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I could hardly pull off this Ghillie style (too fancy), but love leather and colour, Roberto Ugolini.

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^^^

don't like those buckles. When you put your shoes on that type of buckle can misform the strap.
 

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^^^

don't like those buckles. When you put your shoes on that type of buckle can misform the strap.

Not my taste either, I also said it to Mr Yoshimoto by my visit, certainly much better a smooth, polished buckle. The shoes still look stunning though and you can have the buckles replaced, of course.
 

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Wonderfully elegant and understated pair of penny loafers posted to Mogada Munich's Instagram this week:

The last and pattern are just a perfect match for each other. Makes me even more excited for my rather similar MTO pair. Can't wait until this summer!
 

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^^^^

that is a terrible example of norvegese, look at those wide stitches. Lots of makers do terrible norvegese construction including many famous makers.

Here is an example of it done properly. Notice the nice small tight stitches. Norvegese is suppose to keep the water out with a properly secured out-turned upper, but how can the upper be properly secured and keep the water out with a shoe that has about 2.5 spi. The really top norvegese makers spend the extra time to do the small stitches.
Lattanzi norvegese 2.jpg
 

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Has anyone worked with Emiko Matsuda here? Curious about her pricing and travel frequency, but I'm liking her works she's shared on instagram.

Hiro likely won't be coming to NY this year either, Nicholas hasn't updated his travel page since spring last year. The temptation to be unfaithful is real. :p
 

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Has anyone worked with Emiko Matsuda here? Curious about her pricing and travel frequency, but I'm liking her works she's shared on instagram.

Hiro likely won't be coming to NY this year either, Nicholas hasn't updated his travel page since spring last year. The temptation to be unfaithful is real. :p
I haven't worked with Emiko, but I also love her designs. There really is a great young generation of bespoke makers trained at the West End heritage firms who have gone out on their own now. Emiko carries on the Foster/Maxwell traditions, Nicholas with Lobb, and Louis with Mogada the Cleverley/G&G heritage.

Speaking of which, I saw a pair of Mogadas get posted to the gram in the same "chocolate calf" that I just ordered my first MTM pair in:

Nothing beats great aniline/box calf leathers for me.
 

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