Saint Crispins-shoes of the week

Saint Crispins based in Vienna (Austria) is the new kid on the block of "Bespoke" shoemaking in Austria.  Note that Vienna has several well respected shoemakers, for example the venerable Scheer, Materna, Maftei (also a new comer), Petkov, just to name a few.
The company was first registered in 1992. Saint Crispins do produce some very elegant, classic styled shoes for their clients. Since 1992 SC has provided shoes to an international clientele of gents. 


Below you will see some very interesting colours and well made shoes. I want to own all. 

Norwegian saddle derby in blue and brown

Blue loafers with lighter blue strings

 A chiseled double monk

 A blue crocodile monk

 A derby boot that can match Berluti (art sketches)

 A tricolour brogue balmoral boot, interesting

 The artistic sole with owner initials

All pictures are sourced from Claymoor who interviewed Mr. Phillip Car of SC

Viennese Bespoke Shoemaker (Saint Crispins)

Living in the Nordic and being A Shoe AristoCat can be a challenge when looking for good, elegant & stylish shoes. Local shops tend to carry nothing.  Well, with that being said, does not mean, there are no good quality shoes. Yes, there are, Crockett & Jones (hand grades - yes), Church's (not my cup of tea), Santoni (not me) and lately I read about a gent offering G&G's.

Well, not much for me, but there more South of the cold Nordic, a Gent ventures, many doors to real good shoes open up.

Take Vienna (Austria) for example, besides the venerable Scheer Bespoke shoemaker, the city has other very good and well reputed Bespoke shoemakers, for example, Balint, Maftei (blogged about here), Materna, Petkov (blogged) & Saint Crispins. Just to mention a few. I will invite you into the world of Saint Crispin's, a name well chosen for the company. The Patriot Saint of Shoemakers.

Looking at SC shoes, one can see that special attention has been given to the details and the products are spectacular.

The usual suspects line up - love the colours

Brown and Black Full brogues

 Two tone slip-ons with side gusset and a brogued oxford boot

 A full brogue oxford and full brogue oxford boot

 More boots please, I am a sucker for boots, perhaps due to the long Winter days with snow. It be Balmoral boots, chukkas, booties, Chelsea's. Boots and more boots, please.

 Double strapped monks on crusted leather

 Quater brogued Oxford in two tones

Chukka boots and the sole details 

Full brogue and the little details of the sole and back

 Saddle shoes and the details of the back and side

Sole details of a Full brogue

 One tier Derby

 Two toned tassel loafer

Green double monks with an apron

 A brogued loafer

 A two toned antiqued punch cap toe oxford

 The hollowed shoe trees

 A brown Full brogue

Photos are sourced from: Home of Saint Crispins, Styleforum for information, Leather Soul Hawaii & lastly from The Shoe Snob 

The Balmoral Boot & Shoe

Today, I will write about Buttoned Balmoral Boots and Shoes. Items not seen on many men today, especially when speaking of buttoned Balmoral boots or shoes.

Above is a sample of a two toned Balmoral boot made by London Bespoke Shoe Maker,
WS Forster & Sons Bespoke Boots and Shoemaker.  Note the functional buttons on the boots above.

The below two toned Balmoral shoe, stitched cap toe, is a creation of an Italian Bespoke Shoe maker, whom I can not recall at the moment.

The below two toned Balmoral boots are creations of the venerable Austrian Bespoke
Shoe Maker, Scheer in Vienna.

Also on Scheer's boots (buttoned), note the functional buttons.

The below two toned Balmoral is a creation of an Italian Bespoke Shoe maker,
whom I can not recall at the moment.

Note that the boots below do not have functioning buttons.
What a shame....never-the-less, beautifully made and well done.

Compare the first boot to the last, the missing functional buttons, is the like of today's mens jackets, with kissing cuffs.  Not very sartorial, but most men will settle for less. The functioning buttons would add a bit of elegancy to the boot.



I have a very soft spot for functional Buttoned Balmoral Boots (BBB) & shoes, I am expecting my BBB in the near future. A year from now, will post once I have received them.