Side laced
非常高兴，我是全世界互联网上第一个写这个皮鞋款式的人。
这可以算是皮鞋款式里最高端的存在，到今天为止，提供这个款式成鞋的，应该不超过5个品牌。
顾名思义，Side laced就是在侧面系鞋带。
我实在不明白，为什么会有人这么剑走偏锋。
Side laced是英国传奇定制鞋匠Foster & Son为演员Laurence Olivier在20世纪40年代设计的款式。很遗憾，Laurence穿着这个鞋款的照片并未保留下来，原版的鞋子，在互联网上也不见图片。
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Model Archive – Foster & Son
Founded in 1840, Foster and Son is the most prestigious bespoke shoemaker in west end London. Although it has ready to wear shoes for a long time which was made by Edward Green first then Crockett & Jones later, finally in 2019, with an investment from Japan, Foster and Son built its own factory and a new collection of Ready to Wear shoes released. The price is close to Edward Green and it is rumoured many workers were recruited from Edward Green. Sadly, the factory closed completed during Covid-19 pandemic. This archive not only include the new collection, but all historical models offered as Ready to Wear shoes.
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Unboxing Two Pairs of Foster & Son
Foster & Son is a famous bespoke shoe store in West End of London, England. We may think that there are a lot of bespoke shoe stores today, but when we really go to see this shoe capital in Britain, we find that there are not many. John Lobb St James, George Cleverley, and then Foster & Son. New & Lingwood, a men’s clothing store, used to be a force to be reckoned with, even now it still provides bespoke services, but it is basically outsourced. James Taylor & Son, who has a certain connection with China, is also a serious bespoke shoe store, but only paid attention to orthopedic. Those that disappeared earlier, such as Poulsen Skone & Co merged into Peal & Co and then were hidden by the Booker brothers. The latest brand (non-individual shoemaker) is naturally Gaziano & Girling. But unlike the previous ones, Gaziano & Girling’s main business is Ready To Wear.
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