Looking around the world, the best men’s shoes are inseparable from these three countries: Britain/Italy/France

British shoes are decent, meticulous and elegant;

< p>The leather color of French shoes is high-end, especially the color polishing process, which is unique;

The shape of Italian shoes is coquettish, beautiful but difficult to control.

Italy

Santoni

Founded in Italy in 1975, it is the largest shoe-making factory with the strongest comprehensive strength. It can produce 300,000 pairs per year and is hand-sewn. It features blind-stitched decorative stitching.

The brand's Limited Edition series is a representative of Italian handmade shoes, and its selling points are Hand Welted and Norvegian technology.

Compared to Goodyear technology shoes, once the sole is broken, the entire thread will split, and then the sole will fall off

Hand Welted’s sewing method is not afraid of If the cable is broken, one part is broken and the other parts are still connected, so nothing is affected.

Ordinary entry-level prices are around RMB 5K-8K.

Monk shoes are santoni's classic shoe style, which is highly accomplished. Its single-buckle monk shoes have a slender body and fashionable design, suitable for young men.

Botoni

Known as "eternal Italian elegance", its top quality is that Bontoni will definitely be on the list of any luxury goods appreciation or custom shoe yearbook.

Things are rare and valuable. Bontoni is only sold in 11 countries and has only 4 craftsmen. The shoe last is still completed by founder Guido Bontoni.

The classics are the Amarcord series and Casanova series, priced at RMB 7,000-45,000.

Amedeo Testoni (Italy):

The famous ""Testoni", founded in Italy in 1929, mainly produces shoes.

After 2002, 85% of the shoes launched by Amedeo Testoni around the world have Chinese-style shoe lasts, and they have quickly become the mainstream brand of domestic formal leather shoes.

The top one is the AT series, which adopts the piuma rapid method ( First, press out the beveled curved edge of the shoe assembly, and then disassemble it and sew the sole.

The soles of the AT series are branded with Amedeo Testoni signature and feather logo, and are priced at more than 10,000 yuan. .

Other metropolitan and black label series are much cheaper.

There are many domestic copycat brands, so please be careful when purchasing them.

Silvano Lattanzi

Although it was only born in the past 30 years, it is a brand that has the global pricing power of leather shoes because it does well enough

Only 6,000 pairs of shoes are produced throughout the year, and they only belong to the top rich

The royal family, Bush Sr., US President Obama, and the former Italian President are all its loyal customers.

To put it simply, if you plan to buy a pair of shoes for more than 200,000 yuan, Lattanzi is your only one.

You can also buy 3w, but it is not that special.

Silvano Lattanzi’s specialty is hoarding leather shoes. In 2005, Silvano Lattanzi put 50 pairs of finished shoes into the soil. In the pit

After being dug out in 2009, the soles were replaced and the uppers were cleaned. These leather shoes have a sense of vicissitudes of time and have a unique aged effect.

They became the home of Silvano Lattanzi. His masterpiece, his customized leather shoe storage business has become famous all over the world.

UK

Edward Green

The world's earliest Goodyear edge-stitched brand. In the UK in 1890, it was a shoe brand comparable to John Lobb, and was also loved by the British royal family.

Edward Green's contribution to leather shoes was the first "antique-style" brown shoes, which broke through. He broke the British "no brown in town" wearing habit and became a reformer in the leather shoe industry.

And it is the originator brand of gradient shoes

Edward Green’s 202 shoe last is the most classic and influential shoe last for international men’s shoes, and has never been surpassed since its birth.

The price of finished shoes is 6,000-10,000 yuan.

John Lobb

John Lobb is known as the master of the shoe industry. Founded in 1849, it is a prestigious British shoe brand and the "King of Customization" among top men's shoes.

Obtained certification from the British royal family in 1864 and is world-famous for its luxurious craftsmanship

John Lobb’s pursuit of leather has reached the extreme. The leather used is a whole piece of full-grain, and Only 40% of the entire skin is used

Even the scars of small mosquito bites are not used.

After the shoes are completed, the royal logo will be stamped with hot stamping on the soles. The annual output is less than 1,000 pairs, and the customization cycle is 9 months to 1 year.

The John Lobb (pari) branch founded in France in 1976 was incorporated into Hermès, targeting mass luxury consumers.

The former starts from 20,000 yuan for customized models, and the latter’s finished products range from 7,500 to 1,000 yuan.

Gaziano&Girling

Britain's top men's shoe upstart, compared with big brother John Lobb's century-old history, Gaziano&Girling has only been around for more than 10 years.

Early photo of founder Tony Gaziano (right) and Dean Girling (left)

But it has become a leader among men's shoe brands with its unique design. Its design combines British French and Italian style, comfortable, thick and exaggerated.

The violin back sole is Gaziano&Girling's specialty, and it is also the reason why more young men like it

France

Zilli

An Ignore Advertising Law’s brand clearly states “the most exquisite men’s clothing in the world” on its official website

Zilli’s “arrogance” has its reasons. It was founded by Alain Schimel in 1970 and occupies the top position in the world. The supremacy of men's clothing

Zilli is famous for the world's first top-quality leather jacket (tens of thousands of pounds)

Putin has also worn Zilli's $2,000 hat many times around the world.

Zilli's leather shoe business was founded in 1996 and won the Golden Mercury Award in Milan in 2007, becoming famous all over the world.

To this day, the BRIC logo has become a special mark of the brand.

Oxford shoes are about 10,000 euros, and loafers are about 7,000 euros

Berluti

Born in France in 1895, it belongs to the LVMH group and has a very small production volume. Each pair of shoes takes 250 hours to complete by hand.

There are many people who like Berluti, and no one does not fall in love with it at first sight

It is manufactured by StefanoBI, a fashion brand that also belongs to the LVMH group

< p>Berluti itself can indeed overflow several times for the same shoe type, thanks to its marketing capabilities, such as titles such as "King of Men's Shoes".

Finally, what is really great about Berluti is its promotion of aesthetics. Now more and more brands are beginning to imitate its Patina coloring

Corthay

France A rising star in top men's shoes

The founder, pierre Corthay, is the only shoemaker to be awarded the title of French Master of Arts.

Pierre Corthay once held important positions in John Lobb and Berluti, so his style is both the gentleman of the former and also