The unique shoe tradition of Austro-Hungary ̵...
The Austro-Hungarian tradition of shoemaking is a significant one - until fairly recently it was the most influential in Europe, after the English. It is also a type of shoe (rounder, larger, more comfortable) that is perhaps a little more fashionab...
The unique shoe tradition of Austro-Hungary ̵...
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What a wonderful article! Thank you, Bernhard! Always very thoughtful and nuanced writing that translates into wonderful shopping advice. Having moved to Vienna several years ago, I have had a good fortune of adding to m...
Ascot Shoes ‘Kaan’ cordovan shoe: Review
Last year Karl Chu offered to make me a pair of shoes under his Ascot Shoes label for review. I had known Karl (pictured below) for a while, but mostly through his hosting of bespoke shoemakers in London - such as Masaru Okuyama - in his old space ...
Ascot Shoes ‘Kaan’ cordovan shoe: Review
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Don't worry, no post is ever too old. No I don't wear them, I actually gave them away a while ago - due to the reasons over sizing mentioned in the piece....
My top 10 books
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 564 3217 EMII 26 6 3950 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Below is a list of my favourite books on menswear, just in time for Christmas, in rough order. There are some noble exclusions, including Eric Musgrave, Bernard ...
My top 10 books
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Wow! Thanks for that. Lindsay...
Cheap bespoke – too good to be true?
Entirely handmade shoes are not cheap. The high-end benchmade shoes are hand-clicked and hand-lasted, but not hand-welted. In this country, most of the entirely handmade ones are made bespoke. And that makes them even more expensive, as the shoe is b...
Cheap bespoke – too good to be true?
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Hi Laura, to my knowledge, it is impossible to copy shoes. Shoe making almost always involves a shoe last (except probably for some slippers or flipflops). I'm afraid, but I see no solution at the moment for your quest. ...
