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“All desert boots are chukkas but not all chukkas are desert boots…” at least, that’s what i googled :) This was my first attempt at mens’ shoes and it took me a few months to get these to a point where i am happy with the end result. Of course, this project is not drama free so maybe i’ll blog about the process someday.
These are lined with pigskin and have a crepe sole and leather midsole. I don’t have a machine yet that will stitch the sole to the uppers so took it to the cobbler for that but the regular sewing of the uppers was done on a regular industrial sewing machine and finished off with a little bit of hand sewing.
These were made with love…let me know if you see the heart stamp i put into the sole of the shoe. =)
Material Notes
thick leather, pigskin, horse belly, crepe, eyelets
Difficulty
Intermediate
Categories
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- Men
- Garment Type
- Accessories
- Material
- Leather/Fur
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Mar 26, 2013, 10.05 PMby ahikernamedgq
These are beautiful. You should be very proud of those. Good for you!
Mar 6, 2013, 01.19 AMby marie-michelle
Holy guacamole! Awesome! Fabulous! Terrific! And I’m running out of superlatives… :)
Mar 4, 2013, 11.55 PMby madebymeg
wow! WOW ! i’ve been saying to myself, if only i could make my own shoes, too… if you had a blog about your shoe-making adventures i would definitely follow it!
Feb 17, 2013, 03.14 PMby joost52
Holy smokes that’s awesome!
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Mar 3, 2013, 01.21 AMby cloves
many thanks! i just quickly looked at your studio and such great work you have there. i love the baby bag gift!
Feb 12, 2013, 02.10 PMby elguanche
just incredible!!!! Great work!
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Feb 12, 2013, 07.12 PMby cloves
thanks so much! :) i just took a quick look at your page and all the tailoring is fantastic!
Feb 12, 2013, 07.31 PMby elguanche
Im so sorry!!! I pushed the wrong button and i marked your comment as spam :-(
Thank you for your nice compliments!!!
Feb 12, 2013, 04.53 AMby Geneviève Libellule
Do you have any suggestions as to where one could learn to make such fine work? I’d like to learn to be a shoemaker. These are lovely.
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Feb 12, 2013, 07.10 PMby cloves
hi there! thanks so much :) i’m not sure where you are located but i would do an online search for “shoemaking courses” (plenty in London!) or try speaking with your local shoemakers and maybe you can apprentice.
Feb 10, 2013, 11.38 AMby mokosha
that’s crazy cool.. it’s like my ultimate dream – to be able to create and make my own shoes one day :)
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Feb 10, 2013, 02.28 PMby cloves
thanks :) you should do it! would love to see your shoes.