FOSTER & SON

The London’s oldest bespoke shoemaker

The history of your maison. When was it born? Which are the most significant steps you made in the evolution of the tecnique and in your production? Foster & Son were established in 1840 and Henry Maxwell 1750, so have been trading continuously for a combined total of 438 years. Foster & Son has traded at 83 Jermyn Street for almost fifty years; Henry Maxwell was originally a very famous spur maker who turned to boot and shoemaking early in the C20 before joining our stable in 1999. Our Bespoke shoemaking uses the same techniques and hand tools as in 1840, so everything is done by hand except that a special sewing machine allows us to ‘close’ or stitch the uppers together more uniformly. The key steps involved in making…

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Bespoke the chic and the cool (Digital) - 1 Issue, No. 11

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