Bespoke Shoes Unlaced - a shoemaking blog

Back and refreshed from a wonderful holiday in Venice, I am well and truly into the groove of work again. It has been a bit manic here this ...

Ooh, how exciting! Look at my new business card. Doesn't that look impressive? Things are going very well at Gieves and Hawkes. The wor...

It's been a good week. Back to some serious making for me. As ever, my hands have softened up and my times are slow, more loose screw than l...

One question I get asked a lot is this, "Are your shoes Goodyear welted?" Well, here's the thing. The Goodyear welt is an industrial pro...

So, here I am, the start of day four for me, day ten for the students. We are heel building and on course to finish on Saturday. The Other ...

Greetings fellow shoemakers of the world. I hope the week has been bountiful. Unfortunately some might say (me), the Other One and I had to ...

Greetings to all you shoemakers (aspiring or actual) out there. Hopefully you have all had a fantastic week. We have certainly been busy at...

With the heatwave over, we can work much more comfortably in our workshop. In fact, we had a tropical downpour midweek, which left us with w...

So, dear shoemakers of the world, another week goes by. Today sees the start of the twice yearly Cockpit Arts Open Studios. The public's cha...

Preparations for our trunk shows in Chicago and New York are in full flow. It is not long now and we are very excited. If any of you wish to...