In shoe aficionados’ eyes, John Lobb or Edward Green may be the best English shoes, but in American’s eyes, or for most outsider of this circle, Church’s is the best.
The reasons are different, for American, Church’s is the first one they can see in the US as early as 1920s. And for fashion consumers, Church’s belongs to Prada.
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In the mid-range segment, Crockett & Jones is the one nobody can circuvent. For years it stands for most reliable classic footwear manufacturer and makes for many brands.
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Gulun is the real killer in handwelted shoes territory, fully handmade including handwelted construction, handlasting, handstitched outsole and seamless heel.
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The very unusual classic dress shoes brand from Belgium.
It is quite strange that Belgium is adjunct to the fashion empire France, while its fashion industry is very silent.
Sons of Henrey was founded in 2016 by Tom Brone, and opened its online door to customers till 2018.
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A typical Italian family business founded in 1963. All family members are working in the factory. Located in Bologna, constructions are Blake, Goodyear and Norwegese.
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The most accessible dress shoes in Japan, maybe its share is even higher than Regal.
Founded in 1964 to make shoes for US and English brands who just want to make money without worrying about anything about the products.
In 1978, own brand Scotch Grain hit the market.
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There has been no new article in this series for a long time, mainly because all the meaningful brands have been introduced. With the decrease of the heat of dress shoes, the emergence of new brands is relatively rare at home and abroad.
However, this brand is really not a new brand. It has been making shoes since 1889.
It made Crocos style shoes without holes at the beginning.
At present, it is the fourth generation family business.
Joseph Malinge is proud of made in France. Frankly speaking, in the clothing industry, this is really a good stunt.
The brand characteristics of shoes are not obvious. Most lasts and styles are not exciting, but a few pairs are very cool!
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As a brand founded in 2006, Gaziano & Girling not only offers a very sharp blend of Italian and English style, but also incorporated bespoke elements into Ready To Wear, which is undoubtedly disruptive to shoemaking industry.
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Formerly known as TGC in China, Oct Tenth has become the best value brands in the whole world, and value does not mean cheap, Oct Tenth just give bespoke level craftsmanship at the price of medium RTW European brands.
TGC used to run at a MTO basis, so the models are countless however never iconic, after Oliver Tang retook the title of production director, we see this brand on the right track, at least as a Ready To Wear brand.
Here, I record all its models and keep up to date. Some models do not yet have names, so I leave them out.
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