I take it this is a shoe magazine?

This is a Japanese shoe magazine published by Esquire Japan that the styleforum crowd likes to refer to as "shoe porn".  I can't read Japanese, but there are great pictures in this.  Unfortunately, imageshack has shut off styleforum.net, so the links to scanned images won't load, alas, so I can't give you a link.  It's well worth checking out.

Thanks for taking the time to post pictures.  Some rather avante garde designs, one, in particular, from the conservative firm of Barrett, of Parma, Italy, that raises my eyebrow.

Those Barretts with the bicycle toe aren't particularly appealing.

I agree, the Bemer for Valextra shoes are rather elegant, and the colors distinctive.

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No Graziano, this was strictly an Italian issue (yes, I know, there was an Albaladejo and a C&J and a few other non italians). Caraceni suits, Pellicano ties, Mattioli shirts and lots of Italian shoes (a lot of them ugly). MensEx, a japanese clothing/shoe magazine has a more British aesthetic. Lots of EG, Crockett, Cleverly, Lobb shoes. I'll take some pics of that and post. Some interesting, wearable stuff in MensEx.

l've been trying to get LAST magazine for years and l haven't been able to get even one volume from my Japanese book shop. Do the volumes have a code or ISBN number?

ls it possible for someone to send me a copy of Volume 7? Or even Volumes 1 - 7 if possible? Naturally i'll pay for them upfront.

Great shoos man.

Regards: Ronny.

Shooman, I'm like you.  I've been looking for this magazine for at least a year to no avail.  I would call Kinokuniya and see if they will ship you a copy.  I'm back home in Chicago right now so can't pick you up a copy.

Kinokuniya is a Japanese bookstore with branches in various countries.  They have a large store at Rockefeller Center.  Google is your friend here.  A quick search tells me that their number is +1 212 765 7766.  The staff are mostly not native English speakers and my experience is that it can be difficult to explain to them exactly what you are looking for.  But unless there was a run on these things yesterday, they definitely have it in stock.  There were 10-15 copies in a big stack in the magazine section.

l just called New York and they don't ship to Australia. Agghhh!

Can't find the Japanese phone number for Last magazine in Japan. Anyone got there number? (i've lost the silly thing).

Why oh why does a world class cordwainer like Lattanzi have to persistantly put out so many horrible looking shoes??? Look at the those monks! Aghhhh!!!....something Fatty ar Buckle would wear to a German dance/jig party. Horrible with a price tag to really insult. Some Lattanzi are beautiful works of art but some are absolutely hideous. Why does Silvano do it? He seems to be skitzo (can't spell the word)....one day great shoes and another day hideous shoes. l would love to get into the mind of Lattanzi and know what his thinking......then again maybe l don't.

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