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One of the highlights of my recent trip to Tokyo was visiting the Union Works factory in Kanagawa. It was an amazing experience, especially when Sakurai-San, the Technical Manager, showed us his skills by attaching a new sole to an existing welt.

Mahalo to Nakagawa-San, Sakurai-San, and Aoki-San for their hospitality. We are proud to recommend such an amazing repair business to our customers.

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I travel to Japan 2-3 times a year and always make it a point to visit Hong Kong as well. Custom dress shirts from Peter Lee, suits and ties from the Armoury, and roast pork and drinks with friends make the 4 hour plane ride well worth it.

Here I’m pictured with “internet celebrities” Alan, Ethan, and Graeme. Three men of honor and amazing sartorial genius.

Thank you Alan for the hospitality, Ethan for the roast pork and scotch, and Graeme for the cigar that did not make me sick.

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Sorry for all the Nike posts but as you can see I was a “sneakerhead” long before I was introduced to Aldens and Edward Greens.

Nike’s NIKEiD program was one of, if not the first MTO program for sneakers. Ever since its inception in 1999, I’ve been waiting for them to release a tennis shoe. Finally in 2011, they did and I made sure to order a pair on the first day they released.

The coolest part of my shoes are that my son and daughter’s names are embroidered on the heels but my wife doesn’t like me to show the internet that kind of info ha ha.

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I’ve never liked shoes with kilties until I saw this shoe worn right. This Saint Crispin’s #545 on the classic last was a special MTO for a very good customer of ours. I can envision someone wearing a nice tailored dress shirt with knit tie, sports jacket, slim fitting chinos with 2″ cuffs, and these…it would make a great Spring outfit.

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