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You have all probably been receiving a lot of emails lately with this EU 'GDPR' business and wondering what that might be? Well, allow me to explain in my
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For those of you a fan of the Austro-Hungarian style of shoemaking you will be pleased to know that one shop in South Korea, named Shoes Fever, has started
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To read about the London Super Trunk Show 2018, CLICK HERE Myrqvistis a Private Label brand of the Swedish online store Herrstil, who started their shoe
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The webshopThe Sabotoffer a wide variety of shoes that are very unique to theirshop. Their own Private Label range made by Antonio Meccariello are Goodyear
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Happy New Year to ALL!! I hope that everyone had a great celebration and that 2018 is already starting off great, hopefully with not too bad of a hangover.
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2017 has been a tough year on many levels but probably the best year yet in reality, as I learned a lot about life, struggle, appreciation, the fact that life
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