footwear design consultancy Loafertude

Here at the tailored last we are busy researching new trends for the coming season. One key trend that has caught our eye is the Loafer with attitude, ‘loafertude’. Brands such 

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boot3 Frank Wright Footwear Williams Tan Leather Boot Review

A few days ago a package arrived for me, which was a great distraction for me having been in the process of renovating a house & studio in deepest darkest Devon for the last 3months. So having spent the best part of the last few months dressing like a homeless person and wearing nothing but heavy work boots or my oldest trainers I was pleasantly surprised to find that the package contained a pair of tan vintage leather Frank Wright Boots.

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ON YA BIKE-footwear designer On Ya Bike – cycling inspired footwear design

Here at the tailored last we have been gripped by the olympics in recent weeks and as such due to the amazing abilities of the british cycling teams we have noted a nod towards the increasing interest in cycling. Fred perry have released a cycling inspired collection with the help of gold medal winner bradley wiggins as there in-house model.

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Screen Shot 2012-06-22 at 09.28.05 Vico – Footwear Design for the Movement

VICO is a new brand that has emerged from Holland, highlighted by a friend of mine Louis Tremblay on his trend blog www.komfortzone.ca a few weeks ago, I just wanted to reiterate what a fantastic brand this is. Its a great brand and it really back’s up what’s coming out of europe today. Read more after the jump……..

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LOUIS TREMBLAY BLOGGING AT HOME Interview with footwear designer Louis-Martin Tremblay

I wanted to start the day by sharing an interview I was lucky enough to gain from footwear designer & trend specialist, Louis-Martin Tremblay.  Louis is responsible for the extremely popular and well read trend blog, www.komfortzone.ca.

Here what Louis had to say about how it all started after the jump…….

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footwear designer - mimicry Footwear designer trend alert

Footwear design trend alert – The much loved and re-worked Camo print is resurfacing as an outsole & lining based trim. There are some fantastic examples coming thru from the likes of DelToro shoes of Miami , who have used a multi colored EVA outsole to 

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