Making shoes for King Charles: Tony Gaziano video
Forgive me for leading with the story of the shoes Gaziano & Girling made for His Majesty Charles III. It isn't the main thing we discussed in this interview with Tony Gaziano, but I know it will be the one that gets the most attention.
That comes about 19 minutes into the talk, but before and after we cover many interesting things including:
- Why Tony thinks design is the missing element in a lot of bespoke shoemaking
- Why the shoes have become so much more expensive
- Why he couldn't survive without Dean Girling (audience question, right at the end)
I knew it was going to be a fun talk when Tony took the piss out of my baldness, with only a few seconds gone. And so it proved - enjoyable, entertaining, informative. This was one of our best talks in this series. I hope you enjoy it too.
Thank you very much to Tony Gaziano and his team, to Mortimer House and to all the lovely readers who attended. It was a lovely evening, and we'll try and do another one soon.
There's now a little archive of these interviews. They are, in case you missed any of them:
- Anda Rowland of Anderson & Sheppard, on changing the tailoring house
- Luke Walker of LEJ, on the crossover between fashion and classic menswear
- Rubato, on their brand and style
- Tony Sylvester, on style and subcultures
- Ethan Newton, on the evolution of Bryceland’s
- Jamie Ferguson, on his career in photography




























