Variants

Wing caps are a beautiful way to decorate shoes - anything from eye-catching to subtle is possible, depending on what other elements are added.

Wholecut shoes are essentially made from a single piece of leather. Many of the connecting seams that otherwise hold together the different upper parts on other shoes are almost completely eliminated here. This makes the wholecut shoe look cleaner and more elegant, especially when the leather is a smooth calfskin without additional texture.

Spectator shoes are two-tone shoes. The upper leather is made in two different, often highly contrasting colors, and in this way they draw attention especially quickly.

Here you can take a look at additional shoe variants that can usually be applied to several basic models. Most of the time it’s about adding decorations, but sometimes they’re also removed.

You can think of decorative stitching as a kind of playful way to visually upgrade your shoes. While formal shoes often look rather dry and restrained, decorations like decorative stitching are one way to give a shoe more personality.

Contrast stitching is usually stitching on the shoe’s upper leather whose color contrasts with the color of the upper leather. This makes such stitching stand out especially from the outside. So it has a decorative effect, even though it’s actually only meant to connect the different parts of the shoe.

Contrast stitching is usually stitching on the shoe’s upper leather whose color contrasts with the color of the upper leather. This makes such stitching stand out especially from the outside. So it has a decorative effect, even though it’s actually only meant to connect the different parts of the shoe.

The term "brogue" refers to a shoe with perforated patterns, known as broguing. Here you’ll learn more about the different variations and why they’re ideal for casual wear.

Here I introduce you to a casual shoe style that I myself refer to as boho style. I also shorten the name and call the shoes boho shoes. They are characterized by a range of decorative details that make the shoes more striking and more interesting to look at.