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 

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.

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……..

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…….

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 

During my daily routine I crawl many trend websites, blogs, twitter accounts , instagrams and general fashion magazines in a constant quest to find out what’s new and happening in the footwear 

The one thing The Stones  and The Beatles agreed on in the ’60s was that the Chelsea boot is a king among boots & footwear design. You can dress it up, down and back again with ease and it’s almost impossible to get wrong. A man who wears this

80’s & 90’s Surf/Navajo based inspired prints are emerging for SS13, early signs from the trade shows suggest a revival of Hawaiian & cultural based prints. Vans previewed a Hawaiian/Navajo print based range covering accessories at Bread & Butter AW12 show.

Oxblood, Burgundy, Wine are all prominent in colour pallettes across the board from the very popular cuffed chino to the retro classic Dr.Martins 15 eyelet boot.

A great way to start the day. My new pair of Hyusto Mid Loaf sneakers in taupe oily suede arrived on my desk today. For those of you that know this brand then you’ll know how pleased I am to have a pair. Like all new brands based in Europe these aren’t the easiest shoes to get hold of in the UK.