In the current issue of Men’s Vogue, John Seabrook writes on the quandary – an embarrassment of riches actually – of assuming a remarkable inheritance – 130 Savile Row suits, 500+ Jermyn Street shirts and 50+ pairs of Edward Green shoes. His father was named one of Esquire’s best dressers in the 1960s for good […]
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I came across this recent report on Viennese tailors and shoemakers by LL member smoothjazzone. He provides a nice update to my purely web-based reportage nearly 2 years ago on Knize and Netousek.
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For those sorting out the differences between blake stitching and Goodyear welts, this Stijlforum thread provides a good visual on the different shoe construction methods. Also, ever wondered what the differences were between quarter, half and full brogues? This AskAndy thread should be able to answer them once and for all.
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Marcel Szabo, a Hungarian shoemaker, has posted four videos showing the early phases of shoemaking. Part 1 [Video no longer available] Part 2 [Video no longer available] Part 3 [Video no longer available] Part 4 [Video no longer available] Thanks to Janne Melkersson, a Swedish cordwainer, for posting this in a StyleForum thread.
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For the more visually inclined, this article on bespoke shoes provides an excellent primer on the constituent parts of a traditionally constructed men’s dress shoe. The article also introduces two well-known shoemakers, Lobb and Cleverley. Thanks to toniok on StyleForum for posting this. The same website also has another article providing a nice peek inside
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A nice photo essay in French on the well-known shoemaker J.M. Weston, with useful commentary by the shoe aficionados of AskAndy.
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During my summer visit to London, I dropped by Foster & Son (incorporating Henry Maxwell) to take a look at their shoes. I spoke to a friendly gentleman named Peter and we got into a wideranging conversation about Foster & Son’s new direction and the shoe market. Foster went through a recent management change as
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Out of idle curiosity I checked the Alfred Sargent website today and discovered some interesting developments for this well-known English RTW shoemaker. New, improved website with online store coming in 2007 New retail store (first in their history) up and running in Bury St. Edmunds, a town in Suffolk, near Cambridge A move into retail
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