ThatGuy
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con-*******-gratulations on that decision
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con-*******-gratulations on that decision
...as we all know, the vast majority of people wouldn't know a leather sole from a fillet of sole...
This vs This
Oh, come on.
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What does get me thinking about the cost and quality of shoes is seeing Dainite soles on shoes that cost £80-£100 and then seeing the exact same Dainite soles on shoes that cost nearly £400 and above. Is the sole itself a non expensive/labour intense part of a shoe? Does a leather sole of say a Church's, EG or Crockett & Jones shoe cost the same to make as the Dainites that are found on much cheaper shoes? If the Dainite soles cost less, the price for the Dainite soled versions of the shoes should be less but they're not. Hmmm.
It's marketing. It's brand name cachet. Blue sky. Period. When you look at the processes and the techniques and the materials that go into a top dollar RTW as compared to a significantly lower end RTW, there is nothing so special or difficult or rare that it justifies the wide discrepancy in price except "glamour" (in the old sense of the word). Top name shoes that sell for $800.00+ could easily sell for half that and for a more than reasonable profit.
So are you saying that the techniques and materials that go into making £100 Loakes are the same as £400 Church's or that there is a difference but that difference does not justify the price difference?
When it comes to construction techniques in manufactured shoes, there is probably no significant difference worth talking about.