George Cleverley Churchill

Very few upstanding shoemakers can rival the story behind George Cleverley’s iconic model, the ‘Churchill’. In the midst of The Blitz during World War Two, Winston Churchill, an ardent fan of George Cleverley bespoke, required a well made dress shoe which he didn’t have to reach down and tie whilst he frantically worked out of his underground bunker, now known as The Churchill War Rooms. So the innovative craftsmen at George Cleverley developed what would later be known as the Churchill.
A full brogue with an acute chiseled toe, Cleverley’s Churchill has imitation laces — strips of leather sewn in place to appear perfectly tied. Covered elastic sides, which sit below the ankle at a 45 degree angle, allow one’s foot to slide in an out with ease, and result in a practical, comfortable and classical shoe.