After What is a chisel last and What is an almond last, the third one is what is a banana last.
Compared to the former two, when I didn’t see the shoes, it was difficult to grasp the characteristics, and banana last rings the concept immediately.
Sorry, this is a banana ball.
Sorry, this is a special model of banana lasts, exclusive imperial banana for FU Pei.
The history of banana last cannot be verified, but it is only popular in Central Europe, its popularity in the world, including exposure, is extremely low. Even so many dress shoe enthusiasts, or those who have bought and worn many brands, do not know banana last or have never seen it. Very few know what standard banana last looks like.
The first time I came into contact with banana lasts was when I was drafting Model Archive series, I glanced dress shoe brands globally and learned about such a German long-established shoe store, Eduard Meier, founded in 1589, the oldest shoe store in existence.
The bespoke business made shoes for the German Kaiser, and later released ready to wear shoes, which were manufactured by Alden in the United States and Crockett & Jones in the United Kingdom. However, no matter who made the shoes, it is necessary to use his family’s unique last, Peduform.
My earliest banana last experience was Maftei. In fact, what caught my eye was this photo, it was a wooden pegging construction, and I didn’t know that Maftei specializes in banana lasts (this is to blame for my lack of culture knowledge, a Central European shoemaker, if mainly engaged in local business, favors banana lasts as default).
I feel it when I wear this pair of Anthony.
It fits very well with the shape of my little toe where it is widest. This sentence is actually not true, because it is not me, but most people.
This is the functionality of banana last, for Central European, Eastern European and Asian people with wider feet than Western Europeans, using this curved last to provide comfort, you can call it a fit.
But aesthetically, this last has its flaws, that is, when viewed from the outside 45 degrees, this protrusion is not very coordinated, and no one seems to have found a good solution to smooth it out at the moment.
How can you tell if you need a banana last?
I think this question is false, because Western European shoes can also solve this problem by different widths, but as I demonstrated in the article on the difference between E and EE width, being able to maintain the same feeling is not an easy task. In most cases, the feeling of a specific last changes with different widths, and probably the feeling you love is gone when done one another width.
In the above example, I will conclude that he needs a banana last, not an increase in width. The reason may be that the feeling of throwing out from the outside is too strong.
Oct Tenth has a last which thinks it is a banana last.
But in my opinion, this is widening far greater than banana last. Banana taste has three main points. 1) The widest place should be moved forward to a certain extent, and it cannot stop at the widest place where the foot fresh is squeezed out by stepping down; 2) The overall curvature should have the feeling of throwing out from the back of the shoe waist to the toe; 3) The line on the inside of the toe and the inner waist should be relatively straight.
Summary
Banana lasts can provide better comfort for wide feet;
Banana last is more of an aesthetic style passed down from practicality in Central Europe;
Banana lasts are rare.