I used to think in Japan this over mature market, no space for new brand, but it is wrong, and Oriental is a good example. Oriental is quite complex, on one hand, it owns a factory and makes private labels for other Japanese brands, on the other hand, it runs a select shoe shop, in
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I have seen many Swedish select shoe shops and today we have a look at its neighbor, Norwey, the very respected one, Skomaker Dagestad. It is a boutique with many brands, not only shoes and its carryings are very high end such as Edward Green and Foster & Son. Post Views: 1,376
Another Swedish select shoe shop pushes its private label made in Spain. You can tell how many shops have taken the same path, even only in Sweden. Post Views: 2,302
Miyagi Kogyo was founded in 1941 by request of Japanese Military, and the first factory which imported Goodyear machine. After war, it started to produce shoes for Baker. Post Views: 1,998
A fairly new Japanese brand estalished in 2013. Japanese bespoke shoes and shoemakers are highly regarded globally, however its Ready To Wear is largely unknown and not talked about outside of Japan. The founder, Teppei Yoshimi after study in London Cordwainers College, went back to Japan and opened a shoe repair shop. For the years
A country quite few discuss when come to dress shoes, Vietnam. CNES was founded in 1996, currently makes private label for 31 fashion houses, and the biggest customer of HCP (Hermes Leather Department) in Southeast Asia. Post Views: 4,037
Which country is the biggest dress shoe market? The answer is Japan. Because when dress code is loosen all around the world, Japanese love to wear dress shoes still. So if you ask many high end dress shoe brands which country is their focus beside its own country, the answer is Japan. Post Views: 1,851
I came across Carli1937 from an online boutique. Post Views: 1,832
Mario Bemer is the younger brother of the famed bespoke shoemaker Stefano Bemer. The atelier this two brothers founded was passed to Tommaso by Stefano, and Tommaso did his job to build the global reputation for Stefano Bemer. But on shoemaking, Mario thinks very different from Tommaso then stepped away and open his own shop
Sweden is the shoe center of this world. I know it is a bold statement, but if you know how many shoe select shops are in this country and Shoegazing blog is from here, you will have some confidence. I feel quite strange that Sweden is quite cold and without many population and people there