Shoes eyelets

[Guest]

I noticed that in some shoes eyelets are perfectly lined, in other they are a little bit curved outward going toward the toe.

How do you prefer them?

I know it is a small detail, but since going bespoke you can specify everything ...

I prefer them to be straight.

I also saw some 6 eyelets shoes, but I have to say I prefer to stick to 5.

[Tony]

For me it depends on the style of shoe, For a derby shoe straight eyelets are better.
For an oxford it can depend on the facing row, if the facing row is straight then the eylets should be staight if it tapers out towards the vamp then the eyelets look better tapered. If you have straight eylets and a tapered facing row the lines tend to conflict.

Tony

[edhayes]

tony is making me a pair of shoes with eyelets that have a alternating pattern-very neat