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$1Million Suit and $8k Shoes: Bespoke Threads & Handcrafted Treads

Filed under: Apparel, Shoes, Men's Style, Modern Gentleman

If Jake Mueser isn't the best dressed man in New York, then he must be the custom clothier dressing the chap who is. His shop, Against Nature Atelier in the Lower East Side, is a modern boulevardier's hideaway with apparel to upgrade any gentleman's life in a meaningful way. You know the sensuous thrill that comes over you upon arriving at the farmers market: redolent mint, eye-popping heirlooms tomatoes, suede-skinned peaches? Here, senses alight to the smell of craftsmanship, the luster of handworked silver, and the light fleecy feel of eight-ounce mohair. A cluster of off-the-rack seersucker suits stands summer ready in traditional blue stripe plus red and pencil grey along with custom denim jeans. Mueser, who could pass for Roger Federer's runway-ready younger brother, identifies fabrics like a sommelier naming grapes in a meritage: cotton, linen, worsted wool, cashmere.

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Lodger Footwear has a Shoe for Every Month

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Shoes, Men's Style

Happening on some establishment in Cincinnati or Miami that calls itself a "shoppe" or a "centre" usually rings the bell on our cynic's scale. Yet there are reasons that 'ye olde worlde' nostalgia remains, and England's Lodger Footwear is another of them. Handmade shoes fashioned probably in much the same way King James had his done... minus the CAD projections and 3-D laser scanner... results in a pair of shoes that – once your feet get used to them – will be hard to beat or outlast.

A newer twist to the old shoe game, though, is Lodger's Shoe of the Month. April's design is the Russell Rolled Top Oxford. Built on a classic English last and decked out in, ahem, burnished military green with a gently spreading top line, it's a taste of what's to come from Lodger's fall and winter collection. You can get them as long as the month lasts if you're so interested, but come May there'll be another one it'll be gone.

But wait, fine shoe lovers, there's more: every pair of Lodger shoes comes with custom made shoe trees designed on the original last, a 100% bamboo shoe bag for each shoe with luggage tags on each, and a storage box with a photo "for easy organization and identification of your shoe collection." When you're not in the mood for new shoes but just want to keep in touch with timeless luxury, Lodger also has Gentlemen's Corner column to keep you spiffy around the clock. Now that is our kind of cobbler.

Gallery: Lodger Footwear Shoe of the Month