The Rolls Royce of shoe makers

George Cleverley joined Nikolaus Tuczek after the War I and remained with the company for 38 years. In 1958 George started his own company, George J. Cleverley of Cork Street, Mayfair, London. There he created the Cleverley shape chisel-toe shoes which became his signature.

Nikolaus Tuczek Ltd were boot and shoe makers who traded from1853-1970. The company was taken over by John Lobb in 1970.

John Lobb was a cornish farmboy whose mastery Gentle Craft of last and awl brought him golden awards in the Great International Exhibition of the Victorian times. John Lobb set up a shop in James St, London in 1866. Today the company holds Royal Warrants to The Duke Of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales.
Jonh Lobb was bought by Hermes in 1976 but Lobb of St. James is still the original company of bespoke shoemakers.

By Ze Landum