I name this pair Day Starsky. J.M.LeGazel is a French shoe brand which has mono brand boutiques in Paris and New York. Their shoes are actually made by Portuguese shoemaker Carlos Santos, patina is done inhouse. There is one patina artist who studied here, Greg Park “Hancore” who operates independently now and has cooperation with
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This pair is from Medallion Collection, which is the cooperation between Antonio Meccariello and Chinese shoe boutique Medallion. Antonio Meccariello is highly praised by shoe aficionados around the world for its great value. Let us have a look at this pair. Post Views: 760
Last November I had a long discussion with Ray Kwok, the founder of eponymous brand, his concept is very simple, “men love specifications”, so his products have the highest specifications with lowest price. Post Views: 1,825
Gulun is a Chinese brand which installs unbelievable specification for a wonderful price. It is 95% handmade with only upper stitched by sewing machine, handwelted and handstitched. I visited its workshop in Chongqing, southwest of China. Let us have a look of this pair. Post Views: 4,364
Altan Bottier is a French brand which focuses on patina and regarded as one of the pioneers after Berluti invented this skill. As most French middle range brands, Altan bottier does not make shoes, but only patina inhouse, and its shoes are made by Portuguese shoemaker Carlos Santos. Let us have review of this pair.
In welted (loose definition including Goodyear and Blake construction) shoes field, French brands are quite interesting. Let us first put John Lobb aside as that it is regarded English or French never ends an argument. Two prominent brands Berluti and Corthay were loved by a limited community and known more like high street fashion. The
I love Edward Green very much for two reasons. One is the last is maybe the most conservative in today’s market, and the round toes are my favorite. The other is focus. In my summary of focus ranke of dress shoe brands, most brands offer belt, bags even sneakers. After so many years operation, only
Clarks is very famous as a middle range casual dress shoe brand alongside with ECCO and Rockport. Not so many know Clarks is an English brand with great heritage. Especially its Desert Boot is the real classic and original one. Founded in 1825, arguably one of the oldest shoemaker in UK. For its 190 year
Salvatore Ferragamo plays in high street fashion field and shoes are its most iconic products. Most shoe enthusiasts won’t be very interested in Ferragamo shoes as the construction is mostly glued and price is high for its perceived prestige. However, there is one collection among its offerings is so sought after even by the most
I have introduced this brand, which was founded by Stefano Branchini then sold to LVMH group to make Louis Vuitton and Berluti shoes. For some period, StefanoBi brand existed while the factory made shoes for the other two. Style wise StefanoBi is very close to Berluti, great patina with daring design. Post Views: 3,457