Venerable English shoemaker Alfred Sargent has been crafting men’s footwear in Northamptonshire since 1899, so it’s big-time news that they’ve recently introduced a very impressive new Handgrade collection. We are pleased to announce our partnership with Alfred Sargent and debut their pulchritudinous new collection available in the United States exclusively at Leffot.
You only get one chance to make a first impression so you have to make it count. Alfred Sargent understands this, which is why they have chosen to present this new collection in a very smart and luxurious drawer box. It says a lot about the pride and craftsmanship that goes into the making of these shoes.
Like the egg, which protects the chick, this box encases your shoes and more. This is a serious size box with a leather pull tab embossed “AS” and outfitted with extra shoelaces, Saphir wax, an AS shoe horn and dust bags. Each shoe rests separately in its individual compartment ensuring they wont scuff each other.
You may be asking yourself why the box not the shoes? Good question, the answer is simple, we wanted to make a point. It says a lot about a company the way they pay attention to the seemingly smaller details. If they put that much time and attention into the packaging you can imagine the detail in their shoe making. I can assure it’s significant, we’ve received our first pairs of made to order shoes and they rocked, we’ll have pictures and much more to say about them next few days. Personally I can hardly wait for my pair of purple suede derby’s.
Alfred Sargent Keats Autumn Brown – MTO
17 Comments
Beautiful shoes I can’t wait to get a pair. Steven this is a great connection for you.
Is this the premier colection or a new one? Cant find anything on the website..
Pulchritudinous? I thought I had a pretty good vocabulary until I read that!
Mate the presentation is stunning. I want a pair! I’ve seen some on SF and I’ll keep an eye out on your site for more to come.
Bjorn
This is not the premier collection it is a new Handgrade collection, the finishing is much finer. Chay Cooper of AS is writing a blog which you can find here.
http://alfred-sargent.blogspot.com/
Steven
Ged
One of the pairs we received was a G fitting on the round toe last, wait until you see them they’re right up your alley. I’ll have pictures up very soon.
Regards to everyone down under,
Steven
Hello guys,
Do you know if the Peel & Co shoe collection by Brooks Brothers is still made by Alfred Sargent?
I read It somewhere but don’t trust very much the source, can someone confirm It?
BY the way, awesome box, It would be awesome If It could be bought without the shoes in order to perfectly store my collection.
Dear All,
May I say how delighted we are to be beginning this journey with Steven and Leffot.
Best Wishes from all at Alfred Sargent.
Chay.
Chay,
Thanks for introducing yourself we’re excited to be partnering with you, here’s to many a beautiful shoe.
Steven
Pricing for MTO?
Craig
Please contact us directly we’ll be happy to discuss pricing with you.
Thank you
Steven
I noticed that the autumn brown, chestnut and espresso colors offered in the handgrades are also used in the regular Sargent lines as well.
Would this mean that there is essentially no “upgrades” on the leather used between the handgrades vs the premier or regular collections? Are they the same?
Chay, I guess you are the best source to either confirm or not the Peal & Co – Alfred Sargent connection.
I’ve always wondered who made that collection for Brooks Brothers.
Thanks.
Some Peal & Co. is Sargent, others are Crockett & Jones.
Dear Max,
Re: the leathers used. Some are the same as used on the Premier Collection as you suggest.
I often get asked the question on what are the best calf’s and where are they sourced from. As there is not a large number of tanneries suitable for shoe makers who produce ‘high end’ shoes to choose from, the calf’s tend to be fairly generic. Sure, some choose to give new names to the same colours, but I guess if I was to do that you would still know whatever name I chose was still espresso even though the finish is different and superior.
The quality of the leather comes from the skill of the Clicker, the best part of the skin is the butt as you probably know, with Handgrade we only cut one pair per skin and that is after sorting through probably ten skins to select the best one whereas normally with Premier you would get two to three pairs. This is not being derogatory to the Premier Range as they are still fine shoes albeit at a lesser budget.
You could have a skin by a tannery perhaps regarded as the best and one who is regarded slightly lesser but end up with a better pair quality wise from the lesser one – it all depends on 1: the skill of the Clicker and 2: how many pairs you are going to cut from the skin.
If geographically feasible pop into Leffot and have a look, I feel the quality is evident but understand and appreciate that it is not really for me but the customer to say so.
Hope this helps,
Best,
Chay.
Dear Torero,
We do make make shoes for some highly reputable retailers and well known individuals although prefer for them to make mention of us if they deem suitable.
I realise that this perhaps isn’t an answer… sorry!
Best,
Chay.
Thanks for your answer Chay, I guess I’ll have to keep wondering if my Peal & Co are AS or CJ…
Terero: If they have one ring of nails on the sole, they are C & J, two they are Alfred Sargent.