The Loake Chester Brogue Shoe Tan is a full brogue derby in burnished tan calf from Loake's 1880 Classic collection. Loake was founded in Kettering, Northamptonshire in 1880 and the founding family still run it, now into a fifth generation. They design and engineer the 1880 Classic range at Kettering and make it in England.
The Chester is a wingtip: a W-shaped toe cap, a punched medallion on the toe, and brogue perforation along the seams. The lacing is open, with the quarters sitting on top of the vamp, which is what makes it a derby rather than an oxford and why it takes a higher instep than a closed-laced brogue will.
It is built on Loake's 024 last, one of the two country lasts they currently use. The 024 is cut roomier than their town shapes to leave space for a thicker sock, and the toe is rounded rather than chiselled. Fitting is F.
In tan the Chester is Goodyear welted onto a studded rubber sole, not the double leather sole used on the black. That is the more useful pairing for a country brogue: rubber grips on wet stone and gravel, and the welt still lets the shoe be pulled apart and resoled when the tread wears through. Loake lock-stitch the sole to the welt with two separate threads and pack the cavity between welt and insole with cork, which compresses to the shape of the foot over the first months of wear.
Tan is a country colour and behaves like one. It sits well with flannel, tweed, moleskin, cords and denim, and it is the wrong shoe against a dark formal suit; the black Chester is the one for that. Loake reckon a Goodyear welted pair takes eight weeks to make and passes through some 200 different operations.
Available here in tan.
Care: Brush after wear. A neutral or tan cream every few wears, with wax on the toe and heel if you want more shine. Shoe trees overnight. Loake refurbish Goodyear welted shoes at their Northamptonshire factory, on the original lasts, when the soles go.
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The Loake Chester Brogue Shoe Tan is a full brogue derby in burnished tan calf from Loake's 1880 Classic collection. Loake was founded in Kettering, Northamptonshire in 1880 and the founding family still run it, now into a fifth generation. They design and engineer the 1880 Classic range at Kettering and make it in England.
The Chester is a wingtip: a W-shaped toe cap, a punched medallion on the toe, and brogue perforation along the seams. The lacing is open, with the quarters sitting on top of the vamp, which is what makes it a derby rather than an oxford and why it takes a higher instep than a closed-laced brogue will.
It is built on Loake's 024 last, one of the two country lasts they currently use. The 024 is cut roomier than their town shapes to leave space for a thicker sock, and the toe is rounded rather than chiselled. Fitting is F.
In tan the Chester is Goodyear welted onto a studded rubber sole, not the double leather sole used on the black. That is the more useful pairing for a country brogue: rubber grips on wet stone and gravel, and the welt still lets the shoe be pulled apart and resoled when the tread wears through. Loake lock-stitch the sole to the welt with two separate threads and pack the cavity between welt and insole with cork, which compresses to the shape of the foot over the first months of wear.
Tan is a country colour and behaves like one. It sits well with flannel, tweed, moleskin, cords and denim, and it is the wrong shoe against a dark formal suit; the black Chester is the one for that. Loake reckon a Goodyear welted pair takes eight weeks to make and passes through some 200 different operations.
Available here in tan.
Care: Brush after wear. A neutral or tan cream every few wears, with wax on the toe and heel if you want more shine. Shoe trees overnight. Loake refurbish Goodyear welted shoes at their Northamptonshire factory, on the original lasts, when the soles go.
You can ask any question about this product.
Our specialists will answer you shortly!
