| When you look at the big names in the English | | | | output of mens fashion shoes and it has its own |
| Shoe Manufacturing Industry, like Grenson, Loake | | | | Loake Designer Shoes collection. |
| Shoes, Barker and Churches, you don’t | | | | Grenson have a few nice pairs of mens fashion |
| usually immediately think of these shoes as the | | | | shoes, for example the Grenson Zola which is a |
| most fashionable mens shoes on the market. | | | | light brown contemporary design with leather |
| Designer shoes surely would not usually be found | | | | uppers and stitched leather soles. A close second |
| in the catalogues of these Northampton-based | | | | designer shoe in the Grenson range is the Leach |
| shoe manufacturers? However you would be | | | | which is a soft dark brown shoe with crepe |
| wrong. We have done an extensive survey of | | | | rubber shoe soles. |
| the shoes produced by the UK’s main | | | | When you buy fashion shoes from cheap high |
| Goodyear Welt shoe manufacturers and found a | | | | street designer shops, they often fall apart after |
| number of mens fashion shoes which we would | | | | six months, or they turn out to be very poor at |
| like to draw your attention to. | | | | absorbing sweat (or very good at absorbing |
| Our no. 1 mens designer shoe is the Loake | | | | rainwater!). Although these designer shoes are |
| Trapper Boot. This is a hugely popular designer | | | | slightly more expensive (all retailing at around the |
| handcrafted chukka boot, whilst still maintaining | | | | £90 mark) it is comforting to know that they |
| the unique Goodyear Welted construction. It has | | | | are produced by shoe manufacturing specialists |
| cream coloured laces and is tanned brown | | | | and, whilst retaining the designer shoe feel, they |
| moleskin in colour and texture (the brown darkens | | | | still make full use of the Goodyear Welt |
| substantially towards the toe cap). Out of all the | | | | technology. This makes your fashion shoes ultra |
| brands we surveyed, Loake came top for the | | | | absorbent, durable and the most comfortable pair |
| number and quality of its designer shoes. Other | | | | of mens shoes you will ever have bought. |
| examples include the Moore Dirty Suede, which | | | | To view the most up to date collection of fashion |
| has cemented leather/rubber soles and are dark | | | | shoes and designer shoes by Loake, Barker and |
| brown with perforations (it is like a brogue shoe | | | | Grenson, visit ShoeNet at: |
| but softer in texture), the Loake Walker and the | | | | Wouldn’t you rather be in our shoes? |
| Loake Banks. Loake in fact specialises in the | | | | |