I always love seeing a color combination that I would have never thought to do. I especially love it when I like it. And even more so, when I thought about it
Bespoke Maftei In The Flesh!
A reader of the blog came in not too long ago, looking to say hi, have a quick shoe shine and try on a pair of my shoes. My last shapes (and widths)
Going Off The Deep End…..G&G Bespoke Here I Come!
The day has finally come to try a pair of bespoke shoes that come from the shoemakers that for me epitomize shoemaking at it's finest.....and boy am I excited!
Monday Shoe Porn – No Time To Write Today…
Edward Green, Courtesy of LeffotIl Quadrifoglio courtesy of CC-CoccinellaG&G RegencyClematiscMiyagi Kyoko
Bespoke Shoe Porn and Shoes on Sale!
Courtesy of CC-Cocinella Dear Readers, Well, to be honest, I am not in the greatest of moods today, which makes me quite uninspired to write anything,
Beauty in the Detail
I have said it ten trillion times before and I will at least say it once more: the beauty of a shoe (and it's pattern) is in the detail. Roberto Ugolini hit
Sunday Shoe Porn!
Tom FordGaziano & GirlingEdward GreenIl QuadrifoglioAubercy (above and below)
Bespoke Shoes from Poland – Tadeusz Januszkiewicz
It's always a pleasure coming into contact with shoes that you have always seen online but never in person. I have always been quite intrigued with shoemaking
Spectator To Die For!! (literally)
�The key to creating great footwear is through experimentation and while you probably are sick and tired of hearing me harp on and on about all of the Japanes
Japanese Shoemaking Shoe Porn (At it’s finest my friends)
Anybody fancy donating me a round trip ticket from London to Tokyo? Because I really just can't handle it anymore, I have to go!!! Seriously, there is nothing
Black Suede Fringe Tassel Loafer by Carreducker
I never understood why black suede has not been more utilized in high end, quality footwear. I mean, if you want something smart, but casual at the same time,
Rants, Raves, Braves & Some Shoe Porn
Today is just one of those days where I am quite bored of talking about shoes and find myself a bit more inclined to talk about something that bothers me a bit,
Bestetti Back at it Again – Seamless Wholecuts and Such!
There is something magical about Riccardo Bestetti's shoes. It's hard to pinpoint it as there are so many factors that make them beautiful and maybe that is it.
Bespoke G&G for Steven Taffel – Legendary
For those that don't know, Steven Taffel is the owner of NYC shoe store Leffot. And these bad boys are his new bespoke numbers by Gaziano & Girling. When I
Il Micio – Brogue-Tastic!
Coming to think about it, Florence is probably the most populated city in all of Italy for bespoke shoemakers. Off the top of my head, I know of 5, but I am
G&G – Do They Ever Do Wrong? Nope!
This pattern, for me, looks to be one of the hardest ones to get dead on. I feel that if the last and the pattern aren't perfectly symbiotic, then this
Bespoke Shoes – Where the hell are they???
I have been writing this blog for about 3 years now and in that time, I have probably put up about a million pictures of shoes. As all of you can attest to, a
Lovely Bespoke Creations
Now some of you might be thinking that I just did a post about not liking gussets on shoes, but allow me to clarify, that is was the fact that I don't like
Craig Corvin Bespoke
Last Spring, my friend Craig Corvin (who is a bespoke shoemaker from Seattle) passed by London, while on a mini European tour, in order to stock up on the 'ol
Roberto Ugolini Bespoke U-Cap’s
The author of former blog, Suitorial (now Suitology) wrote me up a few months back, telling me that he had just recently moved to London and wanted to say hello
Straight Shoe Porn
G&G BespokeAnthony Delos BespokeAnthony Delos in the makingBerluti BespokeEdward Green....in dark green!!Septieme Largeur, courtesy of En Grande PompeDon't have
Interesting Design by Norman Vilalta
To coolest thing about bespoke makers is seeing their imagination come to life through the samples that they make to represent their brand. A shoe's design can
Materna Boots – Built To Last
Well, it would seem that the busy life of a shoe shiner and upcoming shoe designer is starting to take its toll on the 'ol blog. As most of you may know, on
Bespoke Maftei? Why not?!!
While I do love my wholecuts, free of anything at all, I must admit that I do think that I prefer it with a tad bit of brogueing, just to spice it up a bit.