1st Place: Museum piece 2nd Place: Bespoke Pimpin' piece 3rd Place: Highest-level Daily-wear piece Though Wegen's piece almost looks like a ladies' heel. (different times, different views)
Kirby's perpetual use of the word 'whenever' in place of the more classic 'when' is a slight peeve for me. 😅 I always thought those words were two different words for different use cases. At any rate, this was a great and passionate review of the top 3 shoes from the World Championships in Shoe Making.
Couldn't agree more. Looking at the three, it's clear that there was a different approach to the competition by the shoemakers. I bet if someone told the 2nd and 3rd place holders that they can make something that resembles a shoe but doesn't have to be worn by a normal human being, they would go to town with the design as well.
It is a very old tradition to make display shoes that aren't meant to be worn within the craft. It is just to show what is actually possible to create physically.
Yes however you probably can't wear them lol. Its like showing off how good you are. Like in so many other crafts fields, there are things that are unreasonable that you just do to prove how good you are
As an individual who must have toe caps if I don't want to return to the shoemaker every month, I am impressed by the maker who manages to insert a brass toe cap subtly but very apt for practical purposes. I cannot find such a product, but would love to. Your enthusiasm for the shoes is catching.
I will be happy to have the ones that finished last in the competition. Btw, and since you are asking for my opinion, then I like more the Japanese maker shoe because it’s more than a prototype and can be ordered if you have the “perfectly executed” money.
Absolutely supremely executed championship bespoke shoemaking! Daniel truly submitted an outstanding entry and very well deserved as championship winner.
Just like the shoe shop display outside the shop on one's local High Street they have only given Kirby one shoe from each pair as they know he would run off with them if they were paired up.
Question: At what point does a greater stitch count weaken the leather? Just like perforations on paper aid it to rip, I would think the stitching line would have a greater tendency to separate.
I would say when the stitch hole is bigger than the space between the stitches. Also depends on the thickness of the leather. If it is skived to much it can rip beacuse the thread (nylon, polyester) is stronger then the leather and it will cut through it or with movement create a tear. With competition shoes it isn't as important because nobody will wear them, so they won't bend the leather.
@@YacDiesel It is gonna be expensive. The trip + the shoes themselves. Not to mention you will have to go back to Japan at least 3 times for fittings. Good luck!
Fukuda’s bespoke shoes come with a three-year-long wait list. His bespoke shoes start at $4,600 and go all the way up to $12,000 in exotic skins . ? and the suit more 580,000 yen $5,513.39 The suit needs 3 fittings over 3 months you might want to increase the 10000:)
This is the heel height I want for my shoes! The AllenEdmunds, Cobbler Union and almost all English shoes are too low they all looked smashed down. I liked the Murata and Corthay models. I understand why Wegen was number 1 - perfection.
I love the third and second place shoes the best, I probably give the third place one the edge if I was a judge. Just out of curiosity how many judges are there?
Once we get into the top of top level of shoes, it starts to look like things are being done that aren't necessarily better in terms of quality or wear, these features are meant to simply impress people that are already keyed up on shoes. I think higher stitch counts will actually weaken the leather for having more perforations. Does hand stitching uppers actually make them better? Can anyone's foot fit into that first place shoe? Why do the best shoes seem to usually have the toe planted firmly on the ground - sometimes even leaving the ball of the foot suspended off the ground? Doesn't the front of the foot need to roll as it completes a step while walking?
2:38 - Hearing Kirby talk this way about a pair of wingtips. (I've noticed he really doesn't have that many in his collection) Not a fan of the full brogue in general it seems..
These aren't meant to be off the shelf wearable shoes. They're meant to showcase techniques and skill in craftsmanship. Like Kirby said, these are the "concept car" of the shoe world. Concept cars aren't meant to be practical, street legal, production vehicles. They're meant to push designers and engineers to their creative and technical limits, and perhaps come up with ideas that could eventually make their way to a production vehicle. Same thing with these shoes.
Did they rate the different styles in there own category? For instance, did they rate all English style shoes (the 3rd place winner) together? For everyone else, what style is your favorite? I”m beginning to like the look and feel of the shoes made in Spain.
Daniel Wegan's shoe is a museum piece but definitely not wearable. The Corthay heel is very impractical too, lovely to look at but imagine walking over gravel. The craftsmanship on all three is exceptional but the last shapes, to my eye, are not pleasing - all elongated and too pointy. Thank you for this high-class shoe porn.
Karl Delavigne Yes what’s up with these elongated and pointy shoes? The Corthay was the least pointy and it was a beautiful shoe but I don’t think I would feel comfortable wearing it.
Honestly in my humble opinion the 3rd place shoe catches my attention more than the other two. Stitch density aside, those heels on the other two look like disasters waiting to happen. I get the technicality but the asthetics just are not pleasing to my eye. Great video and entertaining as always!
Well now Sir Allison❣️ what a great narration of the Bespoke shoes of the world champion shoe makers❣️ they are exquisite and thank you so much for sharing💖🌹✨
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I understand that the final entry in the competition didn't make the deadline because the maker is stitching by hand at a spacing that must be expressed in Angstroms, or hundred millionths of a centimeter. Distinguishing individual stitches requires an electron microscope. Completing the shoe will take several generations of the maker's family, but the result will probably be pretty wearable, provided evolution hasn't reconfigured our feet much at all.
Nobody has narrow enough feet to wear the last piece. So i think it is more like a leather art piece than a shoes. But i dont really enjoy the idea though.
Dear Kirby ' ... What a dazzling display of The Shoemakers art , You have shown us , well beyond where any person ( even a multi millionaire ) would wish to go. The shoes by Daniel' as exquisite , as they are , in my humble opinion are a work of art that should never be worn ' ... BUT ... commended into a museum as they look to my eye as being something that would NEVER be worn in the street; but only reserved for The Palace ' of Louie' the 14th , I have only once in my life ever seen anything like them ' and that was in a display of hand made hoes that were from the 18th century... so no offence indented ' but I think i will stick to my Hand grade shoes from Crockett & Jones of Northampton as the three pairs of shoe's that you showcased today would be well beyond my budget ...
"Let's time up the feets on some child so they fit 20 years later" I guess in history there have been a few people that been adapted to these kind of shoes.
