I had an interview with the famed Japanese bespoke shoemaker Hiro Yanagimachi. As the pioneer Japanese shoemaker studying in England, he is very kind and willing to bring up new younger shoemakers which is very respectable.
I am not so familiar with his MTO offerings, and the price is slightly higher than Yohei Fukuda if the same construction and details are chosen.
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I was at Roiluxe Shanghai over the weekend filming TikTok and overheard the little objects Badia had set up over there.
While I knew earlier that Badia had periodic Trunk Shows that offered MTO services, I didn’t realise that this MTO seemed to go a step further.
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In fact Corno Blu is a bespoke shoe brand, and the founder is bespoke shoemaker Seigaku Yutaka (青角丰), he studied shoemaking under Italian master Roberto Ugolini and went back to Japan in 2004 and built Corno Blu.
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After the news was released, many friends were interested and eagerly asked me what my shoes looked like. I repeat, it must be chubby to the extreme. With this precaution, we can look at the shoes.
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Before this pair, I didn’t know Yohei Fukuda named each model. In his Ready To Wear offerings there are only 4 models which I very appreciate for its conciseness. I placed a MTO model because those 4 are not my dish. Yohei Fukuda is the most sought after shoemaker nowadays, let us have a look at this pair.
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