• English

• John Lobb
  London
  Bespoke Plain Front Derby
  

  Euro 840

  The present pair, a wonderful exercise in simplicity and elegance, is an earlier bespoke shoe bearing three Royal Warrants, an extraordinary collector’s item, originally made for a gentleman with a taste for supreme quality and utter lack of ostentation, not to mention, a gentleman with an extensive shoe wardrobe; these shoes show hardly any wear.

  Little need be said about this good shoemaker, neither the family run shop in London nor its branch opened in Paris at the beginning of the last century and acquired by Hermès in 1976. Lobb shoes are thought to be the height of luxury by some and, while this may be an exaggeration, they certainly deserve a reputation for quality, comfort, elegance and quiet good taste (when as in this case they refrain for their excursions into misbegotten modern designs). The fit and finish of this pair is excellent. These are not to be confused with the ubiquitous Lobb ready-mades; these are bespoke shoes, custom made by hand at significant cost. It is worth a visit to Lobb’s website to put prices for shoes from this most famous shoemaker in the world in perspective.  John Lobb bespoke shoes start at £5000 for shoes and £1000 for shoe-trees. http://www.johnlobbltd.co.uk/pricelist/

  An historical note: You are soon to be in the company of Winston Churchill, Somerset Maugham, Charles de Gaulle, Alfred Hitchcock, J. Paul Getty, and Gregory Peck. Not to mention likes of The Prince of Wales and Hugh Grant and a smattering of discerning female clients -Jacqueline Kennedy and Katharine Hepburn, for example, were faithful customers.

  Size Details

  By my own careful measurements, UK 9.5 E.......(US 10.5 E/E)......(Continental 44D/E), for the medium to slightly wider foot.

  Shoe Condition

  Superb, hardly worm, neuwertig.

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