Tag: casual
-
Tassel Loafers
Brown tassel loafers with contrasting brogued saddle, hand sewn split seam upper. Italian vegetable tanned upper with vegetable tanned liner. Leather sole with Vibram heel cap and half-sole cover. My client really loved his old loafers and wanted a new pair just like them. Over the years, the old ones had been repaired in many…
-
Safety Toe Shoes
These red and black oxfords were made for a woman who works in an amazon warehouse and is required to wear safety toe shoes. She has some issues with her feet which made the wearing of off the shelf shoes impractical and uncomfortable. These are made with La Ruota vegetable tan red and black suede.…
-
Green and Brown Medium Hiker
It’s been a few years since I made myself a hiking boot. (I gave the last pair to a lifelong friend with the same size feet.) It’s been even longer since I first got the pig suede I wanted to use for them. I really liked the sage green color when I saw it at…
-
Black Derby
This derby shoe was made for instructional purposes. Plain old black upper leather with a pebble grain, basic lines with English quarters. The construction is welted and hand sewn to a vegetable tanned leather outsole. Natural finish leather heels. Straight outsole stitch on the welt. Depending on what you wear it with and your mood,…
-
Blue and Brown Derby
Derby design with French quarters. Welted construction, Italian vegetable tanned brown leather vamp and blue quarters. Leather insole and midsole. Vibram Gumlite outsole for a little extra cushion. Casual or formal? I think it’s right on the edge. The rubber sole and the more rounded curve of the toe suggests it’s more casual than formal.
-
Kingfisher Oxford
Upper is blue and brown vegetable tanned leather with an iridescent finish. Welted construction, leather midsole and Vibram Gumlite sole. My client wanted a design reminiscent of the Eurasian Kingfisher, a bird with dominant blue coloring and accents of orange brown on the chest and tail. In addition to the kingfisher colors, this design features…
-
Bosco Oxford
Upper is vegetable tanned brown Bosco and blue Alba Tamponato leather from the La Ruota tannery in Italy. Welted construction, leather midsole and Vibram Gumlite sole.
-
Low Hikers
These low hikers feature Wolverine’s special waterproof pig suede chrome/veg retanned leather uppers, and vegetable tanned calf liner. Vibram cup sole to protect the toe.
-
Red and Black High Tops
The vegetable tanned cow upper is also fully lined with vegetable tanned cow for extra durability. Welted construction stitched to the midsole using a braided stitch. A Vibram Gumlite unit sole is attached on over the mid-sole.
-
Blue Ankle Boot
Blue Nubuk ankle boots, with vegetable tanned calf liner. Double stitch construction with leather midsole and Vibram Hunter sole.