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There's very little info on Carlos Santos online. Someone must know about the price-quality ratio, quality of leathers and finishing + different lines. Any takers for this info challenge?
WhoTF is Carlos Santos amigo?
CARLOS SANTOS
The Eternal Next Big Thing ?
Average price : $455
SANTOSSHOES.COM
Carlos Santos is an esteemed Portuguese shoemaker who makes a vast amount of shoes for other brands, but also has his own collection sold under his own name, which never really made it big because of too much marketing chaos.
Being among the first to support Carlos a few years ago, we anticipated nothing short of a glorious future for his company, given the quality of his work and the notable aesthetics of his shoes. However, weak strategy and questionable marketing decisions have challenged the company’s development, leaving us to wonder if Carlos Santos will one day reach his full commercial potential.
Carlos Santos’ shoes are excellent, but distribution logistics are caught up in an artistic blur that has resulted in sheer disorganization. Santos’ shoes used to have a physical retail presence at Marc Guyot in Paris, but it is now become nigh impossible to get one’s hands (or feet) on a pair of CS – particularly under his own name.
His ever-changing lines and collections make little sense ; what happened to the superb “Handcrafted” range, that has suddenly disappeared from the brand’s website ? And what about the prices, that shuffle around, depending on which website you’re on ?
Fortunately, for those of you living in Paris or visiting, it’s still possible to find a few models of Carlos Santos with a nice patina at JM Legazel, whose “Patina Bar” is installed in the shopping gallery of the Palais des Congrès de Paris.
Logistics aside, Carlos Santos produces exceptionally beautiful shoes—if only we could find them without having to become scavengers.
++ : Great overall quality, classic designs, properly made.
— : Incoherent strategy (if any), obscure distribution pattern, esoteric pricing.
http://parisiangentleman.co.uk/2015/08/23/parisian-gentlemans-mens-shoe-review-2015-2016-part-12/
This company shares much more info in this articles (just with pics) than most of the Northamptonshire/Almansa shoemakers. I hope you can translate the article with gloogle?.It took around four years since the first message, but Carlos Santos has finally landed on Styleforum (and Sweden as well).
@Leaves likely has more info on the construction and materials?
I believe (again an internet rumour), the Carlos Santos collection is designed by
dandy extraodinaire Marc Guyot
http://www.marcguyot.com/1.aspx