Very aged is not the same meaning as not cared, but only the leather has been used for a long time. The answer is separation between coating and hide substrate. Post Views: 1,432
Tag: Vintage
This is another American brand only known in vintage shoe community. In its heyday, Nettleton did not step into the top four brands, and its iconic model was just like every American brand at that time, Longwing. This pair is totally in another direction. Post Views: 1,319
Masegrove was an English shoe brand now defunct. It was rumored that at its later stage, it was made by Loake. Suddenly I feel Loake of yesterday is Crockett & Jones of today making shoes for many other brands. Post Views: 1,018
This pair of vintage Crockett & Jones was in bad condition that even I tried my best to renovate its leather, it still cannot service me well. So I plan to ditch it and have a close look before. Post Views: 1,718
Crockett & Jones is the midrange English shoe brand I admire so much as its aesthetics is mainly conservative and English and its last iteration catches the rhythm of time. This pair was made for a company called Swan Shoe Company and today I cannot find information on the internet. And this model never appears
Which country are Mason Shoes made in? The US. Really, does the US only has Alden and Allen Edmonds making Goodyear welted shoes? Clearly, the answer is not only those two, and comparing to its glorious era with tens of great shoe brands, the current good ones are too few. Mason was one of them
时尚是个轮回，相信大部分人都会同意，尤其是在一个领域呆的够久，或者对以前的风格比较有兴趣的人，都会发现这个现象很明显。 Post Views: 1,233
又是一双超级小众的美国Vintage鞋，比不少玩家喜欢谈论的Florsheim，Hanover什么的，都要少见的多。 同样，目前还没有时间去好好了解这个品牌的成长巅峰与衰败。 Post Views: 1,069
这个不是Vintage皮鞋玩家，肯定没有接触过。Hanover在这篇文章里介绍过，曾经美国的四天王，品质绝对不输英伦同侪，而且还是高端的，比如Edward Green和Church’s。为什么不提John Lobb和Gaziano & Girling？因为在美国皮鞋业品质巅峰的时候，这两家好没出生。 我目前还没有好好的研究，Hanover这家的兴衰史，所以不太清楚这双鞋的年份。 Post Views: 1,637
什么样的鞋子，一眼看到，就觉得不是现在的东西呢？我不是指老旧，而是指款式或者设计细节。 就像西服，假如驳头特别底下，西裤特别的宽大，或者高腰直接到胸口，都会被认为很老派。 Post Views: 1,266