An Interview with German Bespoke Shoemaker Patrick Frei

If you haven’t heard Patrick Frei this name, I bet you are not a qualified shoe aficionado, to say the least. As the champion of 2018 World Shoemaking Championship, Patrick Frei is one of the top level bespoke shoemakers in the world with everyone’s consent. His shoes are elegent yet aggressive, artful and inspiring, meticulous

An Interview with William Wong, Founder of Arterton

Arterton is a UK brand focusing on Garment bag and dismantlable umbrella, both are not so much discussed even in the most enthusiastic communities. https://www.arterton.co.uk/ When every classic menswear connoisseur agrees that the devil is in the details, these pieces definitely should not be left behind. And we thank William, the founder to fill the

An Interview with Stefan Ravnanger, Founder of Shoes of Stefan

Shoes of Stefan is a quite new shoe shop in Norway, and Stefan’s background is so much alike mine, an Engineer who loves shoes unstoppably, and finally opened his own shoe shop bending to the calling. Although the shop is new, the brands it carries are not unfamiliar to most shoe aficionados, Edward Green, Alden

An Interview with American Bespoke Shoemaker Francis Waplinger

Francis Waplinger is a rising bespoke shoemaker based in New York city, his shoes have very strong personal signature and quite opposite to the American mainstream dress shoes, much more elegant and artful. It is always good to know there are young generations love and practice in this craft. Let us get into his story.