Lloyd’s Footwear, a leather shoe specialty store made in Northampton, England, opens a new store in Osaka!

Lloyd’s Footwear, which only sells authentic shoes made in the United Kingdom, the holy land of shoes, has opened a specialty store for shoes and bags in Osaka. The company has been making shoes for 35 years since its first encounter with an old craftsman in Northampton, England, and you can experience all that Lloyd’s Footwear has accumulated over the years.

Lloyd’s Footwear, a specialty store specializing in “English shoes for Japanese people

Lloyd’s Footwear has its origins in ” Junk City,” an English antique store opened by Shigeo Toyoda in Daikanyama in 1971. In 1980, Lloyd’s Clothing Store began selling Lloyd’s Footwear. The Aoyama store opened in 1983 and the Ginza store opened in 1991, but the Daikanyama store closed in 2004, and after the Aoyama store closed in December 2015, the Ginza store was the only one store in the company’s history. The Osaka store will be the long-awaited first store to open in the Kansai region.

Lloyd’s Footwear’s leather shoes made by skilled craftsmen in Northampton, England

Lloyd’s Footwear has been ordering its original shoes from Northampton since its inception. The greatest feature of Lloyd’s Footwear is the Goodyear welt manufacturing method, which allows for long-lasting wear, and the price setting that is commensurate with the product. Lloyd’s Footwear’s original wooden patterns are made to suit the Japanese foot, brought to the factory in Northampton, and each pair is painstakingly manufactured by experienced shoemakers in England. The lineup includes the V series with dynamite soles, the M series and High Grade series with leather soles, and the top-of-the-line Master Lloyd. The differences between these models are due to the materials used and the level of craftsmanship, with the top-of-the-line Master Lloyd’s being made by top-class craftsmen in the UK with the title of ” Master “.

Lloyd’s Footwear Osaka

Opened on Thursday, September 13, 2018
4-6-15 Minami-Senba, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 542-0081, Japan
12:00 – 21:00 (open year round)
TEL: 06-6575-7737