Unboxing Eccentric Double Monk 1611 from Carlos Santos

What are the characteristics of a Portuguese brand? To be honest, there are not many Portuguese brands in fashion industry, the only one I can think of is Massimo Dutti. What are the characteristics of Carlos Santos? The only thing people all agree is patina. Why does Carlos Santos like patina? Of course, consumers like

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 – StefanoBi

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: 3,514

An Interview with Alexander Nurulaeff

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,