What Means Bespoke and Bespoke Shoe
Bespoke is an adjective for anything commissioned to a particular specification. It may be altered or tailored to the customs, tastes or usage of an individual purchaser. Synonyms are “custom-made”, “made to order”, and “made to measure”. Antonyms are “off-the-shelf” and “ready-to-wear”. Modding is a slang term that is different but somewhat related. It refers to personalization of an item after manufacture. Bespoke Shoes Bespoke shoes are shoes made especially for a certain customer by a shoemaker. The feet are measured and a last for each foot is created. Some people have different sizes of their feet. Bespoke shoes is a way to come around that problem. The customer can often choose between a wide variety of styles, soles, leather types and colors. When a customer orders bespoke shoes, the shoemaker does not finish them before the fitting. This...
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A SANDAL (Flip–Flop) Making Tutorial
Step 1. – pattern Flip-flop is most probably the easiest pattern you will ever meet. A simple footprint to start – you need to make it slightly longer and a lot wider. Upper pattern – that is also not difficult. If you don’t know how to make it – just copy an old piece and tune it up a bit. Step 2 – materials Choose something heavier for upper – the same can be the insole lining as well. For midsole I would suggest a 2,5-3,5 mm thick veg tan leather, sole can be leather or rubber. Maybe rubber is better this time. Step 3 – Asembly Cut the materials to the right shape, which means insole lining should be a 3 mm bigger, midsole should exact. Glue them together and cut off the extra from the insole. Adjust...
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Leave your job, become a… shoemaker
You could’ve been anything with a beard like that, why become a shoemaker? ‘Unbeknownst to me when I was growing up, I’m actually the eighteenth in a very long line of shoemakers – though it skipped the last three generations. So it’s in the blood. I was watching crap Christmas television in high school and the Danny Kaye film ‘Hans Christian Andersen’ [about a cobbler] came on. I thought: That looks like a nice life. So I did a couple of years of vocational training back in Australia, went to college and then apprenticed. But if you’re going to learn how to make shoes properly you need to go to one of the great cities for shoemaking, one of which is London.’ So what do you do all day? A load of old cobblers? ‘I do preparation work in the morning, like stitching the soles on. They take about 45 minutes each, so I do it while listening to...
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