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How to Style Your Feet for the Festive Season
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What would you say if we told you there are less than five weeks till Christmas?! If you’re anything like us, you’ll have a lot to squeeze into that time. Tying up projects at work before the end of the year. Making plans for travelling to visit family. Organising any festive hosting you plan to do. Purchasing Christmas gifts for your loved ones. Decorating the house. And that’s before we’ve even considered Christmas parties!
Christmas parties are most certainly one of our favourite parts of the winter season. Not only...
Three Ways to Style: Derbies
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It’s hard to beat a well cut derby. These are hardy shoes that perfectly cover the boundary between practical and formal. They’re great for the office, they’re great for a party, and they’re great for sightseeing on a city break. In other words: these could be the hardest working shoes in your collection!
Here are three ways to style your derby shoes, whatever you happen to be up to.
Look one: with a suit for the office
Derby shoes work well with a suit, especially in a slightly less formal...
What Do You Really Need to Clean Leather Shoes?
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Every responsible shoe owner knows how important it is to keep their shoes in good condition. A clean and polished pair of leather shoes will look a whole lot better than a pair that isn’t, and this care will also significantly prolong the life of your shoes.
Some shoe lovers have a whole cornucopia of tools and products in their shoe cleaning arsenal. But in reality, they probably need less than half of these things to be able to do a good job of keeping their...
The Shoe Files: Balmoral Boots
Boot pictured: the Balmoral Boot Rain
We think balmoral boots are a brilliant option for the discerning gentleman, and we’re sure you’ll agree! Not only are they beautifully stylish, they’re also much more practical than some other formal footwear options.
The Anatomy of Balmoral Boots
A Balmoral boot is a formal boot with a closed lacing system. Simply put, it’s essentially an Oxford shoe in boot form.
This type of boot does have one very distinctive feature that marks it out as a little bit different from an Oxford shoe. Each boot...
How Victoria and Albert Contributed to Shoe History
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Queen Victoria is an iconic figure in British history. She was on the throne for sixty three years; from 1837 to 1901. Alongside her innovation-loving husband Prince Albert, Queen Victoria was a significant force behind many of the advances during this era, including train travel, the Industrial Revolution and improved social conditions.
Interestingly for us, Victoria and Albert were also hugely influential in the field of design. Two of styles of shoes commonly worn in the UK today can be attributed directly to the couple.