Franklin & the Tailor: Bespoke, hand-made shoes
Our collaboration with Franklin shoes has been developing for quite some time now and we are just about to finalise our first shoe design, which will be a plain black oxford. We think we have found something really special and we will expand our range to take in all the classic designs.
In terms of construction, the last is hand-made, rather than machine-made, allowing for greater subtlety. There is a hand-channelled leather insole, which is usually only offered on a fully bespoke hand-made shoe, rather than a ribbed insole which is standard on most other premium shoes. The toe puff and heel stiffener are leather instead of thermo-heated plastic as is common on most other shoes as well. Of course, we only use premium leathers, including museum calf, and genuine oak bark soles for added durability.
We are going to offer a range of sizes at a standard width at the shop, if you need anything else, we can have the last adjusted and a special pair of shoes made for you at a small additional cost.
We will have a future post giving more information on the technical construction and showing off the silhouette and shape we have achieved with pictures of some of the colours available – just keep checking the blog!