/fa/ - Fashion

>>17479658
Unfortunately they were closed when I visited that year.
I was talking about pic related. Was initially lead to believe that they were more elitist than Lobb St. James but was pleasantly surprised to find that upon entering I was greeted by a 7th gen Scheer who politely, and enthusiastically, answered all my questions.
But there was something different about this place, and as I talked with Scheer it was niggling at the back of my mind. As he left me to peruse some old footwear they made for some emperor it finally hit me:
there was a constant stream of noise coming from upstairs.
Hammering and sawing. Work sounds. Actual work sounds. Every single bespoke maker in London that I visited, and I think I must've gone to about 5, were sterile showrooms devoid of any sense of being a place where awesome shoes were made. Because they weren't: they were measuring rooms. Only Lobb seemed to make some things under their roof of their St.James store, but when I went the place was silent, and kinda dingy dark desu. Most English bespoke is made elsewhere apparently in small rented workshops in some historic factory district. I got the impression from talking with a smaller maker that a lot of the grunt work for almost all the brands was done by the same handful of skilled guys, because there really aren't that many of them left.
But here at Scheer I was hearing the actual shit being made right then and there. It left the distinct impression of authenticity, actual authenticity, on me and I hope to return there one day to get some boots made.
Foster and Son in London also left a good impression iirc.