Bespoke (custom made) shoes used to be only accessible to the very rich, not surprising with a usual price of 1,600.00 to well above 2,000.00 .... however we said "used to be" since this situation has now changed.

Bespoke shoes - handmade to your personal measurements - for only 178.00 by Tower Bridge Shoes, a Wiltshire based company that has today, after 4 years in the business, a regular customer base of over 3,000 and the best part is, you can order your shoes on-line in their very well set up online shop

(PRWEB) March 22, 2004 --J. Saunders of Tailored for you Ltd., the UK company behind the brand name Tower Bridge Shoes say's;
"we have many customers from within the UK, from Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy and from as far away as New Zealand..."
Tailored for you Ltd. has developed a special foam which is produced for them in Germany and which retains a perfect imprint of the customers feet, once he or she stepped into the foam. A few measurements with a tape measure and an even more accurate last can be produced than you would get by visiting any of the few bespoke shoemakers left.
The shoes produced are made 100% by hand and each shoes is made on your personal last. Tailored for you Ltd. does not charge for the last either. J. Saunders says;" our business policy is simple, we do not charge for the last because experience has shown that, once a new customer has received his first pair of our handmade, Goodyear welted, bespoke shoes, he/she will not revert back to "off the rack shoes", but in most cases imediately order a further 2-4 pairs..."

TFY is growing fast and with a capacity of 1,000 pairs of bespoke shoes per month (they have 60 cobblers working in their production) are already the largest bespoke shoemaker worldwide and are set for a very healthy future, since virtually 99% of people in the developed world have problems with their feet..