Sartorial Adventures in Vienna, Budapest & Warsaw

[luftvier]

Quick, someone tell Moo! Maybe they make deerskin bags to match the gloves!

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Yes, and he was still hungry. Then he had the Currywurst!

****, I miss currywurst. Wish we could get it in the States.

 

[ville_e]

Great photos (and shoes)!! Looks like you had an amazing trip !!!

 

[whiteslashasian]

Originally Posted by luftvier

****, I miss currywurst. Wish we could get it in the States.[/I]
You could try making it yourself. My girlfriend made it a few weeks back with pretty good result. I've also had it at Blaue Gans in Tribeca. Thanks for the pics gshen!

 

[Chips]

Awesome pics. None of them look nearly as blobby as most of the Hungarian shoes I've seen before. From the angles posted, they all seem sleeker.

Loving the gloves too. Sharp!

 

[gshen]

Originally Posted by JohnGalt

Did you finish the full wiener schnitzel at Figlmueller? Hope you walked down the street to Plachutta too

Halfway through the schnitzel, it became more of a challenge to finish it.. and yes I conquered it!! (there were 2 ladies beside me who seemed to have no trouble finishing it, so i didn't want to look bad

) Did not have the opportunity to try Plachutta..maybe next time!

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Yes, and he was still hungry. Then he had the Currywurst!

I think the currywurst happened on the same day...but in reverse order thankfully!!

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by JohnGalt

Hope you walked down the street to Plachutta too

Plachutta is nice, especially the branch in the wollzeile.

imo, the best tafelspitz is served at "renner am nussdorfer platzl"

and "schwarzes kameel" is a must on every trip to vienna.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by Chips

Awesome pics. None of them look nearly as blobby as most of the Hungarian shoes I've seen before. From the angles posted, they all seem sleeker.

it's time to skip your prejudices

i've never seen blobby ones and i've seen a lot

 

[Amar ezzahi]

Thank you for this beautiful reportage!
Toth Itsvan is specialised in riding boots. He has many customers in Germany and France.

 

[Chips]

I have Vass's book and although I do love the quality and craftsmanship, I prefer the sleeker lasts from their neighbors the Italians. Many of the shoes posted above look perfect to me shape wise. But I have seen many styles they turn out where the toe box just looks disproportionally large to my eyes.

It's just a personal preference and if I didn't have such large feet, I'd warm up to these more. Not that I could afford them anyway, I'm too small time.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by Chips

I have Vass's book and although I do love the quality and craftsmanship, I prefer the sleeker lasts from their neighbors the Italians. Many of the shoes posted above look perfect to me shape wise. But I have seen many styles they turn out where the toe box just looks disproportionally large to my eyes.

It's just a personal preference and if I didn't have such large feet, I'd warm up to these more.

don't take offense, but a book is not a substitute for seeing them in real life.

 

[Chips]

I'll concede that point.

 

[gshen]

Originally Posted by Amar ezzahi

Thank you for this beautiful reportage!
Toth Itsvan is specialised in riding boots. He has many customers in Germany and France.

Ahh. I did not pay attention to the boots, but the catalogue did have loads more boots than shoes. I cannot speak for the quality of boots, but the leathers used on the shoes were certainly not the best.

Originally Posted by fritzl

don't take offense, but a book is not a substitute for seeing them in real life.

+1. Even the chunkier looking lasts like the peters and budapest look alot sleeker in person compared to pictures I've seen. Maybe I'm biased, but the F and U lasts are as sleek as i'd like them to be..

 

[kolecho]

Great pics. Trust you had a wonderful time.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by gshen

[Warning: picture heavy post!]

Thought I would share some some photos of my recent 12 day sartorial adventures in Central-Eastern Europe, mostly shoemakers:

We start with a certain Gerald Fischer in Vienna (Address: 1090 Wien, Liechtensteinstrasse 29):

Unfortunatley, I did not get to handle the shoes as they were closed for lunch. They have a website though, www.fischerschuhe.at Prices were listed:

Maßschuhe (bespoke?) : 450E
Holzgenagelta: 258E
Goodyear: 168E
Handmade belts: 64E

some shoe guys told me mixed things about mr. fischer but nvm...

pls don't tell me, you've been in vienna on the 22. october, when i had the shoe vernissage for "operation paprika", not?

 

[gshen]

Originally Posted by fritzl

some shoe guys told me mixed things about mr. fischer but nvm...

pls don't tell me, you've been in vienna on the 22. october, when i had the shoe vernissage for "operation paprika", not?

holy ****. i do not know what i have missed... i was indeed in vienna on 21st october for 4 days. i only thought of contacting you and Sterling Gillette (and other SF members) when i was in the country, but i figured it was too late by then.

what did i miss!?