Expound please

hahaha looks just like him.

It’s bothered me since I’ve found this video cause I couldn’t figure out who he reminded me of. Thank you my anxiety is at peace now LOL

Lol

DONT SAY HIS NAME

Here, here... Well said luv!! Nothing wrong with appreciating quality and handmade or bespoke things!! I think ppl are used to paying a high price for products made on mass in China or somewhere.. but not made by hand with your measurements an build in mind..! There was a time when each village had a shoe maker.. an tailor. In same store. I had shoes made as a child an young adult! Pick one thing to have made for you. You will treasure it care for it an yourself... Never poke fun at someone you find strange.. they may think the same of you. They're just mannered an wud never point out your flaws . Outta respect for your delicate nature to rudeness... So very Quickly😊💗! I love your comment an agree. I am older a quite new to this phone. Lol!! 💗 Dk

LoganDC100 I worked in the footwear industry in Northamptonshire, trained as a pattern cutter. You are 100% correct in what you are saying. The production lasts we developed had to accommodate a huge variety of foot shapes and are a compromise at best. There are plenty of good quality ready to wear shoes available in loads of different constructions though, some available in width fittings too so most people should be able to find something they like that fits properly. Personally, I wouldn’t bother buying bespoke unless you can afford it or you have feet that are of dimensions that meant you couldn’t buy a good quality mass produced shoe off the shelf. Have made plenty of bespoke Goodyear Welted shoes myself in the past and fitting is a bit of a dark art. My approach was start off with an existing last in a shape the client liked. Get the person to try on a pair of shoes made on the chosen last and find out where there was pressure or the shoe felt loose. Then I’d measure the persons feet weight on and adjust the lasts accordingly. Would then make a trial pair on the modified last in the correct leather and have the client back to check the modifications had worked and that fit was acceptable. If all was good we’d go ahead and make the shoes for the client. Very rare we’d make a last completely from scratch unless the client had deformities that meant an existing last couldn’t be modified. It’s a great industry that I worked in for fifty years and I can honestly say I was learning new things right up until I retired. Cheers.

Bespoke shoes are for the foolish and pretentious, for on second it can not be seen what advantage can be had from them unless there are no shoes on the market that would fit.

@@CarlyWaarly "it can not be seen what advantage can be had from them" allow me to correct you. You can not see what advantage can be had from them. So they are not for you. You should be a little careful with judging from what you think is true to what is true for all of us. Those with expertise in a field will notice the most minute details - like an audio expert noticing the difference of half a percent of harmonic distortion.

at first, he seems a bit all knowing, but he is just enthusiastic

@@CarlyWaarly what an idiotic take..you're not only ignorant.. you're prob bitter you can't afford a pair.

I believe it was "Harry Potter and the Fallen Arches"

Inkheart for me

Although I respect the craftsmanship, refinement, time/dedication, etc. that goes into hand making such goods, your comment is on the money.

As a tradesman I know that as the highest level is the highest skill and craftsmanship. This is common buy the average Joe wont see most of those businesses for sure

This whole ultra fancy individualised attention super thorough measurements stuff is definitely for the rich. However if you look at the prices of branded trainers/sneakers and how able and willing "regular" people are to spend money on them kind of shows that the money is there to support a (slightly less attentive) bespoke shoe business. Add to this the fact that it is rare for those popular branded shoes to be manufactured in a way where they can be repaired endlessly and it actually becomes more cost effective to have shoes made. Properly made shoes can be repaired (relatively cheaply) will literally last a lifetime. Terry Pratchett mentioned the irony of it in one of his books, that the rich can afford to live more cheaply than the common man. Because they can more easily afford the up front costs of a quality product. Sure it costs more, but they only ever have to buy it once. Regular people have to go for the "good enough" that they can afford, but have to replace their stuff endlessly and spend more money in the long run than the rich do.

Well said, and that’s the nail in the class warfare coffin that old Mbaxter22 tries to put forth. The wearer of $1000 Yeezy sneakers is concerned about style and fad.. Kirby is concerned about materials used, fit and longevity of the product. The former drives multi-million dollar ad campaigns with the latest influencer or sports personality wearing the sneaker because it’s cool. The latter involves a small shop, one of a small handful of craftsman in the world that can hand make shoes and a customer dedicated to quality that’s willing to seek it out.

Yes it makes me think of the Sam Vimes boot theory and how it’s more expensive to be poor

I suspect only Dominic got red in the face.

Good thing he didn't need to apologize for his sandwich breath.

this man clearly hasnt established enough

Fight fight fight

It was your face

I paid less attention when I’ve bought new houses than this guy does with Kirby’s feet.

This is the time of day I watch this kind of stuff too lol

Me too!

You don’t have to have a foot fetish to be watching these videos, but it helps

It helps to sleep tho

Literally four years later I am doing the same thing lmao at 1 am

Paul Castellano Yes! We have some additional videos with him we’ll be releasing soon. Very talented shoemaker!

Yeah. This was a fun video. some additional great stuff forthcoming.

If you have bespoke inlays being made by an orthopaedic you can experience this first-hand (or rather first-foot😊) at a fraction of the cost compared to a whole shoe.

did you type this comment with your face?

Too too funny.

I shouldnt have read this comment. Now I cant watch this video without thinking he's going to do that XD

Any scientific research condones this for quality but not quality control

Leo ROFL

Ben Shapiro learned from the master

haha. Yes. Luckily my feet are easy to work with.

In the past several months, I have purchase 22 pairs of men's dress shoes from Nordstrom and Ebay: All Goodyear welted! So, I will be purchasing all of my polish from your online store as well as many other items. Thank you for all that you do and for ushering in the manaissance through dressing well. On an unrelated note, I was showing all the guys at work the Berluti knot. They were completely mystified and excited to adopted. They are all being sent your way. Happy 4th to you and your's!

Arabs learn something ?

I'm on it

I was just coming to the comments to say, that I think Kirby had some serious tingles going on! Before I knew what asmr when I was a kid, I acted the same way Kirby is when teachers were talking over my shoulder explaining something in a low tone.

millhouse313 OMG! My comment was going to be on that I noticed Nike getting a bit too relaxed and not asking too many questions. Hes about to drop any minute now. 😆 He’s definitely feeling lots of tingles. 😂

꧁ Orlando Cruz ꧂ nike?

Not really. A simple calculation of things what people spend money on which are not needed gives $10,000 a year for people who are not wealthy. Cigarettes, alcohol, junk food. These can easily cost $10,000 a year. Anyone can have have bespoke shoes. The only advantage that the wealthy have is they do not need to save for it, where a poor person would need to save.

Jacob Kauffman fuck off

@@rankoss3437 Thank you kind for your reply.

@@yacovlk7924 A pack of cigarettes a day is estimated to cost less than $2500 per year. Only a serious alcoholic (or someone buying very expensive alcohol) could get near $10k on drinks per year. And many middle-class and lower eat junk food because it's actually LESS expensive than eating healthy. America, one of the richest per capita countries in the world, has a median income of about $31,000. Obviously, no responsible/sane parent making at or below median income ever would or should buy a $10k pair of shoes. But I would challenge you to find anywhere NEAR $10k of disposable income from even your average single American struggling to afford taxes, rent, car payments, insurance, food, etc. And then I would challenge you to find any possible reason that money should be invested in a pair of bespoke shoes rather than an index fund.

@@bryancouillard2016 Hello sir. Good afternoon. Thank you so very much for your kind and interesting reply to my post. I do though strongly disagree with your comments. Firstly, I live in Manhattan. Cigarettes start at $15 before tax a packet. 1-2 packets a day in average. Let's say $15.50 after tax. $15.50 x 365 days = $6,022.50 or $12, 045 for 2 packets. But as a fair person I am, I will take your $2,500. Do you agree a person can save the $2,500 for 4 years for a bespoke pair of shoes which cost $10,000? If a person can spend $2,500 a year on cigarettes which are damaging their health then why do you think they cannot quit and save that money for a pair of bespoke shoes?

He's a character! Exactly you'd expect from a left handed shoemaker! ;)

The accent of my Twain has been greatly exaggerated

There is no such things as A Brittish Accent.

@@yacovlk7924 There is if you're in the US.

ryan robicheaux We have two more videos with Dominic in production. One of him beginning to carve the last (incredible) and an interview with the reveal of the completed last.

Please, let me change your socks.

Yes - for sure - I enjoyed how Dominic sought to understand the foot before beginning to measure it. I'm really excited about his shoes! Should be able to pick them up when I return to London in March 2019.

Remember Spaceballs when the Darth Vader character was like "stop preparing! You're always preparing!" Still love this guy Dominic, though. What a class act...

@@kirbyallison did he say that length is not determined by measuring the foot, but by cap toe shape?

That's great! Can't wait to receive my pair. Post a picture on Instagram and tag us!

I still use mine too

Probably moore Gb then the new ones.

lmaooooo

Their knee pads would cost £1000s. Each.

Actually that is actually very funny!

Shrink1061 You might consider Saint Crispin’s. They’re able to really do some significant last modifications within their Made to order stuff they can accommodate these types of problems.

The Hanger Project yes, I’ve given them a look a few times along with speaking to Vass as well. I do enjoy the G&G shoes I own though and they’re the closest I’ve had to a bespoke fit on an off the shelf shoe, with only a little too much leather on the vamp to complain of.

He was incredible. I'm not sure who has any courses on bespoke shoe making. I know Stefano Bremer has one in Florence, but it's quite expensive. €15,000 for six months.

Ruins the socs

This kind of shoe making is a fairly antique craft. It seems more about demonstrating the shoemaker's traditional skills and crafts rather than anything scientific.

Because you can't tack the upper part of the shoe down with nails in gypsum.. It would just crumble away

The weight of his feet is needed to measure his foot more accurate because when you apply force under of his feet, his feet begin to expand, that's why weight is important to get the exact measurements of his foot.

Although a mould provides blueprint of ones get but it would target only the one instant the feet were positioned. This is more of a real-time analysis and how bones will adjust and react on didn't positions really.

My primitive understanding is that the last makers need measurements with some weight on your feet..which makes molding a little difficult

As long as the style of the shoe is the same (lace up vs. casual slipper), the same last is generally used. So, every pair of lace ups would be built on the same last. This is the point of bespoke. Not only do your shoes fit better, but they all fit the same. The only exception would be if you chose to have a last made with a different toe shape (chiseled vs. round), which would require the creation of a second set of lasts.

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Top add, the shoes do have to be big enough that you can actually put your foot into it. So leather wrapped around a casting would be too tight and lead to foot problems, if you can even get the foot in. Additionally, generally a cobbler will generally provide you with the last so you can rest your shoe with the last in and the cedar is very good for that because it freshens the smell and absorbs moisture.

No, that's simply not true. Even if you could fit your foot into a skin tight leather shoe, which would be difficult, if you have no room in the toe box, then your shoe is going to severely injure you as you walk and rub painful corns into your toes and possibly cause compression fractures in your toes, as they would have no room to slide back and forward as you walk. Dress shoes should fit relatively close, but defiantly need to have give around your feet, and specifically the fore end of your foot.

Well, for one thing, your for physically stretches under compression when you put your weight on it. But imagine you've just put your foot down, and you're shifting your weight onto it while bringing your heel up for the next step. All your body weight is on the front of your foot pushing it forward, and it will spring back as you pick your foot up. Additionally, over the day, your feet swell as you walk on them through the day and become slightly larger. So you definitely need more room in the toe box. But while you want, for instance, the quarters to be snug, you don't want them to be overly tight either, not skin tight certainly.

To amplify and summarize ketherga's points. Your foot changes shape as you walk, and it also changes shape during the day. A shoe, like a glove or a jacket, has got to balance between fitting close enough not to flop around, but loose enough to change shape as your foot changes shape. It's dynamic, and being good at fitting shoes is about 70% art, 30% science.

ketherga Do you think it would be possible to create a last by 3D scanning your foot, smoothing the model and allowing for tolerance, and then fabricating it in some way, perhaps CNC routing? Is this at all done for larger companies creating bespoke shoes?

I am traveling to London in early September for the first fitting! Can't wait. I'm so excited.

The Hanger Project that’s awesome!! Can’t wait to see what they look like at that stage :D