Many people think that I am a Geek and I only likes shoes. In fact, I liked suits first, and later I felt that I needed to match them so I fell in love with dress shoes.
It was not a very strong emotion at the beginning. The first pair of dress shoes I owned is Lorenzo from Berluti. The pair is made of kangaroo leather and speaks of nothing formal, and it does not show the characteristics of welted shoes.
What are the characteristics of welted shoes?
Durable.
It is a point that I still love dress/welted shoes to this day.
So how can you find out this point if you don’t wear welted shoes for many years?
The answer is that I have seen many such comparisons on the Internet.
Do you want wearing shoes in this state?
What about this state?
This is really the same pair of shoes, just because of the care.
Can such touch your heart?
I was touched.
Love based on this makes me always have several ideas about shoes.
- Take good care of your shoes
Shoe care, on the one hand, can make it look good, and on the other hand, make it more durable.
- Wear more
Wear more is the prerequisite for its durability. And you respect this product no matter it’s made by machine or by hand. I always feel that many people pay special attention to the price of a commodity when they buy it, but after buying it back, they put it on the shelf or are caught off guard. No matter how cost-effective you buy it, it’s actually a waste.
- Let all things serve their proper purpose
Of course, wearing more is the best use, but if you confirm that you really don’t like it, then let it go. Whether it’s sold cheaply or given to someone who is willing to wear it.
Speaking of the last point, I always think about the second-hand shoes industry.
Japan’s second-hand culture is particularly developed, and their second-hand shoes are not cheap.
After the trend of sewing shoes in China in the past 4-5 years, there will be a lot of second-hand shoes in stock. I know that many people have bought the quantity they can’t wear in turn. Of course, I am one of them. How to make these things not lie in a box or cabinet and then the leather cracked, whether we can learn from Japan, make second hand shoes a successful business is always what I think about.
I hope to find like-minded people through this blog, let’s think about it together.
Sustainability sounds like a big, empty slogan, but each of us can do something related to it, and I think this is the best of it.