The Shoemaker's Room
The Shoe Cabinet
“Built from the ground up.”
A small cabinet of shoes, kept the way a shoemaker keeps them — by style, by last, and always as part of the whole silhouette. Open a compartment.
Oxford
Last
To be confirmed
Leather
To be confirmed
Construction
To be confirmed
Sole
To be confirmed
Character
Formal without becoming ceremonial.
The closed lace and clean quarter give the oxford its line. It sits beneath tailoring the way a full stop sits at the end of a sentence.
Specifications to be confirmed with the House
Derby
Last
To be confirmed
Leather
To be confirmed
Construction
To be confirmed
Sole
To be confirmed
Character
Open, accommodating, at ease off duty.
The open lace admits a higher instep and a longer day. The derby is the shoe that travels well and asks for little.
Specifications to be confirmed with the House
Loafer
Last
To be confirmed
Leather
To be confirmed
Construction
To be confirmed
Sole
To be confirmed
Character
Unhurried, soft, worn without ceremony.
A loafer succeeds or fails on the fit of its heel and the line of its apron. In suede it is the quietest shoe in the cabinet.
Specifications to be confirmed with the House
Chelsea
Last
To be confirmed
Leather
To be confirmed
Construction
To be confirmed
Sole
To be confirmed
Character
Continuous, close, made for winter streets.
With no lacing to interrupt it, the chelsea is judged entirely by the shape of its last and the tension of its elastic.
Specifications to be confirmed with the House
The Welt
Last
To be confirmed
Leather
To be confirmed
Construction
To be confirmed
Sole
To be confirmed
Character
Built to be repaired, not replaced.
The welt is where a shoe earns its decades. Stitching that can be undone and done again is the difference between keeping and discarding.
Specifications to be confirmed with the House
Photography and specifications shown here are temporary and await confirmation from the House.
From the floor up.