Visit to Lobb St. James with my Monkstraps... - Page 2

The John Lobb on St. James's Street is the original store. JL London later opened a branch in Paris. IIRC, the Paris branch produced bespoke in Paris, not in London. Hermes then bought the Paris branch along with the right to use the John Lobb name to produce and sell RTW shoes. I believe JL London still receives royalty for every pair of JL RTW being sold. JL Paris cannot offer bespoke service in London, nor can JL London produce or sell RTW under the purchase agreement.

Nice shoes! Thank you for sharing your adventures. I love threads like this.

those shoes are 13 years old? geez

How much will a new pair of lobbs cost you? 3000-4000 pounds?

the article on their site says the 1st pair starts at 2300 pounds

I am inclined to disagree, I think John Blobb shoes are not very shapely

better than the Cleverley Trapezoid Toe

Lobb St. James is strictly bespoke. If they are blobby, blame it on peoples jacked up feet. Most JLP you see around here are rtw and a mans foot has to conform to the shoe.

I spent about a half hour in the store in 1998. It's a real atelier.
In very exclusive St James St, yet they are crafting shoes adjacent
to the sales area.

Cleverly had some interesting things to say about Lobb St.James.

Spectacular shoes, but so sad that they've never been worn.

tell us more.

I see. I somehow thought that it would be much higher. I seem to remember reading, that the starting price at Cleverley were around 2500 £, and the Lobb brand seems to be more well-known.