靴は実際に試着しての購入がMUSTだと考えるためサイズは割愛。但し、筆者の足は幅が広く甲が低い。 足のサイズはジャストでも羽根が閉じ切ってしまうことが多く、靴の内側小指の部分が大抵えぐれる。また、新しい革靴を履く時は大抵親指の第一関節と第二関節の間がボロボロになる。参考までに。 Size is omitted because we believe that shoes MUST be purchased after actually trying them on. However, the author’s feet are wide and have a low instep. Even if the size of my foot is just right, I often find that the wings are not fully closed, and the inside of the shoe is usually gouged at the little toe. Also, when I wear new leather shoes, the area between the first and second joints of my thumb is usually torn up. For reference.
This is the pair that started the author off buying leather shoes. The product code is different from back then, but this seems to be the closest. Incidentally, I wore out the first pair and am currently wearing the second pair.
It was the first pair of shoes I bought after joining the company, and it was the best for me at that time when I wanted to buy something a little better in the relatively high-priced line of REGAL. The store was located between Shibuya and Harajuku, and I remember being told about it during a date with my wife. The store was fashionable and a bit difficult to enter, but I remember well that I had the courage to enter the store because I was with my wife.
I recommend that you buy the right size. You can wear them in the right size for quite a long time because they do not stretch that much even if you wear them until they are worn out.
The liner is relatively firm, but the shape fits my feet, so I don’t get tired of wearing them.
The leather is hard, so it does not get scratched easily even in a hard environment. I visit various places such as construction sites, factories, and rural areas without pavement due to my work, and I can wear them in such places without any worries.
The leather is not glass leather, but it is shiny, so even if you neglect to polish it, it is also good that dirt does not stand out.
The liner is red and stands out, so it is easy to find even if you take them off at a pub, which was unexpectedly helpful when I was a lowly worker. I wonder if it is old-fashioned nowadays to say that a lowly worker has to quickly put on his shoes, pay the bill, and look for a second place to go.
It is not a must-buy, but it is worth buying. For those who cannot maintain their suits frequently, or for those who need to wear their suits well even in a somewhat hard environment, we recommend that you go to a store to try them on.
With its roots in military shoe manufacturing, REGAL brought the tough and unbreakable Goodyear welt method to Japan. Its authentic leather shoes became a standard in Japan after the Ivy look boom of the 1960s. We would like to experience these roots once again, and would like the generation that grew up in the sneaker culture and the generation that is particular about leather shoes to experience the history, quality, and design of REGAL. With this in mind, “REGAL Shoe & Co.” was born.[英訳]
