Chengdu, Solari

Sartoria Dei Solari was the most exciting bespoke tailoring house in 2022, as founder Riccardo Zhang returns from Italy and brings back the purest taste of Milan from master Yuki Inoue. Italian-style classic menswear is the most mesmerizing place, and today, extraordinary tailors still shine like a river of stars, and some of the Italian

A Brief History of Shoemaker Riccardo Bestetti

In the leather shoes industry in recent 20 years, there are some famous Italian shoemakers. In my humble opinion, I think there are three, Stefano Bemer, Roberto Ugolini and Riccardo Bestetti. Although Silvano Lattanzi and Paolo Scafora are equally prominent as brands, they are not talked about as shoemakers alone. Two of these three masters

Unboxing Oatmeal Suede Butterfly Loafer New from Carlos Santos

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

Unboxing Butterfly Loafer Hawthorne from J.FitzPatrick

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.