I don’t remember whether it was Berluti that brought me into the world of patina, or Carlos Santos pushes this art to more novice shoe lovers, or “Hancore” offers the very impressive Star Sky patina, there is one patina artist active on many platforms inlcuding Instagram, Tumblr and Vimeo who is absolutely the highest level,
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I talked about last making company Springline for several times, as the founder of Sons of Henrey, Tom Brone developed his lasts with this company. This company is very well known in shoemaking industry and works with many prestigious brands. Post Views: 1,865
James Taylor & Son is a bespoke shoe atelier in London, and one Chinese named Zhang Dong brought this brand to China and started its Ready to Wear collection prodcued in China. Sadly Zhang Dong passed away and this brand has a legal dispute between the UK holder and China business team. It is a
Fratelli Borgioli is an Italian shoe brand not many know, I came across a pair from Franco’s clothier in US. The shoes are well made, sturdy with great leather. It is a very unique Italian shoe brand. It is a great honor to talk with Urbano Borgioli, the chairman of this family business. Post Views:
After being almost two year retailer of Carlos Santos in China, we finally got the opportunity to introduce the shoemaking industry saga, Mr. Carlos Santos. Post Views: 1,883
Ibex is a very new and unacquainted brand, beyond that, it comes from a country not so known for its shoemaking, Pakistan. It is always good to know somewhere in the world, same affection toward shoes and traditional shoemaking exists. Let us listen to the founder of Ibex, Abdul Ahad, how his journey unfolded. Post
The man behind menswear blog MisiuAcademy and shoe webshop TheNobleShoe, Kostas Mandilaris is my very close friend and I think we share a lot in common. He was an environmental engineer while I am a material engineer, he runs a blog and webshop, just as the same as me. It is very glad to talk
This name may not trigger sparks in your heads, however, another name, his brand name certainly screams if you are an avid shoe lover, HephaestuS. Post Views: 3,918
If you can only count two dress shoe bloggers in the world, there is no argument about the names in anyone’s opinion, Justin FitzPatrick and Jesper Ingevaldsson. Post Views: 1,809
This bespoke shoemaker is very new, even strange to many shoe aficionados. He comes from Singapore and runs a leather goods store now. The name of his shop/brand is Fumu. To be very honest, that is all I know about him, so we just let him to tell us more. Post Views: 2,914