Florian Gray
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Hi everyone,
After building a serious collection of fine, well-constructed dress shoes from the B&S Forum, I decided to spend an afternoon shopping for shoes in downtown Toronto. As I'm sure many of you fellow Torontonians could have guessed, the venture was less than successful. Other than Church's at Clarks, horrendously over-priced John Lobb's at Holts and Allen Edmonds at Harry's, there wasn't much in the light of truly well-made shoes. The friendly salesman at Holts told me that their simply wasn't much demand for British shoes as the market was moving more towards high fashion. Even older conservative men are apparently favouring pointy Prada's over classic EGs.
That being said, is there a market for a high-end shoe store in Toronto that sells the likes of Aldens, Edward Greens, Marteganis, Rider Boots, Barker Blacks, etc.? or is the market that appreciates these luxuries too small to sustain such a niche?
Any thoughts would be appreciated,
Florian
After building a serious collection of fine, well-constructed dress shoes from the B&S Forum, I decided to spend an afternoon shopping for shoes in downtown Toronto. As I'm sure many of you fellow Torontonians could have guessed, the venture was less than successful. Other than Church's at Clarks, horrendously over-priced John Lobb's at Holts and Allen Edmonds at Harry's, there wasn't much in the light of truly well-made shoes. The friendly salesman at Holts told me that their simply wasn't much demand for British shoes as the market was moving more towards high fashion. Even older conservative men are apparently favouring pointy Prada's over classic EGs.
That being said, is there a market for a high-end shoe store in Toronto that sells the likes of Aldens, Edward Greens, Marteganis, Rider Boots, Barker Blacks, etc.? or is the market that appreciates these luxuries too small to sustain such a niche?
Any thoughts would be appreciated,
Florian