{"product_id":"john-white-charter-semi-brogue-black","title":"John White Charter Semi Brogue Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Charter is a derby, whatever the older listings say. Look at the photograph: the quarters are stitched down on top of the vamp and the lacing opens out on either side. An Oxford closes the other way, with the facings tucked underneath. The name matters less than the consequence, which is that open lacing can be let out over a high instep and drawn in over a shallow one, so a derby forgives a foot that an Oxford argues with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn black, with the decoration confined to the toe cap and the seams, it stays inside almost any office dress code while still looking chosen rather than issued. It goes under charcoal and navy without comment, and the cap takes a proper shine if you are willing to spend twenty minutes on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn White publish the build: a high grade black calf upper, calf linings, a padded seat sock, leather soles and Blake stitch construction. A Blake seam runs through the insole and the sole rather than round a welt, which keeps the shoe slim underfoot and gives it some flex from the first day. It also means a resole needs a cobbler with a Blake machine rather than a welt stitcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEleven sizes: UK 6, then 7 and every half size up to 10.5, then 11 and 12. The gaps are at 6.5 and 11.5. F is the standard width across John White's range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe firm's Impregnable line launched in 1930 behind a front-page advertisement in the Daily Mail, and by the close of that year output stood at a million and a quarter pairs against a hundred thousand a decade earlier, which is how a Northamptonshire business founded in 1919 came to be one of the largest shoemakers in Britain. The shoes are designed in Northamptonshire today and made by partner factories. The warmer alternative is the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/john-white-charter-semi-brogue-tan\"\u003eCharter semi brogue in tan\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black wax on the cap and the heel, worked in thinly and built up over several sittings rather than one. Brush the punching out before the wax dries in it, or the holes fill and the pattern goes flat. Trees after every wear and a day between outings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John White","offers":[{"title":"6","offer_id":64187437875577,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_6","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"7","offer_id":64187437908345,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_7","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"7.5","offer_id":64187437941113,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_7_5","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"8","offer_id":64187437973881,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_8","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"8.5","offer_id":64187438006649,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_8_5","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"9","offer_id":64187438039417,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_9","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"9.5","offer_id":64187438072185,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_9_5","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"10","offer_id":64187438104953,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_10","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"10.5","offer_id":64187438137721,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_10_5","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"11","offer_id":64187438170489,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_11","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"12","offer_id":64187438203257,"sku":"JOHN_WHITE_CHARTER_SEMI_BROGUE_BLACK_12","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9017\/4329\/files\/charter-black-main-480x300_a43c57c9-bb13-4333-b809-bf79b5714211.jpg?v=1786084519","url":"https:\/\/english-brands.co.uk\/products\/john-white-charter-semi-brogue-black","provider":"English Brands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}