Viennese bespoke has hit the mainstream press. Thanks to an alert Styleforum reader, I came across this New York Times article on bespoke tailor Knize, shoemaker Scheer and milliner Mühlbauer. In 2005, I began writing about Knize and have updated with additional posts (see below). I also recently visited Jon Green’s bespoke shop on the […]
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A very nice Budapester featuring a goiser (aka goyser or “goiserer”) welt by shoemaker Koronya. Additional links – Styleforum thread on Budapester model above – Styleforum thread on split v. reverse welt
Central European style: A brown suede Budapester Read More »
A couple of years ago I wrote about my visit to high end men’s shoe store Leather Soul in Hawaii. The owner has since expanded to Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and I stopped by the new expansion store earlier this month during the Alden and Cleverly trunk shows. Nate Humble of Alden was on
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Below is Hungarian shoemaker Koronya’s reinterpretation of the sturdy Central European shoe style known as the Budapester. Additional links – Styleforum thread on the new Budapester
Mitteleuropa style: The new Budapester Read More »
MRketNY is a US menswear tradeshow featuring leading makers and suppliers of men’s clothing selling to independent stores and larger accounts. From my perspective it was a very well-organized show and bustling with appointments and foot traffic the day I visited. I enjoyed visiting many of the booths and chatting with owners, sales reps and
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A Continuous Lean’s “American List” has a list of American-made clothing and footwear brands that still manufacture in the US. ACL’s list includes Alden, Allen Edmonds, Arrow Moccasin, Quoddy, Red Wing, Wesco, White’s Boots, Wesco and Wolverine. It’s a very good list but not exhaustive. Here’s another list of shoes made in the USA. If country of
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Learn about key steps in the shoemaking process at Northampton-based Edward Green such as clicking, skivving and finishing. You’ll notice the finisher in the clip is a fellow named Cliff Roberts, who has gone solo and offers made to order shoes (as well as shoes made on a custom last). Additional links – Styleforum thread
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The new C&J store in midtown Manhattan has been open for about a month now and I recently had a chat with Kevin Hill, the manager of the store. C&J is one of just five or so English shoe factories left in Northampton. The company produces about 2,500 pairs of shoes a week for some
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