Top 5 wholecut styles

If you want to experience the ultimate shoe then we would suggest a wholecut has to be a contender. To make this shoe you need a flawless piece of leather, a skilled craftsman to expertly pull the leather over the last without ripping it and a superb hand-finisher to give it the colour and shine it deserves. None of that comes cheap so Shrewsbury represents amazing value for money.

Rodington is something a little different for the shoe connoisseur. We have detailed a beautiful wholecut with a line of stitching to emulate a toe cap but without adding the bulk. The elegance of this approach is clear from the sleek profile and the lack of a "step" in the leather from toe to vamp. Only a shoe fanatic would notice but, just like the expensive lining on a suit, it matters to the wearer.

The wholecut can be considered the king of all formal footwear styles. Every time you combine leather pieces to create a shoe there will be a stitch and every stitch adds bulk to the profile and silhouette of the shoe. That is why the county brogue with lots of different panels, tends to be worn more casually than the simple toe-cap Oxford. But at the top of the tree, with no stitched panels at all, is the wholecut.

The Comfort Craftsman is made from a single piece of leather on a non-slip rubber sole and has a comfort insole making it feel as good as it looks. One of the iconic RM styles, you can't go wrong with a pair of these in your wardrobe. Note that the G fitting marked on the boot is equivalent to a UK medium F fit.