It always makes me curious why people will pack away their "winter attire" come Spring/Summer. I guess it makes sense if you live in a place
Archives for 2014
How To Become A Shoe Designer Part 5: Creating Your Brand/Business Model
It's been awhile since I have kept up with my "How to become a shoe designer" series. This is mainly due to the fact that as I was writing it previously I had
Carmina For The Ladies
So I am back on the travelling, with a flight in a few hours to Spain to go visit my factory and place some reorders for the webshop, as well as create
J.FitzPatrick x The Shoe Snob Giveaway Contest
Dear Readers, First and foremost, thank you all for your participation in my first shoe giveaway contest. I do appreciate how many applicants there were as
Dandy Shoe Care X J.FitzPatrick Blog Exclusive
Dear Readers, I am proud to announce the newest The Shoe Snob Blog exclusive: the collaboration between my brand, J.FitzPatrick and the patina extraordinaire
Another Trip to Aubercy
During my last trip to Paris, I managed to sneak by the shop one of my favorite shoemakers in the whole world: Aubercy. It'a always nice to see my good friend
Septieme Largeur Goes Italian
I love it when a shoe company attempts a stereotypical design characteristic of another country. For example the chisel toe, which I believe to be historically
The Patina – The Big Craze
The patina has definitely been the biggest trend in men's footwear within the past few years. This trend, as big as it has gotten, I only feel is still just
Barker Black is Back!
Not that Barker Black really went anywhere but I just feel like I have not seen much of them, so when I saw these new loafers (below) that they just came out
New George Cleverley Bespoke Model
In bespoke there are no limits to what you can do with a shoe. This simple fact however can be a blessing and a curse. Sure there are some guys who know dead-on
Bespoke G&G’s – Nearly There!
My bespoke Gaziano & Girling boots are finally starting to take form, after all this time. I think part of the reason that they have taken so
J.FitzPatrick Footwear Trunk Show at Skoaktiebolaget May 9th/10th
X Dear Readers, In two weeks from now I will find myself in the wonderful country of Sweden, partaking in a trunk show for J.FitzPatrick Footwear
Camel – The New Exotic by Corthay
Corthay has come up with a new leather to use that I don't believe has ever really been utilized in the high end shoe industry (not at least in the modern era),
Il Quadrifoglio – True Beauty
When a classic, simple shoe can sweep you off your feet you know it's special. That is precisely how I feel about these bad boys by Il Quadrifoglio, who is a
The Blogger – His Role
Dear Readers, I hope that you all had a lovely long weekend (for those whose country celebrates Easter) and if not, at least had a nice, normal weekend.
Spring Time is Here – Get Your Good Shoes out!
The sun is out and I could not be happier. It was a long, cold, dark winter here in London and some consistent sun has been much needed. Although I am not
What Are People Thinking??
I sit on the tube day after day staring either at my phone (doing emails of course!) or looking at people's feet. Most of the time, I am praying that I see a
Button Beauties by Enzo Bonafe
There is not much more to say about button boots than I already have. As I love them so much and hate the fact that I don't yet own one, of course you can
Something To Look At
Dear Readers, I am sorry but I am not so inspired to write today. Just one of those days, you know?! Anyway, hopefully some of these pictures can make up for
Cheaney Impresses Imensely
I was walking down the Piccadilly Arcade the other day and as I usually do briefly scoured past the windows of all the little shoe shops of which Cheaney just
Septieme Largeur Saddle Shoe Patina
Some of you might remember that I was just in Paris for a quick business trip/tourist trap visit and of course, as always, I happened to pass by Septieme
It’s All In the Sole
I love and hate a nice sole. Love it because when done nicely (like this beaut here) they can be so beautiful. But then hate them at the same time as you then
J.FitzPatrickfootwear.com Is Now Live!!
Dear Readers, The day has finally come and I am so anxious that it's hard for me to even write. For those of you whom have created your own website and did
Crockett & Jones Spring/Summer 2014
Today should hopefully (fingers crossed) be the last of my crazy manic days. Therefore while I don't have a lot of things to say about the actual post today, I