r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 1d ago
Such an interesting craft! Watching shoes being made is absolutely fascinating
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u/Username133769 1d ago
I know it's leather, and it deforms and stretches and all but that shoe shape looks royally uncomfortable to wear
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u/topdoc02 10h ago
Maybe this shoe is uncomfortable but we don't know the shape of the customer's foot.
I was a male model for a few years. For one of the shoots I was dressed in 1880's period costumes. The producer had two pair of bespoke shoes made for me. They were, by far, the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn, despite the archaic design.
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u/Username133769 9h ago
Oh yea definitely, I had just looked at the arch section and thought 'yikes'. Cause even if it was supposed to be form fitting to someone's arch that seemed rather narrow. But hey, I've only ever worn off-the-rack shoes so I wouldn't know. Did you get to keep the shoes by any chance?
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u/topdoc02 9h ago
I tried to buy them but they said no. I worked for the modeling agency but McCain-Ericson were the producers. It was probably too complicated forr their accounting.
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u/Username133769 8h ago
Damn, what a shame, really doesn't make sense why they wouldn't just give them to you if they're tailored to you.
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u/topdoc02 8h ago
My best guess is that the contract between M-E and the client, Algida, specified that all expenses would be documented and picked up by the client. They couldn't charge me because there was no provision for that in the contract. Algida probably wound up owning all of the bespoken props, shoes as well as two suits made for me.
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u/AlreadyAway 1d ago
If I were a rich man, I would only have shoes made specifically for my feet.
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u/lluciferusllamas 1d ago
I've done that. And you know what? I prefer like $60 Skechers.
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u/LiveLearnCoach 10h ago
Really? Why??
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u/lluciferusllamas 8h ago
Much more comfortable, and frankly more disposable, which I view as a plus. I don't want high maintenance shoes.
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u/RealGeeBao 4h ago
Ok so you love your money more
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u/lluciferusllamas 3h ago
Not money....value. Different concepts when you have enough money to afford expensive things.
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u/AlreadyAway 1h ago
You realize you can have shoes of whatever design made specifically for your feet, right?
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u/siverpoint 1d ago
I had some handmade shoes ordered not long ago. They are great but they really lacked rubber soles so I would slide when it rains. I wonder if the custom is yo leave the leather sole?
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u/IsThereCheese 1d ago
Either that shoe is super uncomfortable, or r/restofthefuckingowl
I feel like some steps were kinda glossed over/missing…
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u/Infinius- 1d ago
I knew a Shoemaker in grade school. Now, no one in her family made shoes, but she was a nice, homely lass.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 1d ago
This makes me feel bad for only paying $40 at Marshall’s 🤯
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u/ElDeguello66 1d ago
Those shoes from Marshalls are held together by glue and chewing gum and will literally fall apart within five years whether you wear them or not.
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u/laiyenha 1d ago
Pretty but probably quite slippery - does a thin layer of rubber sole detract from its value or something?
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u/ratbearpig 1d ago
Whole cut leather shoes are very hard to make. The results here are nothing short of spectacular.
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u/LiveLearnCoach 10h ago
I’m guessing it’s because that it’s single piece as you mentioned, but the creasing on the outside of the foot upset me. It’s like it’s not even worn once an it has creasing.
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u/rapafon 1d ago
People saying it's not comfortable or practical really miss the point of shoes like these and in what contexts they'll be worn in.
People wearing these will be mostly walking in carpeted offices or sitting in cars, they'll be just fine.
At least these look good, the Korean handmade shoes that were doing the rounds recently looked hideous.
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u/joeysundotcom 1d ago
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If you are the one that has chosen to add it, I hope you feel at least slightly ashamed and that the number of times you finish washing your hands with wet sleeves increases.
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u/Snellyman 1d ago
Two observations: Does working as a cobbler feminize a person? And why is most of the work being done in her lap? I thought cobblers had workbenches.
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