We now open up the qualification to the finals of the World Championships in Shoe Shining and the primary World Championships in Shoe Patina 2020, two nice contests organised along with Saphir. Finals happen on the London Tremendous Trunk Present on April 25. The patina finalists will paint their footwear throughout the entire occasion, and the shoe shiners have 20 minutes to shine a shoe as pretty trying as they presumably can.
It’s possible you’ll learn all concerning the London Tremendous Trunk Present on this earlier submit. It takes place on Saturday April 25, within the middle of London at Showcase.co on 12 Regent Road, the place we collect greater than 10 manufacturers from everywhere in the world, attention-grabbing companions, and the World Championships in Shoemaking may have it’s award ceremony and competitors footwear displayed. Plus then the 2 different world champs contest that’s the matter on this article.
World Championships in Shoe Shining 2020
For the fourth time we host the World Championships in Shoe Shining, in collaboration with Saphir, the place the winner will obtain a pair of footwear from Loake. Earlier winners are Japanese Yuya Hasegawa and Yuta Sugimura from Japan, and John Chung from Singapore, all of them have used being the world champion titles with touring round varied locations in Asia, appeared in tv and magazines, and constructed up their respective shoe shining companies that they run. Nice ambassadeurs for the shoe shining craft. New now could be that the world champion additionally will probably be certified and get a paid journey to the Shoe Shining Champion of Champions, which I organise along with Isetan Males’s in Tokyo each third 12 months, the place we collect the three final world champions and chosen nationwide champions from the earlier years, for a giant battle between the most effective of the most effective. The primary version of this contest was held final 12 months, subsequent one will probably be in 2022.
Final 12 months’s world champion in shoe shining, Yuta Sugimura from Japan.
On the remaining at 15.00 on April 25, one Loake 1880 Aldwych in Mahogany is to be polished as stunning as attainable. We’ll not solely have a look at the best shine, however essentially the most stunning polish work is rewarded, how a lot of the shoe that’s shined, and many others. The finalists may have a can of Saphir Medaille d’Or Pate de Lux within the color of their alternative, a can of Saphir Medaille d’Or Mirror Gloss in impartial, water, a brush, a sharpening fabric (this they carry themselves) and a nylon fabric, and so they have 20 minutes to shine the shoe. For these of you who adopted the competitors earlier years you realize that there’s some nice outcomes even when the time is brief. The winner will probably be titled the World Champion in Shoe Shining 2020, and will get to maintain the shoe she or he has polished and its sibling, receives a shoe care package from Saphir, plus a glass plaquette.
To qualify for the shoe shining championships (we all know the qualification system isn’t excellent, however as said earlier than it’s the most effective resolution we’ve discovered to actually make it attainable for everybody from all over the place to enter, and we’ve tweaked it a bit this 12 months), ship in three photos of a pair of effectively polished footwear. The image ought to exhibit as a lot because the shine job as attainable, that’s their objective,so differ the angles between the pics, perhaps one close-up and many others. What will probably be judged is how effectively the pair is polished, not essentially the best shine but additionally different parameters will probably be considered, because the depth of the shine, any eventual coloration variations and many others.
Just one entry (three pics of the identical footwear) per contestant may be despatched in, and it ought to solely be most one pair of footwear within the image (for instance not a shoe assortment with polished footwear). The footwear within the photos must be polished by the one who sends within the entry, and the particular person has to have the ability to attend the ultimate in London on April 25. The competition is open for professionals in addition to amateurs, so each patina artists or skilled shoe shiners in addition to random shoe nerds can enter the competitors. You’re allowed to make minor changes to the image in for instance Photoshop, however extra vital modifications or filters and many others. will not be allowed. Now we have an expert photographer who will study all entries, and if we suspect that these guidelines have been violated the particular person will probably be disqualified. And please be aware, it’s the great thing about the polish job that’s judged, not how stunning the photographs are. It’s attainable to ship in entries to each contests, if somebody would make it to the finals in each contests it really works, although a good schedule in the course of the occasion day.
The image that world champion 2018 John Chung certified with that 12 months.
The jury consists of Jesper Ingevaldsson of Shoegazing, Justin FitzPatrick of The Shoe Snob, Marc Moura, the President of Saphir, Filip Hallerfelt of Loake, and Tom Beecroft, who run the shoe shining and patina service The Jaunty Flaneur. All will select their 5 favourites, and the three entries that obtain essentially the most votes will probably be certified for the ultimate. Jesper Ingevaldsson would be the just one who is aware of which image is from which particular person, the opposite ones will vote with none information about who has despatched within the entries. Within the case of a tie, Justin FitzPatrick’s votes would be the deciding issue. The jury choice can’t be overruled.
Ship in your competitors entry to shoegazingblog@gmail.com no later than Sunday March 15 2020. Enter “World Championships in Shoe Shining” within the topic subject. Finalists will probably be introduced the next week.
Throughout one of many finals, 20 hectic minutes to realize an important shine.
World Championships in Shoe Patina 2020
The most recent contest, which accomplished the holy triangle of shoe crafts. The World Championships in Shoe Patina is organised in collaboration with Saphir, the place winner will get a pair of TLB Mallorca footwear, a shoe care bundle from Saphir, and a glass plaquette. Portray footwear has been rising massively the previous a long time, particularly taking off in France and Italy, however later additionally in different markets like Japan and the UK. We see each manufacturers supply totally different patinas both as RTW or personalised by MTO, and we see skilled shoe patina makers who paint new and outdated footwear. Loads of totally different strategies may be discovered, and it is going to be attention-grabbing what kind of patinas we’ll see within the contest this 12 months.
Earlier than the beginning of the ultimate final 12 months.
The ultimate will begin immediately after opening of the tremendous trunk, at 11.15, and can end at 17.15 with a one hour break between 14.45-15.45 (for the reason that shoe shining remaining takes over the stage space at the moment). The three finalists will paint a TLB Mallorca Artista crust leather-based particular adelaide shoe, the crust comes from Annonay. They’ll get to decide on 5 colors of the leather-based dye Saphir Teinture Francais, which they might combine and use as they please in the course of the day. They may even obtain one Saphir Medaille d’Or Pommadier shoe cream and one can of Pate de Luxe wax within the colors they need, plus a horsehair brush and nylon fabric. Other than this, they carry their very own brushes and tools for portray and sharpening, and so they might paint the footwear in any approach attainable.
As with the shoe shining contest, the jury will decide the general great thing about the paint job, but additionally look shut on the high quality of the patina, the strategies used and the way effectively it’s executed. The winner will probably be titled the World Champion in Shoe Patina 2020, and will get to maintain the footwear she or he has painted, receives a shoe care package from Saphir, plus a glass award. The successful footwear will go on a world tour to 10 locations first although, along with the highest three of the shoemaking champs.
The TLB Mallorca Artista mannequin to be painted (in pure crust leather-based although).
To qualify for the shoe patina championship, three photos from totally different angles of a pair of painted footwear must be despatched in. It must be taken of a full pair however all pics of the identical footwear, and it’s advisable to indicate as a lot of the footwear and the paint job as attainable, at the very least one image exhibiting the footwear in full. What will probably be judged is identical parameters as described above. Just one entry (three pics) per contestant may be despatched in, and it ought to solely be most one pair of footwear within the image. The footwear within the image must be painted and polished by the one who sends within the entry, and the particular person has to have the ability to attend the ultimate in London on April 25. It’s open for each professionals and amateurs. As for the shining qualification you’re allowed to make minor changes to the photographs in for instance Photoshop, however extra vital modifications or filters and many others will not be allowed. Now we have an expert photographer who will study all entries, and if we suspect that these guidelines have been violated the particular person will probably be disqualified. And in addition right here, do be aware that it’s the great thing about the patina that’s judged, not how stunning the photographs are. It’s attainable to ship in entries to each contests, if somebody could be a finalist in each it might work, although April 25 will probably be a really busy day.
The jury consists of Tom Beecroft of The Jaunty Flaneur, Neus Benavent beforehand at Corthay and Gaziano & Girling, and Mathieu Priess of Septieme Largeur, shoemaker and patina maker Norman Vilalta, Jesper Ingevaldsson of Shoegazing, Justin FitzPatrick of The Shoe Snob, Marc Moura, the President of Saphir, and Toni Llobera of TLB Mallorca. All will select their 5 favourites, and the three entries that obtain essentially the most votes will probably be certified for the ultimate. Jesper Ingevaldsson would be the just one who is aware of which image is from which contestant, the opposite ones will vote with none information about who has despatched within the entries. Within the case of a tie, Justin FitzPatrick’s votes would be the deciding issue. The jury choice can’t be overruled.
Ship in your competitors entry to shoegazingblog@gmail.com no later than Sunday March 15 2020. Enter “World Championships in Shoe Patina” within the topic subject. Finalists will probably be introduced the next week.
The three completed footwear after remaining 2019.
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