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
Category: Classic Menswear
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: 2,123
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: 3,549
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: 843
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
换工作以后，疯狂出差，原本在家很多衣服鞋子，天天操心穿哪套，哪双的问题，转变成了，出差还是少带点东西吧，选哪几个比较安全和能打呢？这个时候发现功能性，真的变得非常重要了。 Post Views: 1,478
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
Many people may think I don’t like Allen Edmonds, while it may be true, but the extent can be discussed. In fact I appreciate Allen Edmonds a lot because it is the only left dress shoe brands in the US. I know there are others, but heritage wise, Allen Edmonds wins and stands alongside with