My Shoe Collection – M104 from James Taylor & Son

James Taylor & Son is the bespoke shoemaker in England, however this pair is not bespoke but Goodyear welted in China. The history I have written about the founder ZHANG Dong and the interview with current owner of James Taylor & Son. In this article, we only focus on the shoes. The shoes are actually

My Shoe Collection – Cascade from J.FitzPatrick

This pair is a special MTO which stubbornly implant my taste on J.FitzPatrick, and the same behavior happened to Carlos Santos as well. The merit is to make every pair of shoes rounder and rounder to counterattack the sharp and elongated mainstream taste. The original Cascade designed by Justin looks like this: Post Views: 1,073

My Shoe Collection – James from Yearn Shoemaker/SLIMSHOES

I have unboxed this pair here, and this post mainly focuses on experience. Yearn Shoemaker is known by SLIMSHOES domestically in China. The concept is better reflected by the latter one as it wants to accommodate Asian wider feet without sacrificing slim and elegant feeling of dress shoes. Later on, I found they are also

My Shoe Collection – J.M.LeGazel

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

My Shoe Collection – J.M.Weston 392

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