. Almost 1,300 visitors came to the event last Saturday and explored the shoe offerings from the 10+ exhibitors, second hand shoes, shoe care and accessories, plus followed the three world championships contests. Here’s a substantial summary of the day.
