Shoe --- Japanese shoes::Arai Hiroshi

Website: Arai Hiroshi: http://h-arai.com

I made a quick review of Japanese shoes.

On average, Japanese and Taiwanese lasts are similar.

In the other words, they are wider than that of most British lasts.

Even though I personally prefer British lasts for dressing shoes & American lasts for boots,

Japanese shoes still catch my eye using their quaint ... temperament~


I picked two pairs of shoes from Hiroshi's online gallery.

what lovely shoes they are~

[ref: Japanese Shoes: Bespoke & RTW Super Thread ]

Movie --- KaNo

Trans --- Something Different: Pop-up Flea

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haha, I found a different type of flea markets, a heritage and expensive flea LOL

the blogger mentioned the Pop-Up flea is held once year in NYC;

I miss them out and lucky me, for my wallet's sake :P 
 
anyway, I really enjoy these photos.

Youtube --- Shoes Making, TW

aha~

I was wondering that why there aren't Taiwanese men try to develop a Brand

of comfortable, beautiful, and elegant shoes,

and here I am!

even though Boot is my type now,

I need some formal shoes sometimes....

for now, there is only one classic Wingtips-toe 'n' Lace-ups shoe in my rack,

I will get  shoes from each of them* to encourage and support local Brands in the

near future~

#=== Update::01 ====#


Even though Mr. Liu's works are smoehow not as beautiful as that of British brands,

they are not bad indeed.

After reviewing Asian bootmakers' works,

I found that the major bottlenecks are shoe lasts and the quality of leathers,

the skills are not on the list at all.

// IMHO, ...
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< Gider
< O'Ringo
< 劉一刀