I thought this thread was about "proper" leather shoes. Clarks sells proper leather shoes like ASDA sells Olympic class track bikes. Clarks shoes were never terribly good but these days they are just like a number of other British brands: offshore made !@#$. Its about price and margins and not quality and proper fit. Calling these "proper shoes" is the ill that killed the British and American shoe industries (albeit a boost for orthopedic and bariatric doctors)...
I thought this thread was about "proper" leather shoes. Clarks sells proper leather shoes like ASDA sells Olympic class track bikes. Clarks shoes were never terribly good but these days they are just like a number of other British brands: offshore made !@#$. Its about price and margins and not quality and proper fit. Calling these "proper shoes" is the ill that killed the British and American shoe industries (albeit a boost for orthopedic and bariatric doctors)...