April 3, 2019
Words by: Jesper Ingevaldsson of Shoegazing Blog Last Saturday the third edition of the London super trunk took place, the world’s largest open event for classic men’s shoes. A huge success with new visitor record, around 1,000 people came into the doors throughout the day, to look and buy from the ten exhibitors, partners and follow the World Championships in shoe shining, shoe patina and shoemaking.
March 25, 2019
Just a quick email of the winners of the competition for the World Championship in Bespoke Shoemaking 1st place – Daniel Wegan of Gaziano & Girling 2nd place – Christophe Corthay 3rd Place – Eiji Murata of Main D’or A longer blog post will follow but for those of you eager to know and see the winners, here is a small teaser! Stay tuned for more! -Justin FitzPatrick
March 21, 2019
This Saturday is the day. The third edition of the London Super Trunk Show, held in the heart of London in 12 Regent Street, gathering more than 10 awesome exhibitors and hosting the World Championships in shoemaking, shoe shining and shoe patina. Here’s some practical info ahead of the event, for those who plan to visit, and on the live-streaming we will do for those who can’t attend.
March 20, 2019
LONDON SUPER TRUNK SHOW 2019 – BRAND SHOWCASE #10 – SKOLYX / TLB MALLORCA The final exhibitor to highlight ahead of Saturday’s London Super Trunk Show is Skolyx/TLB Mallorca, who have shoes ranging from Skolyx affordable Spanish made welted shoes starting at £160, to the new TLB Mallorca Artista range with impressive specs for £365, which has its world premiere at the event. The Skolyx/TLB label sort of the exhibitor of one of […]
March 18, 2019
We are just days away now from The London Super Trunk Show 2019 and I am quite excited to see how this year’s event turns out, not only because it’s our 3rd year running but mainly because we are showcasing in a new, beautiful venue on South Regent Street. As always, my brand, J.FitzPatrick Footwear, is one of the brands that showcases at the event. And like always we offer special deals and incentives on […]
March 15, 2019
JSEP is the combination of 3 Japanese shoe brands: Oriental/Matsumoto, Miyagi Kogyo, and Kiten Ahead of the free-trade-agreement with EU, which is expected to be in place already in February, Japanese brands are introduced to the European market (with Brexit it’s still uncertain what happens in England with this, we’ll see, but the super trunk is held before). Jsep, Japan Shoes Export Platform, are introducing Oriental/Matsumoto, Miyagi Kogyo, and Kiten. They also attended last year and […]
March 11, 2019
Our other partner for the 2019 London Super Trunk Show is Swiss leather goods maker J.Hopenstand J. Hopenstand was started by the leather craftsman Jacques Hopenstand in Paris in 1925. The company was later moved to Switzerland by his grandchildren and is today based in Lausanne. J. Hopenstand is most famous for their very exclusive double-sided belts, which have cleverly designed buckles making them possible to use with both sides facing outwards. With a huge […]
March 7, 2019
Project TWLV is a Swedish/Italian quality footwear brand in the midrange price segment, that focuses on Blake-Rapid stitched and Goodyear welted boots. The brand was founded by two people with extensive experience from the shoe industry’s more fashion-oriented sector. Wanting to branch out, they used their knowledge of the industry and contacts gained during there time in it to build their brand and quickly get it’s name widely spread. Their boot range is vast, with […]
March 3, 2019
For the first time in the London Super Trunk Show event, we invite a British Maker easy to acquire in the UK. But what makes this different is the fact that Gaziano & Girling will be bringing things that you cannot simply acquire by going to their shop on Savile Row. They will be bringing an assortment of odd’s and end’s from 2nds, MTO’s/Bespoke made incorrectly, leftover stock etc. all stuff that is usually only shown at […]
March 2, 2019
German powerhouse Shoepassion has been dominating the German market for a while now. With welted shoes out of Spain at a very good price (£220/€250), there is no surprise why. And a great website at that ships worldwide. For those of you in the US looking for an alternative to your Allen Edmonds or Meermin shoes, here is one option that you should certainly entertain. They have a focus on classic models but with some […]
