Sad. These big Luxury corporations are terrible.

I'm sure Crockett & Jones and Trickers are delighted about the Church's price hike and will no doubt pick up some of the Church's skilled workers recently made redundant. In fact, given recent inflationary rises in British shoes, even Cheaney may pick up some Church customers now their standard range shoes and boots are flirting with the £500 mark.

The last CEO of Burberry did the same thing with their products. You can find online interviews he did at the time where he openly states that to be seen as luxury, products have to be expensive. So he over night doubled the prices. No change in quality. Just twice the price.

I've only resoled and refurbished one pair of Church's Darwin loafers, so I'm no expert, but the construction was pretty much exactly the same as Cheaney and Crockett & Jones shoes I've done. The only difference I could see, and it may be model dependant was the leather upper was a bit thicker and they were very robust... lovely shoes, traditionally "bench" made. Don't know if they should be twice the price of other good brands.

Such a shame, but I think the Church family now own Cheaney, so I’m assuming Cheaney are the same quality as Church’s.

Ridiculous, my Amberly Chelsea boots cost me £365 3 years ago, now on Churches website for £980 and Harrods at £1000 they'll be like Alfred Sargent soon, in liquidation if they don't review the price structure, two cobblers in my area who i used, stopped stocking them, one said quality down and prices extortionate

Day of reckoning is coming for luxury brands that have put prices up so much last 3 years!!!! Pricing is officially in the “taking the piss category” and this comes from someone that will always be able to afford luxury given my £800k+ annual income as a banking executive. I have arrived to a point where both myself, my wife and close friends in the same industry are saying enough is enough and not because we can’t afford it (funnily enough I am actually making more today due to promotions)! £3-5k for a jacket? 1k for a pair of boots? £500 for a T-shirt? They are taking the piss and am sick of filling up Bernard Arnault’s & Co. Wallets. I just cannot justify paying these prices! The brands the quality are simply not worth the current prices!

Good to see a major fashion company like Prada seeing the value of manufacturers like Church's and by injecting capital, securing their future.

Church's shoes are amazing. I bought two pairs for myself in 1987 that I'm still wearing today - one pair new and one pair second hand - probably ten years old when I got them!!! I paid £110 in 1987 for the new pair, which was a lot of money back then, but nowhere close to this new Prada pricing level. Makes me a bit sad. I'm also sad that Prada are closing the small accounts like yours. Good shoes should be available in great shoe shops everywhere, not just in flagship stores.

I bought a pair of Church's Chetwynd brogues from ebay for a great price.. unfortunately the seller neglected to mention that they smell really bad (musky mouldy smell) which i've never been able to get rid of. I even sent them to Church's for a full refurb hoping they would get rid of the smell but they came back smelling the same. I can't wear them now because as soon as I get them out the box I can smell them and I fear others will smell them too

Very diplomatic video but no way are they worth that money. I'm sure someone somewhere still pays it but will it result in the same profitability for the firm? Time will tell.

I purchased recently a pair of Sanders chukka boots for $270 USD, will be buying another pair this year, with the higher prices my relationship with Church's is over.

This is shocking treatment, Anthony. Why should I have travel further than Doncaster for pair of boots. Making this such an exclusive brand might just backfire. Almost twice the price of other English bootmakers.

recommend the church's factory shop in northampton for half priced shoes, quite possible the best factory shop in northampton out of the others.

The sole stitch density on Churches changed…it lowered shortly after being purchased in 1999. If you know your shoes then you know what I mean.

Too expensive now

Prada doubles price of Church shoes? as owner of Grenson, Loake, Crockett and Jones and Trickers in my collection, insane bizarre model and it'll likely just make consumers and shoe connoisseurs to avoid brand.

The most comfortable shoes I have are Church shoes. It's a shame what Prada have done to that business. That said Cheaney and Trickers do make fabulous footwear.

Yes! For what Church’s used to be buy Cheaney who were bought out by the Church family in any case! Church’s is just a brand now riding on the laurels of its previous owners! You may as well buy Edward Green at the prices they’re now talking about! If you cannot afford Edward Green or Cheaney,Crockett & Jones then buy Loake which is a similar quality to modern Church’s but at a more appropriate price for the quality!

I have currently five Church's before Peada and also a Church's white bucks wingtip. Great shoes. I dont need more now, being retired.

They are 'reassuringly expensive for the discerning customer. Or in my world overpriced for those with too much money. I've spent silly money but these days I know the value. £1000 for a pair of Lobbs or Cleverley but not for off the peg Church's

Buy Loake shoes,madness when designers take over. Church is no more church,church is Prada now.

Boycot the crazy overpriced market.

I have three pairs of pre-prada Church's shoes - all vintage/2nd hand. I do like the brand but even the pre-prada prices were quite full. I try to stay loyal to Northampton makers but there are so many really good and really great shoemakers coming out of Spain and Portugal, I woud struggle (as a chap who hasn't a lot of spare cash) to buy C&J or Church's at full price, new. When I have bought new, I opted for Carlos Santos (a field boot). I have a few Loake 1880 range shoes and they are my bench mark for standard: in other words, I only go up from that range (say, Alfred Sargent or C&J). I wonder what the ex-Church's guys at Cheaney think of it all? Tony

Hi, beautiful boot ,what’s the model/name of it.?

For sure there are differences between materials used in C&J, church's, trickers, Alfred Sargent, barkers, loake But in my experience having owned, all of the above The differences are very minor, imo. In fact, in my case, barkers 460 last and I Alfred Sargent 87 and 89 last are better in terms of fit versus : C&J 325, trickers 4444,4497 (pinched pinky toes, heel slip issues) I learned that fit is more important than brand. You can find good quality shoes even from lower tier northampton brands

Best thing you can do when you go for journey too India bring a pair of nice shoes and go too the shoe maker to do them.

Please tell me how to buy❤❤

Daylight robbery, even Dick Turpin wore a mask! I'll stick with Loake who, I find, to be the best balance between price and quality, especially for someone like me who likes to have a number of pairs of boots. Having said that, if a pair of Cheaney Tamar C in Almond Grain came up at a nice discount in my size I'd have to have them.

Crocket and Jones is best alternative

AHHHHH MUCH ffs 🤦‍♂️

bought a pair of leather shoes for nights out when i was working at mcdonald's as a kid, couldn't believe they survived for years & years & years, despite traipsing through waterlogged fields, being minimally looked after, not worn for periods, then worn at almost all times. now have had suede brogue chelseas & white sneakers for about 6 years & worn them about 5 times. if i had to cross a waterlogged field tomorrow, i'd probably take them off, carry them above my head or under my stomach & crawl. the ones in the video look the business. i was wondering why the prices went up so quickly. thanks for the info. painful to think of, until you figure you'll have each foot styled for a decade, or more. £1000 for 10 years, £100 per year. £2 per week.30p a day. 15p per day per foot.ha'penny per hour per foot to know you've got those babies ready & waiting. kim who?

Stopped buying the "Mumbo Jumbo" luxury brands. I am 110% more happy, more motivated, and more excited to buy quality shoes actually made by cobblers. I would rather spend that money on projects more important than those so-called luxury brands with many fathers!

I'll stick with my trusty Loake 1880s ta

You didn't really answer your own question. Are they worth it? I would say no, there are better value brands out there but if there is a Church's shoe which you love then go for it. They are good shoes.

Prada very average quality, and exorbitant prices. Most of their own brand boots are over £1000 and you can get much better boots elsewhere for a third of that. Similar to Gucci in that respect.