William Efe-Laborde is an independent French bespoke shoemaker living in London. Even France has a very strong culture and community for bespoke crafts, William found this passion in England. We can regard him as self-taught because he doesn’t have any official job or apprentice in those prestigious houses, and this speaks a lot about his
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French brands are very alike Japanese brands and only focus domestic market, so their reputation does not match their products. I know Berluti and Corthay gained some followings, and Paraboot led its own path even style. But the other peers such as Aubercy, Heschung, Septieme Largeur and Orban’s are still invisible to rest of the
I name this pair Day Starsky. J.M.LeGazel is a French shoe brand which has mono brand boutiques in Paris and New York. Their shoes are actually made by Portuguese shoemaker Carlos Santos, patina is done inhouse. There is one patina artist who studied here, Greg Park “Hancore” who operates independently now and has cooperation with
Altan Bottier is a French brand which focuses on patina and regarded as one of the pioneers after Berluti invented this skill. As most French middle range brands, Altan bottier does not make shoes, but only patina inhouse, and its shoes are made by Portuguese shoemaker Carlos Santos. Let us have review of this pair.
法国在时尚领域，可以说永远地站在顶端，脚踩意大利，屁股坐英国，定制鞋，同样拥有者全世界最高的价格，那些价格已经让人乍舌的百年历史的英国鞋店也得俯首称臣。 大部分鞋匠都选择在大品牌里面工作，比如Dimitri Gomez就在Crockett & Jones的巴黎店里任职，提供独一味二的Crockett & Jones bespoke业务。 Post Views: 760
Most people know Bowen this French brand maybe from another name, the famous English shoemaker Alfred Sargent. Bowen only focuses the local market and almost occupied more than 90% production capacity of Alfred Sargent. Very few French shoe brands use English shoemaker. But the forever push on cost, Alfred Sargent went out of business. Now,
不知道多少人知道Seraphin这个品牌，又或者说到奢侈皮衣，大家会想到什么品牌。 Post Views: 1,809
It is quite interesting so many French brands are related to the industry veteran, Marcos Fernandez Cabezas. The original selling point of this brand is unknown now, and the current focus is just like other French brands, patina. Post Views: 1,175
A brand only known in France which I only read from Sheogazing. I feel like talking about French shoe brands, the veteran Marcos Fernandez can never be bypassed who established a lot of brands. Markowicz was one of the brands and bred Septieme Larguer owned by his nephew Mathieu Preiss. Prince Jorge is just Markowicz
France is the undeniable mornach in fashion industry, although Italy offers more brands and choice at all levels. Speaking about classic shoes, France also represents top level not matter in bespoke or Ready To Wear. This list is according to price, not quality or value. Post Views: 1,836