World's Best Shoe Brands For Men - Part III

Trends N Style

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By Super

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 14:15

John Lobb
The brand is based in London and owned by Hermes, a part of the famous London bespoke shoemaker bearing the same name until 1979. The brand is an expression of fine and distinctive hand made shoe art.

1. Oxford
The shoes exhibit classic
The shoes of the Oxford style are fine expressions of elegance. They are patterned in three different styles called classic, prestige and casuals each housing a variety in different styles

Classic-Dickens-Oxford
'Dickens' is styled under the classic group.
Made of museum calf and bears a dark brown decorative facing stitching.

Other classic styles are 'City', 'Keats', 'Medbourne', 'Langton' and 'Towcester' of which 'Towcester' is a newly created style.

Prestige-Becketts-Oxford
'Becketts, is styled under the prestige collections.
Parisian brown hued, the shoes possess hand finished beveled waist, plain vamp and four eyelets. The shoes' texture boasts of museum calf and is a new creation.

'Farndon', 'Phillip 2', 'Sutton', 'Westminster', 'Stafford' and 'Garnier 2' fall under this category.

Casual-Sprint 2-Oxford
'Sprint 2' is patterned for the casual wears; this is a new version to the collection. Pewter and dark brown hued, textured with suede is designed for casual wear

'Raleigh' is another style belonging to the casual group.

Derby
The Derby collection entreats the wearer for both the urban and rural retreats striking a perfect balance for both.

Derby like the Oxford group also has shoes designed under Classic, Prestige and Casuals

Classic-Brackely-Derby
'Brackely' falls under the Classic group. It shows off a decorative punched toecap exquisitely made of museum calf and chestnut hued. It is four eyeleted.

' Blake', 'Blampton', 'Darby',' Milton','Tamar' and 'Hallaton' are other varities in the group.

Prestige-Luffield-Derby
'Luffield' is a new style that comes under the Prestige Collection. Crafted with pewter museum calf with a hand finished beveled waist. It consists of two eyelets and has a plain vamp.

'Wellford', ' Wellham', 'Portman' and 'Haddon' are others under the same catagory.

Casual-Drake-Derby
Made of calf leather with a Dark oak autumn colour. 'Drake' is 5 eyeletted with a plain vamp and a robust rubber sole to meet the casual needs.

Monk Shoes
These shoes are elegant creations for a more simple use. The monk shoes represent themselves in Classic and Prestige styles.

Classic-Bourne-Monk Shoes
'Bourne' bears a trademark of buckles of monk style. It's a black with an apron and made of calf leather. Born of the Classic group.

Prestige-William-Monk Shoes
'William' is of a beautiful tan colour produced out of buffalo leather, double buckled with a toecap.

Prestige-Chapel-Monk Shoes
A new entry to the Prestige group of Monk shoes, 'Chapel' has a hand finished beveled waist and a plain vamp. It is double buckled in black museum calf leather.

'Jermyn', Nasby', 'Vale' and 'Matta 2' are other Presige verities of the Monk shoes.

Loafers
These shoes are created in close conformity to its style. As the name goes they are designed for relaxed occasions. The shoes are of different ranges like the Classia, Prestige and the Casuals

Classic-Ashley-Loafers
'Ashley' is an excellent loafer with a hand-sewn apron made of squirrel calf with a classy appearance. It is a fine representation of the Classic group.

'Buckingha', 'Kipling', 'Lopez' and 'Chester' are others under the classic style of Loafers.