Edward Green of John Lobb

[gusto napolitano]

Ja zo zie je maar het forum gaat internationaal.

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Ja zo zie je maar het forum gaat internationaal.

 

[gusto napolitano]

Ja zo zie je maar het forum gaat internationaal.

 

Die Tp4hage is trouwens een nederlander die veel op het amerikaanse forum zit.

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Ja zo zie je maar het forum gaat internationaal.

 

Die Tp4hage is trouwens een nederlander die veel op het amerikaanse forum zit.

aha....wel leuk hoor, maar op Google kun je vrijwel alles wat wij allen hier schrijven zien en vinden. Ben je opzoek naar info over Vodka, krijg je SF´s Vodka, en zo meer.

[T4phage]

I can somewhat decipher Dutch, but, of course, I cannot write it; so I may answer in English:

In 1976 did the London firm of John Lobb sell their Paris branch to Hermes. Since that day there are two totally independent companies: John Lobb (London) and John Lobb (Paris). The London firm produces bespoke shoes and nothing else. The Paris firm produces bespoke shoes (in their own workshop in Paris) as well as a range of ready-to-wear shoes, which are produced in Northampton (England).

They started off by having Edward Green produce their shoes, then Hermes bought the Edward Green factory (I believe, EG was in financial difficulties at that time). The idea was to produce JL and EG shoes in the same (Hermes owned) premises, but that did not work and EG moved out and took new facilities. Today, John Lobb (ready-to-wear) is produced in the former Edward Green factory while EG has a totally different factory and the two companies are not connected any longer.

Whether one prefers EG or JL for ready-to-wear shoes is very much a matter of taste. JL aims to be more fashion-forward, but (in my opinion) can get it at times spectacularly wrong. Equally it’s a matter of taste whether one prefers the London or the Paris firm (more expensive) for bespoke shoes. Edward Green too has started a fully bespoke service in the last two years. This section is run by Tony Gaziano, whom quite a few people (including yours truly) consider the most talented shoemaker at the moment

Bengal-Stripe!  How did you end up here?

My own preference for bespoke is the Lobb/Paris branch: superior lastmaking and design.  Maybe a bit more 'fashion forward', but the end product is as timeless as it is elegant.  Lobb/London on the other hand seems to be resting on it's laurels, with the shapes of the lasts being rather dull and unimaginative... picture an Alden or Allen Edmond.

btw. how goes the cordovan Abala?

Bracco, ik zei:

Mijn eigen voorkeur voor 'bespoke' is de Lobb/Parijs tak; superieure leesten en design. Misschien een beetje meer modieus maar het eindproduct is tijdloos en elegant. Lobb/Londen daarentegen lijkt te rusten op zijn lauweren; de vormen van zijn leesten zijn nogal saai en met weinig fantasie ... denk aan een Alden of Allen Edmonds.

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Bengal-Stripe! How did you end up here?

Ik kan jou hetzelfde vragen...   .

MtB

[Solitarias]

btw. how goes the cordovan Abala?

Bedoelt ie hiermee de Spaanse schoenen?