Button Boots

[Lamo]

Wondering if anyone makes these nowadays. I kinda want one because they're so quaint.

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by Lamo

Wondering if anyone makes these nowadays. I kinda want one because they're so quaint.

You can always bespeak a pair. You will have to check if your shoemaker is capable of making a decent button boot beforehand.

Otherwise amongst RTW bootmakers:

Aubercy

Zak Schuhmoden (Vienna)

 

[Will]

Many of the bespoke makers won't touch them either but John Lobb London and Tony Gaziano made pairs these past few years.

 

[fritzl]

Thanks, Sator

Vienna is always a good source for them.

RTW: Zak Schuhmoden, Kaerntner Str. 36, 1010 Vienna, phone: +43(1)5127257
Price is around $ 550,-

And all the well reputated makers like Scheer, Materna, Balint, Maftei etc. will be pleased to fullfil an order.

Prices from $ 700,- - 3k

 

[King Francis]

I decided I want some too when I saw this thread a week ago (although such a purchase is a long way off for me):

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=25830

Look at these beauties:

So I guess you can add C&J Paris to your list of makers.

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by fritzl

Vienna is always a good source for them.

RTW: Zak Schuhmoden, Kaerntner Str. 36, 1010 Vienna, phone: +43(1)5127257
Price is around $ 550,-


550 Euro more like it.

You can also try emailing Frau Monika Werba-Zak at:

[email protected]

The model is called the Gamasche 1912. They have been making them since 1912 hence the name.

 

[Lamo]

thanks. so it seems bespoke's my best option? KF, that boot's lovely. It's exactly what I want. I'll probably call up C&J and ask about it.

The model is called the Gamasche 1912. They have been making them since 1912 hence the name.

googled it up, best picture i could find. does Zak speak English?

 

[Sator]

Does Frau Werbe-Zak speak English?

Dunno but I have spoken to her in German. I suggest you try emailing and you will soon find out. They are sized in Paris Point ie European sizes and are meant to run true to size.

Interestingly the Austrians calls ankle boots "Bottine" (like the French bottines) rather than Stiefeletten like the German do and so button boots are called "Knöpfenbottine".

Fritzl - can you enlighten me on how this is pronounced. Is Bottine pronounced like a French word or a German word?

 

[fritzl]

Dear Sator,

it is always nice to have somebody around, who is familiar with tradition, especially the Middle- and Central European.

I feel sort of challenged to enlighten somebody, who is at your skills.

For this "special" shoe I can recognice about half a dozen of expressions: German is not Austrian, but we all speak German.

Gamaschenschuh, -stiefelette, bottine

Knopfschuh, Knopfstiefelette, Knopfbottine. I would suggest bottine for the female version.

Knöpfchen is the cosy expression of Knopf=button.

The pronounciation ist with an short i and you also express the e at the end short like in Routine.

If price is not an issue some could go for Paris. My heart beats for Vienna.

PS: Off course Miss Werba-Zak speaks englisch, at least fluently.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by King Francis

I decided I want some too when I saw this thread a week ago (although such a purchase is a long way off for me):
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=25830
Look at these beauties:
So I guess you can add C&J Paris to your list of makers.

Originally Posted by Lamo

KF, that boot's lovely. It's exactly what I want. I'll probably call up C&J and ask about it.

Well, those are bespoke button boots made by Dimitri Gomez, the bespoke maker who works out of C&J Paris. So they'll be likely 3000 euros or more, as there are almost certainly upcharges from the base 2500 euro bespoke price for boots and for special features such as on that particular boot.

 

[mrchapel]

I've always been intrigued by Button Boots and have wondered why they suddenly stopped being made. Perhaps it was a socio-economic shift (e.g. faster methods of producing shoes were made, etc.), or they just fell out of fashion, much like the "Southern Bell" dresses so popular in Southern US during the Civil War period.

Either way, Mr Magnoli at Magnoli Clothiers might be able to produce them:

http://www.magnoliclothiers.com/

Although let me preface that I do not know how well they would come out.

 

[LabelKing]

Our resident cordwainer, Jan M., also makes button boots. He had a sample pair he sold on the forum one time.

 

[Lamo]

Well, those are bespoke button boots made by Dimitri Gomez, the bespoke maker who works out of C&J Paris. So they'll be likely 3000 euros or more, as there are almost certainly upcharges from the base 2500 euro bespoke price for boots and for special features such as on that particular boot.

sigh... you are correct, and those wonderful boots won't be a part of my collection anytime soon.

and Zak does not speak english.

 

[Bic Pentameter]

Otsuka sells button boots. I visited their shop earlier this month, and am thinking of ordering a pair after Christmas.

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/otsuka/669573/669587/

 

[mrchapel]

Originally Posted by Bic Pentameter

Otsuka sells button boots. I visited their shop earlier this month, and am thinking of ordering a pair after Christmas.

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/otsuka/669573/669587/


What do those run, around $650?