Leather man
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The problem english shoemakers face is that there is only a very tiny home market. Even the wealthy are no longer "well heeled" outside of London. I believe that in London there are still people willing to buy good shoes but that's about it. Even Loakes prices are baulked at by people who are by anybodies standards rich.
The old phrase in quotation marks says it all. Not so long ago you could tell the cut of a man's jib from his shoes. Now it will be from the car he drives.
So, you can see , it is not a lack of money in the country that is the problem but a new culture in which the quality of shoes does not matter to anyone anymore. That is why AS' biggest market is export - and I suspect this is true for all the english shoemakers.
The old phrase in quotation marks says it all. Not so long ago you could tell the cut of a man's jib from his shoes. Now it will be from the car he drives.
So, you can see , it is not a lack of money in the country that is the problem but a new culture in which the quality of shoes does not matter to anyone anymore. That is why AS' biggest market is export - and I suspect this is true for all the english shoemakers.