I met Fu Jie, the founder, in 2020, but I boasted on my blog that this is the best dress shoe blog in China, so all new brands must come to get my approval. Fu Jie, who just came back from England to start his own brand, was scared by my statement and really came to visit me.
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I learned about this brand late, but when I found its products, my eyes suddenly lit up, so I cooperated with him to develop a pair of mine.
It’s also the first time for me to get Artisan Bobo’s shoes, and I’ll open a box with you to see how the overall experience is.
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fp is a new shoemaker from China founded by FU Pei, this is the first time we review its shoes.
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An extremely artful pair of shoes, which can only be found in bespoke shoemaking. For this model, I think all the packaging is not important anymore, let us check the shoes directly.
Leopold I, (born June 9, 1640, Vienna—died May 5, 1705, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor during whose lengthy reign (1658–1705) Austria emerged from a series of struggles with the Turks and the French to become a great European power, in which monarchical absolutism and administrative centralism gained ascendancy.
I name this model with this great emperor due to its unmatchable originality which is absolutely unseen in the field.
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I’ve always been quite critical of Carlos Santos’ best-selling Elliot around the world because, well, it’s so featureless.
Although the lack of features is precisely why it sells the best, as most people don’t want the shoes to be special, plain is good.
But I always feel that the object of leather shoes, as a practical object, is becoming less and less attractive and more and more abandoned by the society, so I can only look at it as a kind of artwork, and artwork, needs to be created.
Shoes that are just a little bit different and need to be mastered, or leather shoes, but give a little bit of fun to the person wearing them.
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J.FitzPatrick is the best designed middle range shoe brand in the market, and it has two signature features, one is clashing colours and textures on a pair of shoes or boots, the other is to bring the antique models back to modern age, such as button boots and Butterfly Loafer just like this model, Hawthorne.
Let us have a look.
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Carlos Santos started its private label business in France, so the design is actually very unconstrained.
The most renowned field boot is Edward Green Galway, I know a lot of brands copy it and I don’t know why it deserves so much salute.
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It is so sarcastic that I determined to spend my hard earned money to buy a pair of most expensive and luxury Ready To Wear shoes, Silvano Lattanzi last week, and consulted a lot of people even the seller about the size, it is still too big for me. Without choice as I promised to the seller I never return the shoes I bought another pair.
Something soothing is the pairs are both conservative and fits my taste, otherwise I regret so much!
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King shoe of the universe. If you have a little interest in dress shoes, even very little, you at least heard of this brand. The reason is so simple and to the ground, its retail price starts from 8000 USD!
When we thought John Lobb, Edward Green and Gaziano & Girling are the most expensive ones, Stefano Bemer jumped out, then French ABC (Aubercy, Berluti and Corthay) stood up. The bespoke shoemakers in England smiled. Here entered the universe shoe king, Silvano Lattanzi.
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In Britain, the footwear industry has been stagnating for many years, Spain has made some progress. While the Italian focus is not on technology, China’s footwear industry is heading greatly in the arms race. I can’t judge whether this behavior is correct or not, but I think it is still the demand of consumers if brands choose this way.
I watched the brand Truffaut grow from scratch, but I didn’t talk much about it, mainly because it took the route of Thom Wills, specifically, for laymen rather than dress shoe enthusiasts who were more knowledgeable. If you look at its product page, it’s really beautiful and the information is perfect. I don’t think any brand does better than it.
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