Your Custom Creepers: How we do it and how you participate in the process.
1980S, R&R REVIVAL, LEATHER JACKET, CREEPERS AND POMADE
I belong to that generation, like many of the community members and readers here. So you can know what we are talking about when asked about our 1ast pair of creepers, we get emotional and we recall with joy how we tied those laces or how we adjusted that buckle for the first time still only a boy of 14 crazy about music. It’s difficult to put these feelings into words.
NOSTALGIA
The memory of those happy times and the love for R&R culture bore the seed and led me to initiate this little shoemaker project that represents an attempt to recreate those sensations offering a matured version of the shoes of our youth applying the ancestral procedures of traditional shoemaking. Handcrafted from the finest leather, made to measure, customizable by the client, Goodyear welt, genuine custom creeper shoes, unique pieces for unique rock&rollers
EXCLUSIVENESS
DESIGN & DETERMINE SIZE (FOOT MOULDS)
SELECTION, CUTTING AND ASSEMBLING
MOUNTING
GOODYEAR WELT, MADE FOR LONG LIFE
NOBLE MATERIALS FOR SOLES
HAND DYED, PATINA AND FINISHES
OTHER CUSTOMIZATION DETAILS AND THE HANDMADE WOOD BOX
The Advantages of Goodyear Welt Construction
Why choose Goodyear Welted shoes over lower-cost cemented shoes?
The stitched leather welt is the visible hallmark of a Goodyear shoe. This can be imitated in its appearance … but never in its anchor function.
Durability:
A Goodyear shoe will never suffer a break like the one we see in the photo below. In the image we see how some mid-range commercial shoes have been separated on the heel and the sides, exposing the insoles. This will never happen in Goodyear shoes thanks to the double stitching that welds the different structural parts.
These shoes ⇑above will possibly end up in the trash: the repair, in this case, offers very bad results due to the artificial material of the soles called TR that does not present good adhesion.
Goodyear w. shoes can be resoled on numerous occasions
Our throwaway society commonly produces low-cost cemented shoes for the big fashion chains in our cities: once worn out, damaged, or outmoded we throw away it.
However, Goodyear welt shoes follow other philosophies; this is not a fad, they are shoes for life.
His multiple-layer construction allows an easy resole by removing the old sole and attaching a new one. It can be done without falling out of its original shape or affecting the upper leather.
Therefore, if the shoe is looked after properly in between you will get shoes for life.
Comfort:
The peculiar sandwich formed by the leather insole and the cork filling allows the foot to be printed: the interior of the shoe will gradually adapt its shape, giving day-by-day and step-by-step a greater feeling of comfort.
This double stitching technique also prevents the entry of water but allows proper perspiration.
Although Goodyear welt shoes require a period of “taming”, once the welt has softened with use you will get an excellent degree of flexibility and a light and extremely comfortable step.
Because of the additional de luxe materials and craftsmanship labor required, a Goodyear welted shoe is more expensive, but this higher price at purchase will surely pay out in the long run. My clients look at footwear as an investment rather than an item of expenditure.