Resurrecting the Lost Wellington Riding Boot | First Fitting with Dominic Casey

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In today’s video, Kirby Allison is again back in London, this time meeting with bespoke shoemaker extraordinaire Dominic Casey to review the progress on the creation of a pair of bespoke Wellington Boots! This long riding boot was invented in the mid-19th Century by the late Duke of Wellington, revolutionary the fashion of the day and way gentlemen of the Military wore their boots.
Through this project, Dominic Casey is resurrecting the lost art of not just long boot making, but pulling out of the history books of shoemaking (and using some forensic shoemaking) how to make a pair of proper Wellington boots!
This is an extraordinary project that, in its completion, will document for the first time ever the entire process of creating bespoke Wellington Boots, preserving it for all future shoemakers. Please support our work by visiting our Patreon at Patreon.com/kirbyallison.
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00:00 Epic Animation
00:18 Introduction
00:52 Down the Rabbit Hole of Bootmaking
01:50 A Historical Example of a Wellington Boot
03:10 Origin of the Wellington Boot
09:25 Differences of a Riding Boot
16:00 Riding Boots vs Dress Shoes
19:34 Kirby’s Trial Boots
23:25 The Fitting!
28:00 Review of original measurements
30:19 Boot Trees
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@Jim58223 Год назад

Best intro in Kirby Allison history.

@kirbyallison Год назад

Haha. Thanks. The studio likes to show off from time to time with a serious flex like this… 😅

@txborn668 Год назад

This video was so enlightening. The way that Dominic explains how the boots are made and the explanation of the difference in the lasts is great. It makes so much sense now. If you compare the Wellington Riding Roots and the Justin Roper Cowboy Boots, they are so similar. That might explain why they were so popular. I loved my Ropers back in the day, especially with the low heel, it made boot scooting so much easier.

@kirbyallison Год назад

One day in the near future, I’m going to get Dominic Casey and Lee Miller in the same room together and film them discussing the similarities and differences between their crafts!

@mikewinston8709 Год назад

Lovely boot…..nailed heal. I’m sure if Kirby was to contact HQ Household Division at Horse Guards Parade, London, SW1; specifically the Major General commanding, he would find some similar boot gems. Boots passed from father to son amongst the current officer corps. The Major General still sits at Wellingtons desk in his office at Horse Guards.

@Javi_C Год назад

Always enjoy videos with Dominic Casey.

@kirbyallison Год назад

He’s the best! Always knowledgeable and entertaining!

@PerWendelboe Год назад

Epic animation indeed, well done - another lovely series

@kirbyallison Год назад

Thank you! Credit to the studio and our team of editors!

@robertroddy8925 Год назад

It’s great to know we still have enthusiastic artisans in England, great video Kirby and Dominic, it always makes me think even in may Father’s Day this sort of tradition would have been the norm and now it is the luxury choice

@barafosteelfounder Год назад

Great video Kirby lad. The boots shown here though should not be confused with modern Wellington boots, or wellies, that are made of rubber and predominantly used as rain boots. They are also used for basically any outdoor purpose, too.

@kirbyallison Год назад

Haha. Definitely not be confused with the rubber variety of Wellies!

@alibabafurball Год назад

So much attention to the details and explaining the details thoroughly really has helped me understand the build somewhat of thee boots. Thank You for getting Mr. Casey on again . I will be happy to see them being made.

@kirbyallison Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Dominic is the best! Always so much fun to film with him!

@willunderwood7326 Год назад

Great video gents! Walmer Castle is in Walmer, Deal - my hometown

@nigelbarker8726 Год назад

Wellington was also Prime Minister on a couple of occasions.

@kirbyallison Год назад

And an unpopular Prime Minister, surprisingly, as well…

@willsimmons6401 Год назад

Are you still planning to finish that ASMR video with Dominic making a pair of shoes? I love how that video started out and would love to see the rest!

@kirbyallison Год назад

Yes! We are going to get down there to do this sometime in the fall!

@loveja1234 Год назад

Lovely experience watching this!

@kirbyallison Год назад

Thanks!

@kieranorgan4189 Год назад

Thanks for the videos, valuable information. Going to download these for the next few years for when i move on from being a cobbler to having a crack at making my own pair of wellington boots. Thank you again so much for these videos

@saxman7131 Год назад

It’s ironic that in shoe/ boot making you start first with the last.

@kirbyallison Год назад

The last shall be first, as they say at John Lobb!

@BullyBoxer Год назад

Fascinates me, the integration between two countries Great Britain and America has. Especially when it comes to things like boots .

@kirbyallison Год назад

Also fascinating how distinct cowboy boots evolved to be! If you thinking about it, by the late 19the Century, hardly anyone was wearing riding boots in Great Britain anymore while in America, Cowboy Boots were prolific.

@russ9921 Год назад

@@kirbyallisonThat’s because in the US, Kirby, you successfully evolved cowboy boots (along with the cowboy hat) to be a fashion accessory, echoing American heritage too, even more so than as a practical piece of clothing. I think an opportunity was missed here in the UK because men’s and women’s riding boots still look incredibly sexy and stylish when worn, elongating the appearance of the legs and flattering the figure too. It’s odd that in winter, British women will wear high boots in and about town even if not riding, but for British men the practice seems these days to be only for those who ride.

@gavindadds4414 Год назад

Dominic has clearly been a shoe/boot nerd for a long time. A historian as well as a master artisanal craftsman, he reminds me a lot of Lee Miller. Could you imagine the conversation between those two. I don't know where you find them Kirby but Dominic is another person I could listen to for a lot longer than 35 minutes. Good luck getting Bianca to pull your boots off, sounds like a job for the kids.

@kirbyallison Год назад

Ha. You should have seen the effort we had to mount the first time I went to get those Lee Miller boots off! I thought we were going to have to wake up the entire house! 😅

@dr.goloberanek7565 11 месяцев назад

What a great video. Someday I hope I will come around to commission a bespoke boot as well 👌 You are showing me new goals to aim for 😁

@joelarkin8781 Год назад

Really cool boots, love them

@paulmcgee1867 Год назад

Don’t forget the Duke of Wellington was a famous wearer of trousers like an early introducer.

@Johnysh9 Год назад

I need some boots like these

@Idk-dd2gn 11 месяцев назад

Wellesley's life was interesting and very nuanced, he was a successful war leader but an unsuccessful politician. He was born a minor noble into a family which was relatively poor as far as aristocrats go. However, he died as a duke with his own peerage. I've heard at the time of his death he wasn't quite as revered as he was when he was a war leader due to his political blunders. But today, on the whole, we remember him just as a mighty hero. Which I see no problem in.

@silvioalves5727 Год назад

👏👏👏

@jkranites Год назад

Kirby, Do bespoke shoe makers make shoes for people who need arch support? Thats one thing that has always intrigued me.

@kirbyallison Год назад

Yes. One of the best parts of a bespoke shoe IS the arch support.

@mudassirhasan7799 11 месяцев назад

Kirby makes me want British should colonise half of world again, #MakeGracefulAgain

@theoisaac9948 Год назад

👍👍💯

@nestormaceda1 Год назад

Look into Dehner’s of Omaha, excellent excellent boot. Sadly out of style but easily the best-fitting custom boot I’ve ever had. Custom boots are not 10k these days. As an equestrian professional, the only boot you see at those prices are the English bookmakers, and no one uses them aside from some fox hunters. The best English boots where the Maxwells btw, those will still go for $10k used.

@johncas1 Год назад

All gentlemen should have a pair pf traditional british hand made chelsea boots like i have i lasp have 2 pairs of solovair hand maxe in england boots so comfortable when walking all day

@BulletProofBrain Год назад

Kirby: Hey Baby, I got an new idea for a business model. Wife: What’s that Sugar? Kirby: I’m thinking about just flying round the world wearing the best suits money can buy, smoking the finest cigars, drinking the best malt whisky and basically living like an 18th Century English Duke. Do you think that would work? Wife: Sure honey, go for it! I love these videos. Keep up the great work!

@kirbyallison Год назад

My wife isn’t that generous with my “work vacations,” but I appreciate the sentiment!

@freedyorozco8451 Год назад

🥃🎩

@MrAtticus555 Год назад

Another corker! X

@seijiroukikuoka5975 Год назад

I'll have one made out of reversed waxed calf.

@krollic Год назад

would you wear the trousers over or under these boots? either maybe

@kirbyallison Год назад

One of the things that differentiated Wellington Boots from other riding boots of the day was that they were designed with a narrow leg to be work under the trousers. This was the first time this had been done and became the prevalent style in the late 19th Century.

@stephenbest4924 Год назад

Dominic is a really cool guy.

@TheTerryE Год назад

What's the name of your horse?

@penguin_edits Год назад

link to video is not in desc

@kirbyallison Год назад

Which video?

@penguin_edits Год назад

@@kirbyallison The first part of the series where you and Dominic talk about Wellington boots

@the_lost_traveller Год назад

What about John lobb? Do they not still make these boots?

@johncas1 Год назад

No sanders do there made in England they are officially suppliers to british army

@kirbyallison Год назад

We are actually working on a different - and very exciting - project with John Lobb London! We also have a video with them we have already published reviewing their collection of historic riding boots!

@alibabafurball Год назад

@@kirbyallison I hope it a re-do of those Victorian era boots they have in their case. If i remember right they lace up at the front and oxford tip?

@kirbyallison Год назад

@@alibabafurballWe actually pulled a pair of those boots out of the case and spoke about them in this video: 2023 World Championship of Shoemaking | The Best Bespoke Shoemaker In the World | Kirby Allison ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2NfFKgLCpMQ.html

@mikewinston8709 Год назад

John Lobb Bespoke London, (not to be confused with John Lobb, a factory made ready to wear outfit owned by Hermes) will make you any boot, shoe or slipper. Obviously not vulgar trainers lol.