So I've gone and started a Facebook group... and we need your shoes. There were about 100 members in the first 48 hours Welted Shoes Australia is a Facebook group that allows you to buy, swap or sell your quality leather shoes from a list of reputable shoemakers. There are several...
Our hotel was located next to the Japanese department store Takashimaya. Not the first department store one expects to see in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam. But this was District One, a place of bright lights, culinary delights and trendy shopping precincts. In bygone years, it was the world of...
On my daily commute to work, I often glance at peoples' shoes as they walk by. Some I admire, most I don't. It's not because I'm a brand snob. Truly, I'm not. It's because most people don't tend to the leather of their shoes. And for the businessman or women,...
Now then, as an influx of dressed up cemented shoe brands continues to irk me and an old shoe restoration turns its petulant head from me as if I were an unsatisfactory and clumsy-thumbed lover, I must find something with which to (hopefully) wile you and (desperately) distract me from...
Craftsmanship, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, detail, and creativity. Take the British shoe manufacturer, they know their craft, their materials, the science of build, and the art of style. It is no surprise, therefore, that when I am asked for shoe recommendations – increasingly so – I will...
