The Spanish brand TLB Mallorca now takes their popular MTO-service to the next level with a new 3D customisation tool, making it really easy to develop your own designs among the extensive options available. They introduce it with a launch promo offering 15% discount on all MTO orders placed until July 5.
The summer sales of fine footwear has started to appear here and there, so it’s that time of the year where you can make a bargain especially on loafers and other more summer seasonal stuff. Here’s some good ongoing sales of quality shoes listed.
The past couple of decades professional shoe shining has lift itself to higher level, and become an acclaimed craft in itself. Not least in Asia this development has boomed, where one of those who’ve been part of the development is John Chung who runs the shoe shine bar and more Mason & Smith in Singapore.
One of the newest products in Saphir’s Medaille d’Or range is the Coated fabric lotion. While its developed for care of coated canvas bags like those from Louis Vuitton, it works equally great to treat shoes made of corrected grain leather, to help prevent the plastic coating from cracking and keep it better looking.
Ten years ago I shared a picture from the vintage shoe store Chart in Koenji, an area in Tokyo that is filled with vintage shoes, vintage clothes and other vintage goods. During my last visit in the city I went back, and of course hade to visit Chart and its sibling store Whistler again.
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The Italian shoemaker Calzoleria Carlino’s famous campaign where they offer exotics at no upcharge is back, and this year bigger and better than ever. For the whole of June one can order any type of exotics leather handmade shoes at the same price as calf. So not only alligator or crocodile, but other very special stuff, often vintage skins, like hippo, seal, capybara/carpincho, elephant, stingray and more.
My latest new pair is a bespoke seamless faux adelaide in a lovely medium brown suede, made by Catella Shoemaker. Shoes made to the absolute highest level possible. In this article there’s loads of photos as well as films of both the making and the final pair.
Last weekend the eight edition of the big shoe event in London took place, including having three exciting world championships contests in shoe shining, shoe patina and shoemaking playing out. Here’s a substantial report from the day with lots of photos from all the exhibitors, contests and stage happenings.
You know the drill by now. Since it always takes some time for me to finish the huge articles covering all contest shoes of the world champs, we have a picture special showing the top three that were appointed at the London super trunk the past weekend. Winner this year was Ken Kataoka, runner up Twinkima.G and 3rd Dmitry Avdyukhov.
Here we will live stream four sessions from the London Super Trunk Show today Saturday May 9. Two sessions, live from the world championships of shoe shining final and later the award ceremonies for the world champs of shoemaking and shoe patina. Will also be uploaded and viewable after the live sessions.
