February 2012
4 posts
Koji Suzuki: Cordwainer in Japan
Alan See from The Armoury has been posting some wonderful photographs lately of Spigola shoes. Spigola is a small Japanese operation based out of Nagata-ku, Kobe. It’s operated by Koji Suzuki, a talented, young cordwainer who trained under Roberto Ugolini. There, in Florence, Suzuki learned the full process of bespoke shoemaking, including everything from designing a model to fitting a...
Naples and Rome
In addition to my work at Put This On, I’ve recently had the honor of writing at A Suitable Wardrobe about Anna Matuozzo and Mimmo Siviglia, two custom shirtmakers in Naples and Rome respectively. Matuozzo is famous the world over for her handsewn stitching, and Siviglia is known for his clean fitting, smooth tailoring. As I noted in the articles, it’s often believed that all things...
Kilim Slippers
One of the highlights of yesterday’s Michael Bastian FW12 show was the use of Kilim slippers, which you can see in the first photo. Kilims are traditionally flat tapestry-woven carpets or rugs produced from the Balkans to Pakistan. They’re produced by tightly interweaving the warp and weft yarns to produce a flat surface with no pile. Though they’re traditionally made into rugs,...
First Look: Cucinelli SS12
I’m back. Naples was amazing and I have some articles in the works for a magazine and few websites. I’ll link those when appropriate. In the meantime, I was able to catch up with Cucincelli, who was kind enough to share with me their latest SS12 lookbook.
The collection here is not too unlike the other spring-summer collections they’ve been doing for the last eight or nine...