Salvatore Ferragamo plays in high street fashion field and shoes are its most iconic products. Most shoe enthusiasts won’t be very interested in Ferragamo shoes as the construction is mostly glued and price is high for its perceived prestige. However, there is one collection among its offerings is so sought after even by the most
Category: Dress Shoes
Wildsmith was a very famous bespoke shoemaker in London which designed the first loafer for King Edward VII, but fell down very quickly. After many years sink, the owner of Cad & The Dandy purchased the brand and revived Ready To Wear collection and entrusted Alfred Sargent to make the shoes. The endeavor was not
In 2021, Mattina announced an official cooperation with Italian giant Vibram and hosted a ceremony in Guangzhou. In the event, the all-new H last was unveiled. Mattina equips two lasts since its wonderful debut, last C and N. C stands for Cantabile and N Narrative, both musical phrases. The last names come from the hobby
Belgian brand Sons of Henrey offers very limited models, but each of them is the classic of classics. If I don’t remember wrong, Sons of Henrey only has two boots, one is Chelsea and the other Field boots like Edward Green Galway. Let us have a look at this pair. Post Views: 2,298
I have unboxed two pairs of Badia, one loafer and one oxford. Maybe known to some, the founder of Badia, JIANG Daoyuan is classmate of ZHAO Ruoda in Stefano Bemer studio, and the latter is the factory manager of Mattina. So when Badia first released, many can tell their shoes are so close looking. Later
I have met two fantastic shoe enthusiasts, one is Steve who can find any picture you want to know, to illustrate and to explain about shoes, outfit or anything. The other one is Andy who tried almost every shoemaker in the world, and had Gaziano & Girling from this brand’s humble beginning. He knows so
I have introduced this brand, which was founded by Stefano Branchini then sold to LVMH group to make Louis Vuitton and Berluti shoes. For some period, StefanoBi brand existed while the factory made shoes for the other two. Style wise StefanoBi is very close to Berluti, great patina with daring design. Post Views: 3,785
As this pair has been closed reviewed in this unboxing article, in this one, I only talk about is fit, how to wear it and care. Post Views: 951
Maftei is a Vienna based bespoke shoemaker, in fact it has no Ready to Wear offerings until I persuaded them to make some for me, so that Chinese shoe lovers can appreciate and try. The last was for a Japanese bespoke customers so it should fit our Asian feet, wide and high instep. I name
In most poeple’s eyes, dress shoes are black, by default, as dress shoes means formal, and black is formal. For those who traveled in this field for some time, they feel dark brown is friendlier to most outfit than black shoes. Then comes the question, what is the third colour for dress shoes in men’s