Buckland Sneaker

Photo Credit: Carreducker

• Company
  Carreducker
• Lead Designer
  James Ducker
• Design Team
  Deborah Carre
• Client
  Bespoke Customer (confidential)
• Expertise
  Brand

Responding to the changing footwear landscape, the Buckland is a bespoke shoe with a difference. Its retro-styling combines traditional artisanal skills - Norwegian welt & saddle stitch - with small-scale manufacturing, to create a luxury leather sneaker with sustainable credentials.

The upper and lining are made from Italian veg. tanned leather with a cushioned footbed, topline and tongue; pit tanned, English oak bark leather foxing is hand stitched in waxed linen thread; and the rubber sole is lightweight & flexible.

The bespoke Buckland is fully repariable, designed to last.

Bio
Bespoke shoemakers making to commission for private individuals; the original and definitive educators in handsewn shoe making teaching the skills and techniques of the centuries-old, handsewn craft; teaching leathercraft classes; online shop for shoemaking videos, tools, kits and materials; founders of Carreducker London, English-made, small runs of unisex footwear.

Other prizes
Balvenie Masters of Craft UK, Leather winner, 2011 Marsh Heritage Craft Association Made in Britain Award, 2017 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Award for Excellence, 2018