Bespoke Measurements With John Lobb | Kirby Allison

In this full interview, Kirby Allison has the pleasure of sitting down with Jonathan Lobb, of John Lobb, to go through their traditional measurement taking process. John Lobb is famous for taking their shoes straight to finish after the measurements are taken and the last is constructed. For that reason, it is vital that the measurements taken are the most precise they can be. That is why their methods haven't changed in almost 200 years. Parts of this scene were included in our full length documentary on John Lobb, which can be seen by following the links below: John Lobb Video Collection: Inside John Lobb https://youtu.be/pc_TsO2lfUk Behind The Scenes: https://youtu.be/B9Mpbf2_ZXU Lobb Bottom Making: https://youtu.be/DSrrf3rPhMI Also see our entire John Lobb playlist of videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNeFpbTnJYLwetdudRJDmMzTzjqetJk1U Whilst completing our long-awaited piece on John Lobb, it was apparent that some of the footage filmed would need to be trimmed in order to keep the final run-time to a sensible length. However, we were also aware that the conversations with these experts in the craft were too good to not ever see the light of day. So sit back and enjoy the full interview with Jonathan Lobb. John Lobb on St. James’s Street in London is widely regarded as one of the world’s preeminent bespoke shoemakers. Established in 1849, John Lobb has been discretely crafting bespoke shoes for some of the world’s most powerful and important people f