The Man Who Makes Shoe for The Pope, Adriano Stefanelli

Adriano Stefanelli has been making handmade shoes for the most important men in the world in Corso Cavour workshop in downtown Novara since 1954. His clients include Silvio Berlusconi and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa. The most talked about is the pair of red shoes he made for Pope Benedict XVI. Post Views: 2,197

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

My Shoe Collection – Hiro Yanagimachi

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

An Interview with JIANG Daoyuan, Founder of Badia

I’m afraid that many people are not familiar with this name, but his experience in shoemaking, among domestic shoemakers, is very orthodox and academic. As a Stefano Bemer studio trainee, after returning to China, JIANG Daoyuan became a bespoke shoemaker and later, created his own shoe brand Badia. As curious as everyone is about this

英国定制鞋匠Jason Amesbury小传

这个名字我在PermanentStyle和PutThisOn这两个博客上读到过,但从来没有专门的采访文章。最近,对定制鞋匠William Ede-Laborde的专访中,William说Jason Amesbury是他最尊重的鞋匠,而他在今年刚刚离世。我也没有机会对这位伟大的鞋匠进行专访了,所以在网络上搜集了所有我能搜集到的信息,和大家分享。 Post Views: 314

An Interview with French Bespoke Shoemaker William Efe-Laborde

William Efe-Laborde is an independent French bespoke shoemaker living in London. Even France has a very strong culture and community for bespoke crafts, William found this passion in England. We can regard him as self-taught because he doesn’t have any official job or apprentice in those prestigious houses, and this speaks a lot about his