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An Interview with FU Jie, Founder of Yearn Shoemaker/SLIMSHOES

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: July 8, 2024
Post category:Classic Menswear Culture Dress Shoes
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FU Jie is the founder of the SLIMSHOES brand, which was established in 2018.

SLIMSHOES/Yearn Shoemaker is a brand based in Chengdu, At present, there are two physical stores in Chengdu, and there are also online stores on Taobao. The UK haberdashery Arterton is carrying them to showcase to discerning customers in Europe.

Main players of handmade shoes in China are from Guangzhou and Shanghai (both are regions, not necessarily in this city), and as the strongest consumption city in the west, Chengdu has its own, which is reasonable.

Let’s find out what his journey is.

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An Interview with XIAO Sanke

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: May 7, 2024
Post category:Classic Menswear
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If you like classic men’s clothing and crazy about the videos of this topic, I highly recommend XIAO Sanke. Of course, my recommendation may be invalid, because those who know him are hundreds of times more than those who know me.

I often watch his videos on Bilibili. The quality of his videos is very stable, and it makes people see to the end. In this era of lack of attention, it is not easy to achieve this.

Many people think that he is a celebrity with a large number of fans, so he may be dragging, but in fact, Sanke is even an introvert person. If you communicate with him, you will find that he has been saying what he doesn’t know, not what he knows.

We have had many private exchanges, and this is the first time I interviewe him. Let’s see what he is up to now.

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An Interview with LV Ziqiang

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: May 4, 2024
Post category:Classic Menswear
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I’m afraid not many people know the name LV Ziqiang, but LV Wuren (Five nuts) may have been seen on social media.

Ziqiang is a bespoke tailor in Solari Chengdu, which complements the founder Riccardo (ZHANG Renjie). Why is it called Wuren (five nuts)? Because he likes to eat moon cakes with five kernels.

Let’s hear his story together.

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An Interview with ZHOU Zheyu, founder of GentleMaker

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: May 2, 2024
Post category:Culture
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This crossover player is the hope of the classic menswear community, because he is not relying on classic menswear enthusiasts to do business, but doing business to attract more people to love classic menswear and leather shoes!

Coffee shop GentleMaker is definitely a breath of fresh air in Shanghai, let’s hear the story of the founder, Don.

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An Interview with ZHU Ke, Founder of Greats

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: May 1, 2024
Post category:Dress Shoes
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Greats is a Chinese boot brand on Taobao that has quite a few fans and run for quite a few years.

From the product point of view, it is more on the side of workwear.

Brand concept, before I communicate with the founder ZHU Ke, I summarized that it is to imitate the classic style, but upgrade or replace the leather.

As long as it is not just copying, there are their own creations in it, I am in favor of it.

Later, I also saw that there are some formal styles in it, of course, across the click of the formal Alden is the object of imitation, if this is very natural.

Come along and learn the story behind this brand.

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台湾定制裁缝钟子旭专访

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: March 15, 2024
Post category:Classic Menswear
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Louis子旭是最近朋友才介绍给我的认识的定制店主理人，来自台湾。虽然我很关注各家定制店，但香港和台湾的店家，因为体验没有这么方便（深圳的朋友另说），所以关注度明显要低一些。

但是现在不少港台的店家都会在这边开店和定制会，我们的交流和体验也变得愈发的频繁和顺畅，这对市场整体水准的提升，一定是有帮助的。

子旭于3月29日至30日，会在安福路上的Mattina店内，进行上海Trunk Show，对于很多在小红书上关注他的朋友，可以有机会进行一番现场的交流了。

赶在这个定制会前，我也抓住机会，对他进行了专访。

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An Interview with Shawn McGowen, GM of Leather Honey

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: February 26, 2024
Post category:Leather Care
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Leather Honey is the No. 1 best seller on Amazon for so many years, and it is still a family business today.

It is a great honour to have the opportunity to talk with the general manager, Shawn McGowen.

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An Interview with French Bespoke Shoemaker William Efe-Laborde

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: December 11, 2023
Post category:Dress Shoes
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William Efe-Laborde is an independent French bespoke shoemaker living in London.

Even France has a very strong culture and community for bespoke crafts, William found this passion in England. We can regard him as self-taught because he doesn’t have any official job or apprentice in those prestigious houses, and this speaks a lot about his talent and determination.