‘Quality makers’ Category

  1. Made to order shoes from László Vass

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    March 12, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    László Vass is a Hungarian artisanal shoe workshop set up in Budapest in 1978. In his old interview with Keikari, …
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  2. Factory visit at St. Crispin’s

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    December 30, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    Justin “The Shoe Snob” FitzPatrick visited the venerable Romanian miracle maker St. C. a while ago, and now a bounty …
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  3. Custom leather goods from GION

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    September 28, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    GION is an artisanal Hungarian leather goods maker founded by Peter Marton in 1979. I discovered the company while searching …
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  4. Anatomy of the Valstarino jacket

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    August 21, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    Valstar is an Italian maker with a penchant for outerwear, best known for their A-1 flight jacket version, Valstarino, born …
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  5. In praise of Berg&Berg

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    July 27, 2014 by Ville Raivio

    The attentive reader will notice that Keikari flies the banner of Berg&Berg. I still wish to remind him that I …
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