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
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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
As the most traditional and conservative shoes, oxford has a relatively new model which was invented by Berluti, Wholecut. Wholecut is appreciated for its cleanliness and somehow fashion feeling. When I glance the archive of Carlos Santos, I found this seemingly no pattern model can still be playful, let us have a look together. Post
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
这是来我店里买皮具护理产品的读者问的问题。 变深，玩皮的人可能爱用旧化，也就是英语的Patina了。 Post Views: 3,190
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,
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: 1,183
The founder of Gustavia used to work in Altan Bottier, where everyone loves patina. The Gustavia pushes this obsession to the extreme, all models are presented in white crust leather, and clients appoint the patina colour. Post Views: 1,415
Its shoes are reported to be manufactured in Italy, but from my purchasing experience, at least Carlos Santos made shoes for it before. The only thing it focuses is patina. Post Views: 1,536