It is quite interesting so many French brands are related to the industry veteran, Marcos Fernandez Cabezas. The original selling point of this brand is unknown now, and the current focus is just like other French brands, patina. Post Views: 1,538
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In shoe aficionados’ eyes, John Lobb or Edward Green may be the best English shoes, but in American’s eyes, or for most outsider of this circle, Church’s is the best. The reasons are different, for American, Church’s is the first one they can see in the US as early as 1920s. And for fashion consumers,
If I ask you to tell which country this brand comes from, what is the answer? The founder is Javier Navalón, I think that is a great hint, the answer is Spain. The region is La Mancha which is not as famous as Almansa or Mallorca. Javier claims his family worked in shoe industry since
A brand without any introduction, no idea about its country, only made in Spain. Price at 500 USD, patina, fiddleback outsole and Goodyear construction. I am always cautious even suspicious about this kind of brand, and do not believe they will survive long. Post Views: 1,335
I know this brand a long time again from blog ShoeSnob, but I did not want to talk about is as it was cemented. Although it moved to welted shoes, the design is still too high street fashion and its style never holds from traditional English to patina oriented. Post Views: 1,485
If SuitSupply is the revolutionary leader in suits market, Spier & Mackay based in Canada is undoubtedly the second in the world. Selling point is also great value. Model Archive series talk about shoes, so we just put their suits away. As SuitSupply chooses Antonio Maurizi in Italy to make the private label, Spier &
Finally we have a classic shoe brands coming from Africa! Sorry, it is half true. the brand is Belgian, and only the production is in Casablanca. Leather is sourced from Europe. Post Views: 1,574
A brand only known in France which I only read from Sheogazing. I feel like talking about French shoe brands, the veteran Marcos Fernandez can never be bypassed who established a lot of brands. Markowicz was one of the brands and bred Septieme Larguer owned by his nephew Mathieu Preiss. Prince Jorge is just Markowicz
For who are not shoe enthusiasts, English brands and Italian brands, which is more famous? The answer is Italy as they entered China market much earlier and targeted more levels of customers, you cannot image how many people know Santoni and a.testoni in China. But there is a nickname many people heard of, THREE TONIS,
A small workshop from Philippine. Maybe due to its language advantage, although Philippian shoemakers are not superior than Chinese, their global reputation is much better than us. Sapatero offers all services including RTW, MTO and even bespoke, but how good the shoemaker is is unknown. Post Views: 1,629