Size matters

The lead picture was taken by my mother, actually. It features my own pair of classic oxford shoes that I’ve made for myself. To wear a pair of shoes made by your hands is truly something special, but the right reason to do so is to doble check your skills, as long as the proper fit is to get pushed to the final and upmost harsh field test.

The truth is, I’ve never own a pair of shoes so perfectly fitted, prior to this experiment of mine. If you want to ask somebody ‘what the ultimate satisfaction feels like’, ask me. Man, I’m almost not able to explain that to you!

— Do I know what I want? - Yes!

— Do I want to be the best at what I do? - Yes!

— Does anything else matters? - No!

That’s an exaggeration, for sure. But this statement in its core tells you where I stand. Searching for that perfect fit was the engine of my initial interest in last making. It was clear to me that ‘bespoke’ means exactly that. So the fit is king. Idea for given pair of shoes would be the queen then. At the very end, it’s also about the looks.