Japan may consume most dress shoes annually in the world, almost every shoe brand you know in the market cannot miss Japan. In Japan, bespoke shoemakers are numerous and all top level, besides, Ready to Wear brands are countless as well. RAYMAR is the latest creation with unbeatable value. It is a great honour to
Category: Dress Shoes
Everyone has a preference for dress shoes, and loves to express his own taste looking at photos. When it is time to buy, ration comes back and we consider many things such as price and outfit solution. But the real test is how many times we wear them, and if we say we love some
Many thanks to reader Eric for this brand, established in 1998. The factory in Foshan, Guangdong province. Post Views: 4,094
Church’s is a pathetic brand in the classic dress shoe community because it is so despised for its unreasonable price and pitiful bookbinder leather under the Prada Group. As a shoe brand in England with wonderful heritage, Church’s now has many shoes made in Italy and with Blake Construction we can find it how funny.
Mr. Jin comes from Jiangxing, Zhejiang Province, China, he is the contestant of 2021 China Shoemaking Championship. Let us have a read of his story and journey in this trade. Post Views: 2,329
Dress shoes, on one hand are regarded very boring as the patterns had been invented for so many years, for laymen, they even look all the same, maybe only the difference of with lace or without; on the other hand, numerous shoemakers are still keeping innovating and designing amazing patterns. If we only look at
What is the most boring dress shoe in the world? Black Cap Toe Oxford. I cannot find any existing brand today who does not offer black cap toe Oxford, even Alden which is famous for its casualty has cap toe Oxford no matter it is made of calf or shell cordovan. French brands are known
There is an annual classic menswear event hosted by top KOL, Dr. Justice in Shanghai called Suit Ride. I am very honoured to be invited and I picked this pair of double monk from Mattina, Weber. Post Views: 829
In recent two to three years, so many Chinese shoemaker emerged, and I feel it reached an platform which no significant new ones deserving attention except one or two such as dress shoe collection from Iron Boots. After following so many brands for a while, Mattina is my favorite due to its brand image building.
On Thanksgiving day, I came back from business trip quite late and found a parcel with Mattian branded tape on. I don’t remember I bought one. Unwrapped the parcel and I found a postcard which is very touching as this is the yearly gift from Mattina just as the one in 2020, Respighi-S made of