James Taylor & Son is the bespoke shoemaker in England, however this pair is not bespoke but Goodyear welted in China. The history I have written about the founder ZHANG Dong and the interview with current owner of James Taylor & Son. In this article, we only focus on the shoes. The shoes are actually
Edward Green may arguably the most sought-after brand in the world, and the reason is interestingly its high price. If Edward Green is not so expensive, I highly doubt its popularity. In this sharp and aggressive aesthetics era, the stupid round Edward Green can survive just because of its limited availability. The secondary reason is
ACME may be the most well known Chinese shoemaker/brand in the world, and it is the private label of select shoe shop Medallion. ACME is highly praised for its superb craftsmanship, and even the best shoe blogger, Jesper Ingevaldsson told me he is so eager to pay a visit to ACME workshop if he comes
This pair is a special MTO which stubbornly implant my taste on J.FitzPatrick, and the same behavior happened to Carlos Santos as well. The merit is to make every pair of shoes rounder and rounder to counterattack the sharp and elongated mainstream taste. The original Cascade designed by Justin looks like this: Post Views: 917
Only the most demanding shoe enthusiasts will be interested in this article, Alert. I don’t believe many know that dress shoes have lining, they think this shoe is made of leather, by leather they mean the upper. What is lining? where is lining? what is the function of lining? Very few cares. Lining could give
Loafers have dominated the world for its convenience and maybe informality which matches the casual trend in clothing. Except for the formal business occasions requiring oxford, you see loafers everywhere. However, in Austria or middle Europe, loafers are not as popular as the rest of the world, it seems they still prefer derbies. In a
我的入坑经历不能代表所有人，但我相信在这个网络时代，入坑之后网上找信息，然后被一些看起来最具有逻辑的信息所吸引和说服，是最有可能的。为什么说是被逻辑所说服呢？因为对于不懂的知识，我们是无法验证其真假的，那么只能通过论述的逻辑来判断。说的越严密的，置信度越高。而美，缺不够严密。甚至，高雅艺术的欣赏，本来就需要培养，而不是天生的。如果缺乏基础，聊美有点无根之水。 Post Views: 799
Rozsnyai is a Hungarian shoemaker who makes shoes only by hand. Although it is not as famous as Vass, but its shoes are not inferior at all. Rozsnyai has two opposite design paths, one is truly Italian equipped with super sharp and long lasts, and daring colours, the other is traditional Hungarian shoes, such as
Mattina is the best classic dress shoe brand in China, I know many would say ACME is more luxury, yes, product wise, I admit, however as a brand, Mattina is much more rounded. I am not a huge of fan of boots, among three most classic ones, Chelsea, Chukka and Jodhpur, I own the former
Bally certainly does not count as one of classic dress shoe brand which focuses on welted shoes, however, as a second tier luxury fashion house, Bally shoes may be the best value and they really care about the product. I have written about my another pair of Bally shoes with model name Dion, let us