The high end Chinese Shoe Thread

[epsilon22]

Do any of these shoemakers travel for bespoke fittings? I've always been curious about Chinese shoemakers but I haven't done much research into them.

 

[clee1982]

Other than that trunkshow in NYC I'm not aware, and I think ACME was let people trying size at the time not sure if they were doing bespoke or even MtM (as I'm not sure if they have committed to travel here often enough)

 

[Pascal1980]

Hello everybody,

actually I am interested in a balmoral boot from Yearn, which is available at Aterton in London.

I am familiar with the shoes from Crockett & Jones, Heinrich-Dinkelacker and also Carmina und TLB Mallorca, which I am wearing right at this moment.

Hence how does Yearn, and the other Chinese shoe makers, compare in the quality of the craftsmanship and the leathers to the known European mid-tier shoe makers?

Enjoy your evening and best regards

Pascal

 

[NORE]

Hello everybody,

actually I am interested in a balmoral boot from Yearn, which is available at Aterton in London.

I am familiar with the shoes from Crockett & Jones, Heinrich-Dinkelacker and also Carmina und TLB Mallorca, which I am wearing right at this moment.

Hence how does Yearn, and the other Chinese shoe makers, compare in the quality of the craftsmanship and the leathers to the known European mid-tier shoe makers?

Enjoy your evening and best regards

Pascal

The leather on my 2 pair is so supple, I sometimes question whether it is leather at all. Some of the highest quality leather I have encountered to date.

 

[Pascal1980]

The leather on my 2 pair is so supple, I sometimes question whether it is leather at all. Some of the highest quality leather I have encountered to date.

Thanks for your reply.

Then I take a closer look at the shoes of Yearn when I am back in London in End-February to Mid-March.

Enjoy your day and best regards

Pascal

 

[ijustknow]

Would definitely love to know more / hear about some of the mid range offerings from china. I'm waiting for two pairs from some middle/low price range offerings (Oct Tenth mainline & Gulun handwelt) to arrive so i can compare them against the higher end stuff. A lot of the Chinese brands don't seem to get much attention internationally but Fupei does some great articles on Wiracetas, Badia, and others.

I am really honoured to hear my name mentioned. Thanks for your kindness.

 

[ijustknow]

Hello everybody,

actually I am interested in a balmoral boot from Yearn, which is available at Aterton in London.

I am familiar with the shoes from Crockett & Jones, Heinrich-Dinkelacker and also Carmina und TLB Mallorca, which I am wearing right at this moment.

Hence how does Yearn, and the other Chinese shoe makers, compare in the quality of the craftsmanship and the leathers to the known European mid-tier shoe makers?

Enjoy your evening and best regards

Pascal

Hello Pascal,

I believe when everyone talks about Chinese products, they mention that labour is cheap, which is true, at least comparing to western Europe. So if you are looking for craftsmanship, you get best value from Chinese shoemakers, especially the ones I approve. (Sorry to be arrogant, but I literally owns more than 50 brands not pairs.)

About quality, to be fair, European shoes are more well thought and robust due to historical experience. The difference is minor though.

 

[ijustknow]

Do any of these shoemakers travel for bespoke fittings? I've always been curious about Chinese shoemakers but I haven't done much research into them.

Sad news, there are quite few bespoke shoemakers in China who regularly take orders.
I can only name two, LU Yang in Ningbo city and CHEN Hua in Guangzhou City.
A very respected old man called Master HUANG in Shenyang city, not really taking new clients.
JIANG Daoyuan in Qingdao, who is the founder of BADIA, is a bespoke shoemaker and worked three years in Stefano Bemer studio, does not really take bespoke orders as he needs to spend more time on his brand.

Considering only two working, you cannot really expect they travel too much even domestically, not to mention oversea.

 

[ijustknow]

Many of my enthusiast friends commented that “the best part is probably the box”.

Craftsmanship-wise, not made to the level of Oct Tenth or Jim Jun, not to mention Acme.

Not true