Our Beautiful Italian Summer Weekend Range is now available instore. Constructed in luxurious super-fine suede; the slip-on comes in a choice of stone or chocolate colourways and features a hand stitched apron and counter.

We also have a tasseled option in stone suede with contrast chocolate grain leather collar and counter. The range is constructed using our fantastic Weekend Sole; a new development in the Lodger collection. This new sole is a blend of hand finished leather with rubber tread inserts.

As an exclusive introductory offer we are offering our clients 10% off the range for today only.

Slip-on in stone or chocolate; £270 today (usually £ 300)

Tasseled loafer; £315 today (usually £ 350)

Available instore only! (+44 (0) 207 287 5455)

 

 Thanks to The Daily Telegraph for a great nod to our Desert Boots!

We currently have stock in Navy and Chocolate suede, and plan to add further colours and a leather version to the collection for Autumn/Winter.

-Annejkh

 The July Striped Oxford is waiting in the wings for its release next Wednesday, and we are already receiving some great feedback! Inspired by the Duke of Windsor; in my opinion THE best dressed man of all time; it is a sophisticated blend of fine Scabal striped linen and burnished French calf.  The Duke of Windsor's personal style still echoes loudly throughout contemporary men's fashion. He successfully combined checked blazers with striped shirts and argyle socks with two-tone brogues; spawning a new dynamic in adventurous yet refined British dress.

 The Striped Oxford will be available from July 1st in store and online for one month only.

-Annejkh

 Today I have been re-aligning the stripe direction for our final striped Oxford samples. The masking tape in this photograph shows the preferred direction.  When the stripes run almost horizontally over the toe the last shape looks wider and less flattering to the foot. By altering the angle to run the stripe more acutely down the shoe the overall look is sleeker and less chaotic on the eye!

 

 - Annejkh

 I searched for a suitable fabric for our July Oxford for quite some time...and found a superb fine navy/white rope-twist stripe linen in Scabal on Savil Row. Our Northampton workshop have been developing the patterns; and here is the latest version; almost perfect. In some ways linen is the perfect fabric to use on a summer shoe as it is lightweight and breathable; however due to its weight properties it is also very difficult to control!

 

We have experimented with how to strengthen the linen for footwear use and here you can see we finally backed the fabric with soft Italian calf lining. The calf not only adds consistency to the fabric; it  minimises wrinkling and tearing when the shoes are lasted. To prevent fraying we hand-folded the edges and added a flat-edged tan piping; known as slip-beading. This little flash of leather highlights the lines of the shoe and breaks up what would otherwise be a large expanse of stripe!

 

-Annejkh

Please come join us for the next "First Thursday" on the 4th of June to see the new Saddle Shoe, have a glass of summer wine, and catch up with a few Lodger friends. 

We will also be offering a discount of 10% on any pair of shoes ordered on the night.  A perfect chance to pick up a pair of the new Desert Boots or to order the Shoe of the Month.

There is a good reason why most companies refuse to show you the real prototypes used in their developent process.  They are always, always ugly.  You might get a look at a nice drawing of what the finished product will look like, something like this sketch of our August Shoe of the Month, but rarely anything else.  

In the spirit of sharing how we do things here at Lodger, here is the first prototype of our August Shoe of the Month. 

It's made in whatever leather is lying around that is close to the weight and charicteristics of the production leather.  In this case, a hot pink.  The pattern lines are always awkward, because it's a first try.  And beyond that, stretching the leather around the last is more an art than a science.  The first version is always lasted poorly. 

But if you look behind the colour, and the design, and the fact that the stacked leather midsole was mounted upside down, this is going to be a sweet shoe.

As a change of pace, we will pre-order 25 pairs that will be available for immediate purchase over the month of August.  When they're gone, they're gone.  This is the first (and probably only) Shoe of the Month that will be available on the spot.  It's our way of trying something new, both in terms of style and service.  Hope you like it.

 We have just received a fresh delivery of Desert Boots. Our original Biscuit suede boots were so popular we decided to produce this small stock run in Bitter Chocolate and Deep Navy suede.

Numbers are strictly limited....so catch them while you can!

-Annejkh

Please come join us on the 7th of May for our next "First Thursday" to see the new Diamond Cap, have a glass of Summer wine, and catch up with a few Lodger friends. 

Lodger Shop

15c Clifford Street, W1S 4JZ

6pm - 8pm

 Here's an early glimpse of our Shoe of the Month for June. Made in our English workshop; in Biscuit Nubuck and rich Walnut Grain leather with enamelled eyelets and contrast waxed linen lace. Goodyear-welted on a full leather sole; they will be available online and from our Clifford Street showroom from June 1st.

-Annejkh