Anyone heard of Lloyd & Haig Custom Shoes

[meister]

Nothing to do with each other

 

[MITCH3734]

I am Edward Meyer's son. My father died when I was very young, so I had little time with him, but I'll provide what little recollection I have of him and his company.
As I recall, there were four stores. Three of the stores were in New York, the Woolworth building, Madison and (I believe 42nd), and on Lexington Avenue behind the Waldoff Astoria. The fourth store was in Philadelphia, but I can't recall exactly where.
The main office of the company was on 45th street where my father and Sherman Tarlow had their offices. Tarlow was "the money man" and spent his time mainly in the office while my father designed and oversaw the manufacturing of the shoes, and as an aside he also enjoyed personally doing the store window displays, so he spent his time mainly at the various stores pitching in as a salesman when things got busy.
After my father's death, I spent one summer working at the company, first as a stock clerk at the Madison avenue store, the main shoe inventory warehouse being in the basement of this store, and other branches would replenish their stock from this location, then working at the Lexington avenue store "staining" shoes. Yes, all the shoes were manufactured without a color. When a customer purchased his shoes, he selected the color. There was a location in the back of each store where the shoes were stained. It was a two day process, very messy, but upon completion, the customer was informed that his shoes were ready, and he had the option of picking them up at the store, having them delivered if they lived in New York, or having them shipped. I was also one of the people who delivered the shoes to some pretty famous people who happened to live in New York. After that summer I showed no interest in coming into the business, so my mother negotiated the sale of her shares to Tarlow.
I'm not sure what my father would make of the current interest in his shoes. Interestingly, even when my father was alive, I never owned a pair of L&H shoes, my shoes coming from a shoe store at the local mall.
Well, enjoy your shoes; at least my father's legacy still lives on sixty years after his passing.

 

[Fima Ruchman]

Yes, I sued Lloyd & Haig shoes since the early 1960, they are one of the finest shoes made worldwide. Actually did not know the the company still existed. Now that I know they still manufacturing them I will make a point to buy a few pairs next time I am in New York.

 

[Michael Griffin]

re Lloyd & Haig, see this article - here