Fine Details

I bought a vintage shoe again today. I like that kind of fine datails on old works. You can’t find such details on Hugo Boss shoes.

Handmade, Custom Made

At the first time you think its enough if it’s Handmade.

It’s enough if you look for it, if you go after it, if you find it, if you are happy about it, if you make the deal, if you buy it, if you take it, if you clean it, if you sterilize it, if you make it vet, if you make it dry and clean, if you make it shiny, if you let them rest, if finaly you can wear it.

But you go further.

You like the Norweger from the past year, you like your Derby, the rear Escarpin you have found, the worn Oxford, but finaly one day you’ll be there combining colours. It shouldn’t be black, it should be something unique. It should be yellow. But its a bit too much, I prefer brown. It should be some kind of Derby, or maybe an Oxford. Some kind of Goiser stitching, but most of all it will be Custom Made! And you will find yourself thinking about the Shoemaker…

The first pair of…

My first pair of handmade shoes. Guess the brand!

Line of shoes

Still working on better photos about the items I already have. Some of them worth for real better pics, they are absolutely fine items. Most of them handmade or custom made.

Custom made Suede Derby

Custom made Suede Budapester Derby

I tried my best and I made some new photos about the suede Budapester Derby, I already showed you. They are specific and interesting items for me. I found 2 pairs of them and once they belonged to the same old gentleman. The shapes looks great, and they are real fine custom made work. If you check the other photos, pay attention to the soft  line of the welting chanel. This kind of finishing of the chanel shows artistic quality of work.

Gorgeous shapes and…

Handmade Budapester – Suede

I need to learn how to make better photos.

Some piece of art – real Vintage Handmade Oxford from Budapest

Custom made oxford

So there is something new again on the horizon. Once before I already wrote abot this pair of shoes, but only after 1 year I suceeded buying it. I will upload some better pictures, and I will make a short summary about this pair beautiful shoes.

Buday shoes – short tutorial

Besides Vass, there is a young, but important workshop in Budapest, where the shoemakers are focusd very much on Budapesters. The real Budapester feeling means high toe boxes, long and brogued wingtips, and mainly, but not necessarily goiser-welting. Lets see some good examples:

Florsheim Patent Shoes – getting ready to the winter party

Florsheim Patent Shoes

Maybe its sad, but we are getting closer and closer to the autumn. I found this patent shoe on the local market, and of course I refreshed them. Its going to be a great choice to the chrismtas party or to the carnival season. Or maybe I just sell them.

Vass opens a new shop

I used to walk in the city center in march 2012 as I saw that something was happening around the shop of Laszlo Vass. Their shop was located in the Haris köz in Budapest, realy cloose to the Váci street, which is the most known walking and shopping streets of Budapest, but I think they decided to open a bigger one. This picture was taken in march.

Vass László shop

Since that the big flag disappeared, and I thought that they have changed their mind, so I was suprised, as I met with a brand new window this week.

You know I’m planning some articles about hungarian shoemakers, so I try to meet Vass too, so I hope than I can show you more photos about the new shop. Until that time I this is the traditional shop:

Vass László shop