I think it makes sense to invest in a wooden shoe tree especially ones with unvarnished wood. The unvarnished wood helps to absorb moisture and prolongs the life of the shoes.

Try Bexley.com for reasonable price shoes and accessories.

I came across an article that Thomas Chan at Great Eastern Mall does Bespoke Shoes.

Has anyone on this forum tried them before?

I am toying with the idea of making a wholecut Oxford in Burgundy

oh damn, who is this crockett and jones guy?

I don't use shoe trees, I don't even use a shoehorn, I wear all my shoes with my index finger.

When I brought my Ferragamo's shoes @ KLCC, I asked them for a pair of shoe trees. They do sell it but I forgotten the price.

Has the Salvatore Ferragamo engravings on it, made of Cedar wood.

Really good quality shoe tree, best one I've own


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OT : Using your index finger implies you actually bend down. Just stuff your foot into the shoe, stamp on it a few times, or you might need to kick it against the wall abit to move your foot further forward to get it in. With practice you can do it in less then 3 sec.

Might be a good idea to try Thomas Chan and his custom shoes. Is he at BSC or Great Eastern Mall?

Any idea what's his price range?

From what people have wrote on the net, it should be under RM1000. But read this first - http://alisterpaine.info/2010/07/07/the-tr...t-custom-shoes/

The address I have is the one at Great Eastern Mall. No harm asking the one at BSC since it's closer to where I stay.

I'm in the process of negotiating to buy this pair of Church's. About RM700 for this moderately used pair.





What do you people think?

those look like they will clean up nicely. how old are they? will the RM700 include shipping?

have your tried to look around for a new pair? honestly, i am quite hesitating to fork out RM700 for a used one, but this pair is at least 8.5/10 condition.

comes with the shoe trees?

A new pair is 2k+ ler. No trees.

This is a very top-of-the-line shoe.

of course, it is.

i used to see some church's at isetan for sales.

I believe a new pair at Isetan is closer to RM2800. Better grab these.

Well gentlemen, the shoes are mine, all mine, muahahahahaha!

beautifuuul shoe there kotmj

congrats on the great buy!

am sure they will develop a beautifuul patina over time =)

He still has a pair of Kurt Geiger in size 7UK if anyone is interested



http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=186452

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Added on July 12, 2010, 9:50 pmI offered him USD 210 *shipped* and he accepted. It worked out to RM688 for everything. Shoes coming in from Singapore.

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Added on July 12, 2010, 10:53 pmIf you guys treat me nicely I might even do you the favour of letting you lick my Church's at the next iGent meetup.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Jul 12 2010, 10:53 PM

sir kotmj..i thought u already own the same pattern of C&J brown shoes..saw u was wearing it during our last meet up...

I have a semi-brogue Loake in a lighter shade. This is darker, and a full brogue. The other full brogue I have is a vintage derby by Cheaney.

I like the shoes posted by kotmj.