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#26 2006-10-16 10:14:26
- Miles Away
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Re: Once You Go Bespoke (Shoes), You Won't/Can't Go Back
" ... Ubi bene, ibi patria, which being roughly translated means, 'Wherever there's a handout, that's for me, man.' "
Alistair Cooke. 1968.
#27 2007-01-04 10:21:47
- fritzl
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Re: Once You Go Bespoke (Shoes), You Won't/Can't Go Back
"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#28 2007-01-04 12:24:07
- fritzl
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Re: Once You Go Bespoke (Shoes), You Won't/Can't Go Back
Am surprised, that most of the people here are supposed that Italy and UK are the "only" acceptable sources for well-made bespoke shoes. (Japan is a different league.)
Due to the fact, that I lived in Vienna for several years and this is the "bridgehead" to the Central- and Eastern Europe area, some can easily find a big number of well trained shoemakers. There's more than Vass and Kielman's.
Regarding to this statement: No matter where your sartorial journey takes you, it's the guys you met early in your path that you never, ever forget.
I will not go back. And if these people are gone, I will make journeys to new places and people.
PS: For me, my bespoke shoes have a soul. Call me crazy, I don't mind.
"I'd give all the Champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him(Eric Cantona) in a big European match at Old Trafford." George Best(1946 -2005)
#29 2015-09-12 03:51:32
- The_Shooman
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