The Curator

The Blake shoe construction is the most common tried and true technique used by the high-end Italian shoe industry. It is named after Lyman Reed Blake, and American inventor who patented the way the shoes...

We knew our Monday was going to be epic, to say the least. We kicked it off with a decent breakfast before suiting up and heading to FN Platform, the footwear show. We walked the...

The Goodyear welt shoe construction technique was invented was by Charles Goodyear Jr., son of The Mr. Goodyear of vulcanized rubber fame. Goodyear’s technique gives the shoes an integrity most others attempt to emulate. The...

To say we weren’t excited for our trip to Vegas would be a lie. We couldn’t wait to size up the competition and show off our shoes to the menswear elite at sizeable shows such...