Amsterdam Great Trunk Current 2022 — The Shoe Care Retailer

After two and a half years it was lastly time for the Amsterdam Great Trunk Current. In Amsterdam current in March 2020, Amsterdam was the ultimate throughout the assortment of Great Trunk Reveals which were held sooner than Covid. In 2022, the kick-off was in London in May. On the end of September the current was held in Stockholm and on October 1st it was time for Amsterdam model. This yr at a model new location: the Vondelkerk and that was a good choice! The combination of this pretty space, the vary of leather-based footwear, luxurious shoe care and the utterly completely different trend companions produced an beautiful image.

Led by our private Bas van Exter and Jesper Ingevaldsson from Shoegazing.com, we opened the current at 11:00. This yr we as soon as extra had a pleasing line-up of shoe producers from in all places on the earth. The current was complemented by numerous Dutch trend producers. And naturally, the Dutch Shoe Shine Championship, in collaboration with Saphir Médaille d’Or, was part of the programme.

The day revolves spherical footwear, let’s start with these: which producers have been on present? The Hand is our most significant shoe affiliate of the day. Of their boutique retailer on Willemsparkweg in Amsterdam you will discover high-end footwear from Edward Inexperienced, Gaziano & Girling, Norman Vilalta and Maison Corthay, amongst others.

By the Great Trunk Current, the gents from Edward Inexperienced, possibly our favourite English mannequin, had come over to Amsterdam.

As quickly as as soon as extra Nathan Peach made an enormous impression on his craft, this time he labored on a ‘hand sewn Norwagian break up toe’. It’s good that Edward Inexperienced can current this at events like this.

One different crowd pleaser was Acme Shoemaker from China, their completely handmade ready-to-wear and made-to-order footwear are of unparalleled top quality. Journey restrictions in China made it troublesome for Acme to attend, nonetheless we had a solution. Raoul Mulder, a great shoe lover and ambassador of The Shoe Care Retailer, took on the illustration of the mannequin in Amsterdam with good pleasure.

Fortunately, the two completely different Asian producers have been able to return over to Amsterdam themselves. Just like two years previously, Bridlen footwear from India was present with a pleasing assortment of their Goodyear welted footwear.

And this time, CNES footwear was moreover present in Amsterdam, having beforehand participated in London and Stockholm.

Alongside together with his shoe weblog Shoegazing.com, Jesper can be associated to the Swedish webshop Skolyx. Together with their very personal mannequin, moreover they launched TLB Mallorca and Yanko to Amsterdam.

On a day stuffed with footwear, good shoe care is in spite of everything vital. We arrange the Amsterdam Great Trunk Current because of we want to introduce our purchasers to certain shoe producers, however moreover to have the power to make clear straightforward strategies to appropriately maintain these footwear, we’re often called The Shoe Care Retailer for a objective. And so we had our merchandise, along with a wide range of Saphir Médaille d’Or, displayed on plenty of tables.

And Saphir was not solely there with merchandise, because of they’re moreover part of the Dutch Shoe Shine Championship. We arrange this with The Shoe Care Retailer, Shoegazing, Saphir and Dumco. This yr, Theo, Selwyn and Neil acquired a model new Loake Aldwych shoe in mahogany, a Pate de Luxe shoe wax and a Mirror Gloss (every Saphir Médaille d’Or), some shine water, a shoe shine material and a brush and twenty minutes to showcase their talents.

Theo Frijn of Shoespa Amsterdam acquired the title for the second time in a row. Congratulations Theo, as quickly as as soon as extra correctly deserved, your shine was great!

One in all many contributors throughout the Dutch Nationwide Championships, Neil McKenzie of Van Mourik Schoenen in Alblasserdam, is not solely good at sprucing footwear, however moreover at painting. He gave a patina demonstration by way of the day.

Moreover this yr numerous good trend companions have been present. New Tailor is just not going to be an unfamiliar title to many, now we now have been attending each other’s events for years. They’ve been moreover present this yr.

Just like the sooner model, Yvo van Regteren Altena was present collectively together with his perfume mannequin YVRA. And as an avid shoe lover, he was moreover part of the expert jury that chosen the worthwhile shoe by way of the Dutch Shoe Shine Championships.

As a purchaser of The Shoe Care Retailer you’ve got gotten possibly seen them thus far, the bags of the Amsterdam mannequin Travelteq. Since last month, the messengers is likely to be current in our retailer as soon as extra. And to rejoice, they’ve been moreover present by way of the current.

The style nook was completed by Amidé Hadelin, this Dutch accent mannequin has purchasers in all places on the earth. And proprietor Amidé Stevens is well-known throughout the worldwide trend world.

London hosts the Bespoke Shoe Making World Championships and the Patina World Championships yearly. After the event, the worthwhile footwear from these competitions will possible be despatched world large to be exhibited. Fortunately, a stop in Amsterdam was moreover deliberate, they appeared pretty by way of the current.

In case you missed them on the event, they will nonetheless be seen at The Hand in Amsterdam sooner than they proceed their journey by the use of Europe.

What a pleasure it was to welcome so many shoe lovers and our Dutch and worldwide companions throughout the Vondelkerk as soon as extra. We look once more on a extremely worthwhile day and will’t look ahead to subsequent yr’s model!

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