Bespoke Artisans’ Step Back in Time
Specialist artisans Eloise Grey tailoring and carréducker bespoke shoes are launching a new tweed shoe collaboration at the Goodwood Revival in September.
carréducker Winkers for Eloise Grey are louche classics with a contemporary take on the Long Island beach or English house shoe. Featured in Eloise Grey tweeds sourced from the Isle of Mull, they epitomise the relaxed glamour of the ‘30s – the era of Brideshead Revisted and The Great Gatsby – with elegant lines and a raffish, fringed top edge. Crafted in England they are available in Cream & Fawn Diamond, organic Blue Woad & Cream Herringbone and organic Silver Herringbone.
The shoes complement Farnham-based, Eloise Grey’s pared down, timeless tailoring and aesthetic. She works in fine fabrics that embody sustainable qualities resulting in a product that is to be treasured. Eloise will be showing her Autumn collection of tweeds jackets and coats for ladies and gentlemen. Inspired by literature, paying particular homage to the Bloomsbury set the collection includes style such as the Woolf coat, after Virginia Woolf. Alongside this she will present her collection of fine linens blouses inspired by Persephone Books and plain wool or linen trousers (the Vita breeches) to complement the tweeds.
Where Eloise is Bloomsbury inspired, carréducker are Bloomsbury based.
Trained by a master shoemaker for John Lobb, the bespoke shoemaking experts celebrate the natural qualities of the materials they work with and are showing a selection of shoes and boots handsewn in their studio in the finest box calf and exotics. They have also incorporated tweed and canvas into a capsule collection of new bespoke styles and offer Winkers in Harris and Dashing Tweeds.
carréducker are on hand throughout Goodwood Revival to discuss retro detailing and to take orders/ measurements for bespoke shoes and belts. Their service includes creating lasts individual to each customer, design and leather consultation, at least one fitting and the completed shoes delivered with bespoke shoe trees.
Eloise Grey and carréducker are showing on stand number 32.
For further information and high res. images:
Eloise Grey: E: contact@eloisegrey.com; T: 07910 963737
carréducker: E: cd@carreducker.com; T:020 7813 0093; M: 07710 077404
EDITOR’S NOTES:
Eloise Grey tailoring is in materials sourced for their particular aesthetic, sustainability and artisan qualities. Behind each fabric is a story and an approach to making which emphasises British craftsmanship. Eloise’s customers are individuals who wish to tell their own story with their clothes, such as Priscilla Carluccio who has commissioned the Eloise Grey ‘Elizabeth’ coat for her Brompton Road boutique, Few & Far. Stockists: www.eloisegrey.com; Eloise Grey, Farnham Maltings, Farnham (by appointment); Few & Far, Brompton Road, London, Haleluja, Brussels. (Menswear), Ardalanish Weavers, Isle of Mull.
carréducker specialise in bespoke shoes, continuing the centuries-old English craft of handsewn shoemaking, by designing and making shoes for an array of international clients. Keen to pass on their skills and the great benefits of handsewn shoes, they teach two-week intensive shoemaking courses in New York and London. They also manufacture the Winkers slip-on in England, in a selection of hand woven British Isles’ tweeds. Winkers stockists: Wolf & Badger, Notting Hill, London; Leffot, West Village, New York; Brogue, Geneva; carreducker Bespoke: carréducker, Bloomsbury, London (by appointment only); Thom Sweeney, Mayfair, London; Stowers Bespoke, Savile Row, London; Marsha Hall, Great Bookham, Surrey.
The Goodwood Revival runs from 17 – 19 September 2010 at Goodwood, Chichester, Sussex. A magical step back in time, this is a unique chance to revel in the glamour and allure of motor racing. The Revival is the world’s most popular historic motor race meeting and the only event of its kind to be staged entirely in the nostalgic time capsule of the 1940s, 50s and 60s that relives the glory days of Goodwood Motor Circuit. It is the biggest and best historic motor racing party of the year.
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