On the evening of September 10th New York as well as cities around the world will celebrate a unique event, Fashion’s Night Out 2009, of which Leffot is a proud participant. We invite you to join us for a glass of French wine or English ale and experience some of the finest handcrafted trunks and shoes on the planet.
Leffot, the men’s shoe store that has put the “haute” in the American man’s way of shopping, will be holding a trunk show for Ephtée Trunks, at our store. The collection consists of the Ephtée signature trunks that are made to hold a man’s collection of shoes when traveling and also polishing caskets filled with the finest products for maintenance – everything but the butler. The trunks are hand-made in France of the finest woods in an assortment of colors, trimmed in leathers and brass. As the trunks are all made-to-order, the combinations are limitless. Joining us will be Mr. Franck Tressens founder of Ephtée.
Edward Green is known for their distinctive shoes, whether made-to-order or ready-to-wear. This will be the first time Edward Green will be showing their “Top Drawer” collection of men’s shoes. Mr. Xavier Candat of Edward Green will be on hand to assist you and answer questions. There will also be a small selection of women’s shoes.
The Ephtée and Edward Green trunk shows will be held on Thursday evening September 10th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm through Friday and Saturday 11th & 12th. 
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Steven – is it possible you could contact me direct – if you send me a contact e-mail adderess, I’ll explain why.
PS I hope the English Ale you’re serving is Tomothy Taylor’s Landlord !
Cheers
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Timothy Taylor’s
I can’t imagine the mode of transport that it would require to have such shoe trunks accompany one on a journey. I don’t believe that there is an automobile that could accommodate the larger one, or even the smaller. I suppose you could have it sent to the dock for a sailing, and then have the ship line send it back. Puzzling what practical use these could ever be in modern times.
Furthermore, there does not appear to be any retainer for the shoes in the larger trunk. Trunks cannot be assured of always being carried in an upright position. Hence, without a retention system, the shoes would be thrown about and even gravitate through the support bars, IMO. That would not be such a problem with the smaller trunk, assuming that there are trays all the way down into it.
RBS
Thanks for yor comments. I think most people use these trunks for storage and treat them as pieces of furniture. At least that was the impression I got at last nights event from our clients that placed orders.
Cheers
Steven