You know that strange phenomenon where as soon as you start to become obsessed by something, you suddenly see it everywhere?
I was flipping through the February edition of Elle UK, and spotted these lovelies:
I wonder what colour those patent Church’s brogues are in Real Life? Once again they’re Oxfords though, so I wouldn’t be able [...]
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Jan 1st, 2009
I still can’t blog about the piece that I’m working on at the moment - it’s a wedding dress, and it needs to be kept secret for another couple of weeks!
In the meantime I will start as I men to go on, and talk to you about shoes.
Since I received the Handmade Shoes for Men book, [...]
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Dec 27th, 2008
Paul gave this book to me for Christmas. It is simultaneously both the best and the worst book that I have ever owned!
Handmade Shoes for Men tells you pretty much everything you need to know about making men’s shoes by hand. The only automated part of the process is the carving of individually-tailored lasts. Every other [...]
I hope this doesn’t spoil a surprise for anybody whose gift hasn’t arrived in the post yet, but this is why I’ve been a little bit busy and stressed out over the past few weeks.
There’s only one item missing from the photo call, and that’s a hat that I knitted for Paul, mostly in the [...]
Posted in inspiration, shoes on Oct 19th, 2008
Look what I’ve just bought on Ebay! Aren’t they beautiful?
Even better, they’re roughly my size, so as soon as they arrive I can start to make a pair of shoes!
I’ve been reading Mary Wales Loomis‘ book, and doing a bit more online research. I’ve now found a company who make and sell lasts, and a [...]
Posted in inspiration, shoes on Oct 16th, 2008
It has to be said that I used to do an awful lot of thinking about shoes - not to mention an awful lot of buying!
I had a hip operation a few years ago, and ever since I’ve had to be a bit more sensible about these things. I wear orthotics inside all my shoes, [...]
Yesterday, Mamfa popped by specifically to leave a comment that she’d seen a pair of Those Shoes in a size 5, in a shop in Leeds.
Mamfa doesn’t know me, she saw my post via the friends list of a community that we both visit. But she had some useful information, and took the time [...]
Earlier this year, Paul and I got engaged. Presumably this means that at some point in the future there will be a wedding. So, of course, I did what any ridiculously addicted freshly engaged woman would do - I went shoe shopping.
I saw a pair of shoes, by Irregular Choice. I saw them on the [...]
Posted in shoes on May 16th, 2008
So, I’ve made a few pairs of slippers now, and they seemed to go quite well. I thought I would attempt the next stage in the experiment towards being able to make my own shoes.
In the left hand photo, the slippers have completely finished uppers. At this point I would normally attach a felt [...]
Posted in shoes on May 13th, 2008
After the slight technical difficulty with Daniel’s slippers I did a bit of unpicking and attached the soles in a slightly different way.
Here they are, with big brother Edward’s skull slippers, enjoying the sunshine:
Both of these pairs were made from drawings of the boys’ feet.
I’m slightly concerned that Daniel and Edward won’t be heavy enough [...]
