Breaking Down The World Championship in Shoemaking Top 3 Shoes 👞 I Kirby Allison

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
  • In this video, Kirby analyses the top 3 shoes in the World Championship in Shoemaking made by Daniel Wegen (1st), Christophe Corthay (2nd), and Eiji Murata (3rd). See the complexities of each shoe and the craftsmanship built into each shoe that got them into the top 3 shoes of the World Championship.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 186

  • @zergenzerg6853
    @zergenzerg6853 5 років тому +59

    1st place : When you gotta fit your resume on one page.

  • @Gregsgreatfood
    @Gregsgreatfood 3 роки тому +13

    I wear entry level shoes by Allen Edmonds. Now I've seen the finish line. Absolutely remarkable shoemaking. Thanks for the peek into this world.

  • @TheNunakun
    @TheNunakun 5 років тому +89

    1st Place: Museum piece
    2nd Place: Bespoke Pimpin' piece
    3rd Place: Highest-level Daily-wear piece
    Though Wegen's piece almost looks like a ladies' heel. (different times, different views)

  • @ruliadultra
    @ruliadultra 5 років тому +31

    Kirby's perpetual use of the word 'whenever' in place of the more classic 'when' is a slight peeve for me. 😅 I always thought those words were two different words for different use cases. At any rate, this was a great and passionate review of the top 3 shoes from the World Championships in Shoe Making.

  • @logik100.0
    @logik100.0 5 років тому +7

    I am learning so much watching the expertly produced videos. Thanks everyone involved.

  • @andrewwoodley-page4117
    @andrewwoodley-page4117 5 років тому +33

    Absolutely incredible skill. Personally, I think part.of the brief should be that the shoe must be able to be worn

    • @Lathlaer
      @Lathlaer 3 роки тому +8

      Couldn't agree more. Looking at the three, it's clear that there was a different approach to the competition by the shoemakers. I bet if someone told the 2nd and 3rd place holders that they can make something that resembles a shoe but doesn't have to be worn by a normal human being, they would go to town with the design as well.

    • @arnarne
      @arnarne 2 роки тому +3

      It is a very old tradition to make display shoes that aren't meant to be worn within the craft. It is just to show what is actually possible to create physically.

  • @legartjgart9604
    @legartjgart9604 3 роки тому +2

    Mr Allison, thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this with us. Your Scholarship on the Sartorial Arts is true, compelling, and enriching.

  • @alm6109
    @alm6109 3 роки тому +6

    "Perfectly Executed "
    Mens size 3' 1/2

  • @Philoreason
    @Philoreason 5 років тому +91

    1st place: a shoe that doesn't even work...

  • @a.b.4052
    @a.b.4052 5 років тому +10

    Daniels perfected vision is right out of a Tim Burton cartoon. I love it.

  • @kyleashbaugh8914
    @kyleashbaugh8914 5 років тому +6

    I took a shot every time he said "whenever", currently sitting in the ER waiting to get my stomach pumped, I'll send you the bill Kirby.

  • @hasininan5501
    @hasininan5501 5 років тому +195

    What's the point of a 1st prize winning shoe that can only be worn by an alien from Area 51?

    • @jeremyemilio9378
      @jeremyemilio9378 5 років тому +9

      BRUHHH😂😂

    • @josed948
      @josed948 5 років тому +6

      Hahahahaha

    • @MyScotty7
      @MyScotty7 5 років тому +10

      This is why we see aliens then,shopping on earth for bespoke shoes!

    • @locutusdborg126
      @locutusdborg126 5 років тому +4

      @@MyScotty7 Aliens also come to Earth to buy Velveeta cheese and spam.

    • @user-uc7wr4lr3v
      @user-uc7wr4lr3v 5 років тому +1

      LMAO

  • @PBMS123
    @PBMS123 4 роки тому +20

    You need to purchase a thesaurus. Everything seems to be perfectly executed.

  • @AtilioEscobar
    @AtilioEscobar 5 років тому +3

    The touch of Mokume under the brass on the toe is exceptional. I collect exotic metals, so I love that little touch.

  • @Dr.gobshite
    @Dr.gobshite 4 роки тому +2

    Danniel's shoe is absolutely beautiful. hard to see a shoe as a piece of art but that one is the exception.

  • @SOLENOID4
    @SOLENOID4 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for the trip inside the craftmanship raised at incredible levels of details by all those masters shoemakers ❗

  • @juanarce6900
    @juanarce6900 3 роки тому +1

    Simply amazing stuff Kirby!!

  • @bigpicturethinking5620
    @bigpicturethinking5620 5 років тому +48

    I might have missed it but, were any of these shoes perfectly executed?

    • @Investorpotamus
      @Investorpotamus 5 років тому +3

      lol

    • @naturae-studiosum
      @naturae-studiosum 3 роки тому +1

      best comment

    • @joelstatosky1817
      @joelstatosky1817 3 роки тому +3

      Yes however you probably can't wear them lol. Its like showing off how good you are. Like in so many other crafts fields, there are things that are unreasonable that you just do to prove how good you are

  • @markhoward8301
    @markhoward8301 5 років тому +2

    Absolutely fabulous well done son..Thanks to my grandfather I've been a devote of the fine bespoke shoe..Bravo

  • @ralphwilliams8083
    @ralphwilliams8083 5 років тому +9

    Absolutely supremely executed championship bespoke shoemaking! Daniel truly submitted an outstanding entry and very well deserved as championship winner.

  • @secondchancesminnewashta7612
    @secondchancesminnewashta7612 5 років тому +3

    Outstanding work, Kirby. Makes me regret my joking about tying shoes videos. =) Have a great weekend, keep up the extraordinary content!

  • @raymassey7458
    @raymassey7458 5 років тому +1

    Utterly fascinating. Wonderful video and fabulous narration.

  • @silentsir2446
    @silentsir2446 5 років тому +20

    I read somewhere that Allen Edmonds was the first place runner up
    😃

  • @paulmunro3175
    @paulmunro3175 4 роки тому

    As an individual who must have toe caps if I don't want to return to the shoemaker every month, I am impressed by the maker who manages to insert a brass toe cap subtly but very apt for practical purposes. I cannot find such a product, but would love to. Your enthusiasm for the shoes is catching.

  • @michaelsuede
    @michaelsuede 5 років тому +2

    Your videos are so cool man. You're going to go huge if you keep at it.

  • @leezep9794
    @leezep9794 5 років тому +1

    Kirby, always very informative and helpful videos, keep up the great work.

  • @jonanillo5912
    @jonanillo5912 5 років тому +1

    Outstanding video Kirby, congratulations😉

  • @spartalives
    @spartalives 5 років тому +1

    wow even a knuckle dragger like me could see and marvel at the quality in these shoes!!

  • @966396631
    @966396631 4 роки тому

    What a remarkable discipline and art form.

  • @minafouad78
    @minafouad78 5 років тому +4

    Danial's shoes need a mafia members customers !..

  • @BestestFriend49
    @BestestFriend49 4 роки тому +4

    Question: At what point does a greater stitch count weaken the leather? Just like perforations on paper aid it to rip, I would think the stitching line would have a greater tendency to separate.

    • @pm-yp5ri
      @pm-yp5ri 3 роки тому +1

      I would say when the stitch hole is bigger than the space between the stitches. Also depends on the thickness of the leather. If it is skived to much it can rip beacuse the thread (nylon, polyester) is stronger then the leather and it will cut through it or with movement create a tear. With competition shoes it isn't as important because nobody will wear them, so they won't bend the leather.

    • @arnarne
      @arnarne 2 роки тому

      @@pm-yp5ri When making traditional handmade shoes in the european tradition, flax or linen thread is being used.

  • @keith6400
    @keith6400 3 роки тому +1

    Just like the shoe shop display outside the shop on one's local High Street they have only given Kirby one shoe from each pair as they know he would run off with them if they were paired up.

  • @polduseri909
    @polduseri909 5 років тому +7

    I will be happy to have the ones that finished last in the competition. Btw, and since you are asking for my opinion, then I like more the Japanese maker shoe because it’s more than a prototype and can be ordered if you have the “perfectly executed” money.

  • @juanjosefermin3682
    @juanjosefermin3682 5 років тому +1

    I absolutely love brogue wingtips ♡

  • @ellis3547
    @ellis3547 Рік тому

    Pure art

  • @lorithomas6260
    @lorithomas6260 4 роки тому +1

    This is the heel height I want for my shoes! The AllenEdmunds, Cobbler Union and almost all English shoes are too low they all looked smashed down. I liked the Murata and Corthay models. I understand why Wegen was number 1 - perfection.

  • @KrutarthBhatt1
    @KrutarthBhatt1 5 років тому +3

    Your take on Adidas ultraboosts?

  • @floridafyme
    @floridafyme 5 років тому +21

    The third shoe would tear up a wood floor.

  • @themightyjuju
    @themightyjuju 5 років тому

    Great review Kirby. Thank you.

  • @thebomb363
    @thebomb363 5 років тому +16

    The winning shoe is beautiful and the technical merits are truly outstanding,but I thought the point was you could order one for yourself to wear.🤔

    • @THEJackyboyz
      @THEJackyboyz 5 років тому +6

      That is absolutely not the point

    • @silvestrocrino3256
      @silvestrocrino3256 4 роки тому +2

      Nope... point was to demonstrate the epidemy of the shoe making craft and your skills as a shoe maker...

    • @jamessheppard4372
      @jamessheppard4372 2 роки тому +1

      @@silvestrocrino3256 *epitome

  • @kevinlenyatsa3648
    @kevinlenyatsa3648 5 років тому +2

    These shoes cannot be for walking. Pure finesse

  • @Matthew-vj2eh
    @Matthew-vj2eh 5 років тому +1

    I love the third and second place shoes the best, I probably give the third place one the edge if I was a judge. Just out of curiosity how many judges are there?

  • @alhousseinraad7471
    @alhousseinraad7471 3 роки тому

    Great videos thank you for all these informations.
    There is a small typing mistake, it is Daniel Wegan and not wegen

  • @righteousred723
    @righteousred723 2 роки тому

    Stunning shoes, but that winning pair is really a step above...

  • @Lathlaer
    @Lathlaer 3 роки тому

    2nd and 3rd places are shoes. 1st one is an art piece that is made to resemble the shape of a shoe.

  • @krunoslavkovacec1842
    @krunoslavkovacec1842 5 років тому +31

    will you ever get a japanese made bespoke suit or shoes?

    • @YacDiesel
      @YacDiesel 5 років тому +5

      Krunoslav Kovacec Yohei Fukuda is the most renowned Japanese shoemaker! I’m saving up for my 1st bespoke pair for my Japan trip next year.

    • @krunoslavkovacec1842
      @krunoslavkovacec1842 5 років тому +1

      @@YacDiesel It is gonna be expensive. The trip + the shoes themselves. Not to mention you will have to go back to Japan at least 3 times for fittings. Good luck!

    • @YacDiesel
      @YacDiesel 5 років тому +1

      Yeah, I’m budgeting around $10,000, all things considered.

    • @krunoslavkovacec1842
      @krunoslavkovacec1842 5 років тому

      @@YacDiesel For how long?

    • @patricaomas8750
      @patricaomas8750 5 років тому +2

      Fukuda’s bespoke shoes come with a three-year-long wait list. His bespoke shoes start at $4,600 and go all the way up to $12,000 in exotic skins . ? and the suit more 580,000 yen $5,513.39 The suit needs 3 fittings over 3 months you might want to increase the 10000:)

  • @daveg9000
    @daveg9000 5 років тому +1

    One of your better videos...well done! (Is it spelled, Wegan...???)

  • @vvattup
    @vvattup 4 роки тому

    Fabulous

  • @martinjames1518
    @martinjames1518 3 роки тому

    Art

  • @alfonsoalvarez8357
    @alfonsoalvarez8357 2 роки тому

    Daniel wiggin shoe looks so comfortable

  • @javoneldridge8046
    @javoneldridge8046 3 роки тому

    I like the secret one! How can I get in touch with company?

  • @alexandermaximiliandemgens24
    @alexandermaximiliandemgens24 5 років тому +8

    How can you fit your feet in the last shoe?

  • @mickeyduvel
    @mickeyduvel 5 років тому +2

    Synonyms for "execute": carry out, accomplish, perform, implement, effect, bring off, bring about, achieve, carry off, carry through, complete, enact, enforce, put into effect, put into practice, do, discharge, prosecute, engineer, administer, attain, realize, fulfill; perpetrate; informal: pull off, swing, cut, rare: effectuate.

  • @MikeHaggarKJ
    @MikeHaggarKJ 3 роки тому

    Incredible!

  • @daneculp4731
    @daneculp4731 5 років тому +6

    I searched the internet.
    No Daniel Wegen shoes.
    What's up, he only made 1 pair?

  • @jawedalam1442
    @jawedalam1442 Рік тому

    Top class

  • @gamalalama7332
    @gamalalama7332 5 років тому +1

    I like the shoes heel is that high heel if so how much
    How much the total will be if u send it to Egypt thanks 🙏

  • @thomaschristopherwhite9043
    @thomaschristopherwhite9043 3 роки тому

    The 1st prize went to the most beautiful and well crafted paper weight in the world. It also happens to look like a shoe for some reason.

  • @luccardi.
    @luccardi. 5 років тому

    Are you using a four in hand knot? It almost looks like a full windsor in terms of wideness at the top.

  • @JohnwFOC
    @JohnwFOC 5 років тому

    Did they rate the different styles in there own category? For instance, did they rate all English style shoes (the 3rd place winner) together? For everyone else, what style is your favorite? I”m beginning to like the look and feel of the shoes made in Spain.

  • @joelstatosky1817
    @joelstatosky1817 3 роки тому

    Guys these shoes are made in order to show your skill, not meant to actually be shoes. Just to show your ability

  • @Bruhaha9
    @Bruhaha9 4 роки тому

    Once we get into the top of top level of shoes, it starts to look like things are being done that aren't necessarily better in terms of quality or wear, these features are meant to simply impress people that are already keyed up on shoes. I think higher stitch counts will actually weaken the leather for having more perforations. Does hand stitching uppers actually make them better? Can anyone's foot fit into that first place shoe? Why do the best shoes seem to usually have the toe planted firmly on the ground - sometimes even leaving the ball of the foot suspended off the ground? Doesn't the front of the foot need to roll as it completes a step while walking?

  • @MindbodyMedic
    @MindbodyMedic 3 роки тому

    Kirby : 21 stitches per inch!
    Me : ..........
    Kirby : 21 STITCHES PER INCH!
    Me: APPLAUSE

  • @fludrbywest3886
    @fludrbywest3886 5 років тому

    Well now Sir Allison❣️ what a great narration of the Bespoke shoes of the world champion shoe makers❣️ they are exquisite and thank you so much for sharing💖🌹✨

  • @steppenwolf5956
    @steppenwolf5956 4 роки тому +1

    I would take the one from Japan

  • @technolotree5690
    @technolotree5690 5 років тому +1

    2:38 - Hearing Kirby talk this way about a pair of wingtips. (I've noticed he really doesn't have that many in his collection) Not a fan of the full brogue in general it seems..

  • @technolotree5690
    @technolotree5690 5 років тому +1

    4:59 - Some wingtip shade....

  • @quetzalcoatl2rt
    @quetzalcoatl2rt 5 років тому

    I would love to have a pair of Daniel’s 😍 how much we talking for a pair?

  • @josephheinecke1992
    @josephheinecke1992 2 роки тому

    Honestly in my humble opinion the 3rd place shoe catches my attention more than the other two. Stitch density aside, those heels on the other two look like disasters waiting to happen. I get the technicality but the asthetics just are not pleasing to my eye.
    Great video and entertaining as always!

  • @Objectivityiskey
    @Objectivityiskey 5 років тому

    John Galt, Francisco D'anconia, and Ragnar Danneskjöld. :-)

  • @e_personal
    @e_personal 5 років тому

    What is your opinion on Officine Creative?

  • @faraztanvir4641
    @faraztanvir4641 4 роки тому

    Surely the criteria for the shoes is that they must be able to be worn.

  • @bhavinnaidu5190
    @bhavinnaidu5190 5 років тому

    Mr Kirby Alison 1 like from India 🇮🇳

  • @nelg70
    @nelg70 5 років тому

    Hi Kirby, what product do you apply to your hair? It looks very shiny. 👍

    • @ThisIsSolution
      @ThisIsSolution 5 років тому +1

      His hair is perfectly executed within an ultra fine area of allowance using the finest products available whenever he needs to make a social appearance with an eloquent and timeless style....
      Hair gel bro, he uses gel

  • @dhimiterllambiri6935
    @dhimiterllambiri6935 5 років тому +6

    I really don't understand the #1 shoe, is that just for display or can someone actually wear those?

    • @patricaomas8750
      @patricaomas8750 5 років тому +1

      Off course, but if he can his feet are being donated to medical science after his death.

    • @bubkusjones
      @bubkusjones 5 років тому +8

      These aren't meant to be off the shelf wearable shoes. They're meant to showcase techniques and skill in craftsmanship. Like Kirby said, these are the "concept car" of the shoe world. Concept cars aren't meant to be practical, street legal, production vehicles. They're meant to push designers and engineers to their creative and technical limits, and perhaps come up with ideas that could eventually make their way to a production vehicle. Same thing with these shoes.

    • @mynameisdrpat
      @mynameisdrpat 5 років тому

      @@bubkusjones at least a concept car is made to fit a person, this defiantly fits an alien.

    • @jupatj24
      @jupatj24 5 років тому

      So this is a bit like haute couture? Not meant to be worn, but meant to be admired?

  • @snusmumriken232
    @snusmumriken232 3 роки тому

    I’m wearing shoes right now

  • @fruitypebbeats2304
    @fruitypebbeats2304 5 років тому

    Needs more followers

  • @michaellwalker8748
    @michaellwalker8748 5 років тому

    Pretty sure the 1st prize shoe comes with a magical broom that permits flight so no one creases the shoes.

  • @infosoldier3479
    @infosoldier3479 5 років тому

    i need daniel wegans size 10.5 !! where do i get it?

  • @douglasx6915
    @douglasx6915 5 років тому

    Kirby..my friend. The prononciation is Cor-tay. Il n'y a pas de "tha" en français.🙂

  • @karldelavigne8134
    @karldelavigne8134 5 років тому +6

    Daniel Wegan's shoe is a museum piece but definitely not wearable. The Corthay heel is very impractical too, lovely to look at but imagine walking over gravel. The craftsmanship on all three is exceptional but the last shapes, to my eye, are not pleasing - all elongated and too pointy. Thank you for this high-class shoe porn.

    • @stricht8
      @stricht8 5 років тому +2

      Karl Delavigne Yes what’s up with these elongated and pointy shoes? The Corthay was the least pointy and it was a beautiful shoe but I don’t think I would feel comfortable wearing it.

  • @G17-911
    @G17-911 4 роки тому +1

    Don’t ask questions , he rarely answers any of them .

  • @kaiyumbinbashar1708
    @kaiyumbinbashar1708 5 років тому

    Go ahead ♥🇧🇩

  • @midorihibiki
    @midorihibiki 5 років тому +1

    Lol the winner shoe looks beautiful but weird. How many people on the earth have that long thin foot like that?

  • @martin8uq
    @martin8uq 3 роки тому

    The only thing missing from the winning shoe is a High heel.

  • @keithnichols7926
    @keithnichols7926 4 роки тому

    I understand that the final entry in the competition didn't make the deadline because the maker is stitching by hand at a spacing that must be expressed in Angstroms, or hundred millionths of a centimeter. Distinguishing individual stitches requires an electron microscope. Completing the shoe will take several generations of the maker's family, but the result will probably be pretty wearable, provided evolution hasn't reconfigured our feet much at all.

  • @Dontworryaboutanything
    @Dontworryaboutanything 4 роки тому

    Foot binding is needed for the winning pair.

  • @davidugarte3826
    @davidugarte3826 4 роки тому

    World Championship in Shoemaking? I'm going down a dark rabbit hole....

  • @chronoZ750
    @chronoZ750 5 років тому +1

    With the 1st price shoe,you can kill cockroach in the corner!

  • @pedrocols
    @pedrocols 5 років тому

    Scary watching him handling these shoes with his bare hands. One would think he would wear gloves.

  • @Investorpotamus
    @Investorpotamus 5 років тому

    Daniel Wegan... you know in case you want to look him up.

  • @gonzalo5061
    @gonzalo5061 3 роки тому

    And that's what we call in castellano "un chamullero"

  • @danielpickton-allen8385
    @danielpickton-allen8385 3 роки тому

    What is the point of a shoe that wouldn’t fit anyone’s feet?

  • @Myrslokstok
    @Myrslokstok 5 років тому +14

    They are concept shoes not to be worn 😃 ok everybody chill!

    • @PBMS123
      @PBMS123 4 роки тому +1

      They should at least fit a normal persons foot.

    • @Myrslokstok
      @Myrslokstok 4 роки тому

      PBMS123
      No they should not and they are not even making a pair.

    • @danielel-aawar2841
      @danielel-aawar2841 4 роки тому +1

      @@Myrslokstok why shouldn't they?

  • @alberta1066
    @alberta1066 5 років тому

    Dear Kirby ' ... What a dazzling display of The Shoemakers art , You have shown us , well beyond where any person ( even a multi millionaire ) would wish to go. The shoes by Daniel' as exquisite , as they are , in my humble opinion are a work of art that should never be worn ' ... BUT ... commended into a museum as they look to my eye as being something that would NEVER be worn in the street; but only reserved for The Palace ' of Louie' the 14th , I have only once in my life ever seen anything like them ' and that was in a display of hand made hoes that were from the 18th century... so no offence indented ' but I think i will stick to my Hand grade shoes from Crockett & Jones of Northampton as the three pairs of shoe's that you showcased today would be well beyond my budget ...

  • @chikken_soup
    @chikken_soup 4 роки тому

    Is the first place shoe made for a woman's foot?

  • @aaronsung6208
    @aaronsung6208 5 років тому +1

    Nobody has narrow enough feet to wear the last piece. So i think it is more like a leather art piece than a shoes. But i dont really enjoy the idea though.

  • @hydroaegis6658
    @hydroaegis6658 3 роки тому

    I guess that's the difference between a Shoemaking Competition and a Shoe Competition. Aesthetics matter less than technical prowess.

  • @bertrandpotvin
    @bertrandpotvin 4 роки тому

    Remember.. the last came first. After the idea.

  • @devilsadvocate7358
    @devilsadvocate7358 3 роки тому

    Could you imagine the world's finest knifemaker make a knife that cannot cut? That winner is a disgrace to shoemaking