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I hate to sound as the title implies: but here is another heritage footwear brand worth buying into. what with the slight craze for good old Americanisms recently, I feel that an authentic American cobbler is perhaps the best thing to purchase this season.

Yuketen are an industry renowned brand, stocked in premium boutiques and websites. Yuki Matsuda is the designer behind this atmoshperic brand: emulating the techniques of traditional American methods, a product of his own primary research observing the footwear worn by remote locales from the Appalachians all the way to the high Sierras.

Just be seeing the product a smooth traditinal warmth hits you, the Chukka boots are particularly fabulous, made from slouchy, soft leather and available in an array of wholesome colours, anything from orchid to ivy, with a mismatching patchwork for good, stylish measure.

London stockists include Dover Street Market and Present on Shoreditch Highstreet, get down there and buy into a brilliant brand.

http://www.yuketen.com

May i present to you . . .

The new sparkle in Shoreditch Highstreet's eye: Present, one of the most reverred shops in Europe has opened it's utterly chic doors on one of the most talked about streets in London.

Present, 140 Shoreditch highstreet, the resting place of The Golden Horn Cigarette Company and a patch of land, long since ignored by the local eastenders.

Not anymore that is for sure. Present offers you with brands such as Alife, Vans, Haversack, Reigning Champ, and Present's own special brands t-shirts and the suchlike.

The attire crosses the entire spectrum of street cool and deliciously preppy, perfect for the impending spring with it's fresher than fresh colours and sparkling crispness.

If the clothes don't tickle your fancy than perhaps you should pop in to buy a curiously large and scented candle, or even a giant calendar. The visual aesthetics of the shop are splendid with a wall of carefull rolled bags adding a boisterous splash of colour, and vintage paraphenalia keeping the east London feel within the brand new boutique.

Did i forget to mention the delicious coffee on offer? Made especially for you, on a vintage Italian coffee maker, have a flick through carefully displayed back copies of monocle and other cutting edge menswear mags whilst you wait, (7th Man will be there soon for sure) although it is a shop.
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