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  • Breaking in your shoes

    For those of you that are well aquatinted with welted footwear, this article may well be a case of preaching to the converted, however it could help you determine the styles and construction you decide to try next. So, what should you expect when you purchase your first pair of welted or stitched shoes or …

    25 February 2022
  • What makes a Derby men’s shoe?

    To follow up our blog on Oxfords, we are now turning our attention to its chunkier contemporary, the Derby shoe, also known as the Blucher in the US or the Gibson on this side of the pond. We love a bit of background when it comes to classic shoes, but footwear history can be a …

    17 February 2022
  • Rev up your biker style

    Biker boots offer a different style for the heavy boot-loving wearer. While combat boots are still a favourite for many, the biker boot provides a just-as-rough-and-tough alternative to tap into your inner Marlon Brando. The engineer boot led the way for biker boots when a stovepipe leg was fashioned over an English riding boot. The …

    25 January 2022
  • Can I put my leather boots on the radiator to dry?

    The weather is bonkers right now. Freezing cold to sunny says in an instant with full-on rain interwoven in between. If you are getting out and about in this weather, you will need to choose your footwear carefully, but that does not mean you have to live your life in wellies.  Leather boots can bear …

    19 January 2022
  • Jerry’s review of the Herring Chamberlain and Churchill

    Whether they are shoes or boots, if you have read some of my previous blogs, you will know that I love spectators. They are tremendous, because there is an interplay with contrasting and complimenting colours and textures of leathers and other materials such as suede, canvas and even tweed; that enables them to make big …

    17 January 2022
  • Back to business

    Does everything feel back to normal for you yet? I know that a lot of us are asking that very question as we start living a hybrid Covid/No Covid existence. In many places in the UK and indeed around the world, Covid is still causing huge disruption, but there are also areas that are getting …

    23 November 2021
  • Men’s shoes for dating

    This blog isn’t just for those who are single and on the dating scene, hopefully it helps encourage those of us who already have partners, and perhaps don’t have enough date nights, to make a bit more effort. Let’s face it, we are well and truly in the digital age of dating and whether you …

    23 November 2021
  • Rebecca Hooker

    We are proud to introduce our very first Look Who’s Wearing woman! It has taken us a while but with a number of women’s shoes and boots in our range, it’s time to start shouting about them with Rebecca’s help. If you have read LWW before, you will know that not all our ambassadors are …

    18 November 2021
  • Party shoes for the festive season

    Parties are back on the agenda. In the summer, we celebrated the return of weddings. In the winter, we can look forward to Christmas office dos, family gatherings, New Year’s Eve, drinks after work, dinner parties, clubbing, long Sunday lunches…the whole works! It has been a while and we are ready! While us girls will …

    10 November 2021
  • Why shoe care really matters

    We get excited when we choose and buy our shoes. We are even more gleeful when they arrive, and we get to wear them. But we get sad when they end up looking scuffed and past their best. This does not have to be how the story goes. All you need is a little shoe …

    3 November 2021

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