London
2019
Super Trunk Show
the second edition of the
World Championships
2019
Super Trunk Show
the second edition of the
World Championships
I managed to jump from relative unknown anonymity straight into fourth place which surprised many people and entered me into the world of elite shoemakers.
My shoe was very well received especially because of the way I closed the uppers and it received the highest score for difficulty. My inspiration came from 18th century shoemaking and goes further by overlapping the upper leather over itself. This technique is a first as far as I know and has opened a new door for shoemakers, to play and improve the appeal of their products.
Now many well-known shoemakers from around the world have since borrowed this idea and also have started to use it. It is not yet clear to many how innovative this technique really is so I decided to take the development further and present an entire collection called: ‘The Highway Collection’ at the 2025 Universal Exhibition in Osaka. The shoe style that the competition entry required was the brown full brogue long-wing Oxford.