I have hazy but fond childhood memories of accompanying my dad to visit his tailor. There always seemed to be a decanter of scotch lying around in the studio, surrounded by dark wood, deep velvet ...

Tokyo’s Yohei Fukuda’s bespoke shoes are considered by the well-heeled, to be among the most coveted on the planet. His shoes are instantly recognizable as a cut above the rest thanks to his ...

“I was never a customer, because his shoes were so far out of my price range,” says Melani. “But my idea with this product was to be able to offer his shoes at my price point—the John Lobb, Edward ...

While made-to-measure shoes are offered by luxury brands ranging from Ferragamo to Ermenegildo Zegna, the demand for bespoke shoes in Hong Kong is growing as men struggle to find the perfect fit.

When Yohei Fukuda left for England more than a decade ago to learn his trade as a master leather shoemaker, he could hardly have imagined that his native Japan would one day become a leader in this ...

In a dusty workshop in an old industrial building in Hong Kong, John CW Lau, a director at Kow Hoo Shoe Company, oversees a team of four shoemakers. The quartet, ranging in age from late 60s to 95, ...

Japan developed a taste for the luxury footwear at the beginning of the 2000s and local manufacturing classes quickly took off. Each pair of shoes typically takes between 120 and 140 hours of work.