My Shoe Collection – 6903 Francis from Carlos Santos

Carlos Santos is the leading quality shoe brand from Portugal. There is not only one shoemaker in Portugal however Carlos Santos is the only one promoting its own brand. The superb volume of the factory gives great advantage on its quality control and leather sourcing, and refinement of lasts, so the shoes are really good.

Why I Love J.FitzPatrick So Much

Justin FitzPatrick is my idol. When I started to write a dress shoe blog, two people were my imitators, one was Jesper Ingevaldsson of Shoegazing, and the other was TheShoeSnob, Justin Fitzpatrick. Today, there are definitely more dress shoe bloggers than at that time, but they are still the bright lights of the industry. Post

A Brief History of Shoemaker Riccardo Bestetti

In the leather shoes industry in recent 20 years, there are some famous Italian shoemakers. In my humble opinion, I think there are three, Stefano Bemer, Roberto Ugolini and Riccardo Bestetti. Although Silvano Lattanzi and Paolo Scafora are equally prominent as brands, they are not talked about as shoemakers alone. Two of these three masters