London Super Trunk Show 2025
The major shoe event in London returns for its seventh edition on Saturday, May 10. The event will feature 14 shoe and menswear companies from around the world, a free shoe shining service, a mirror shine masterclass, the new Super Trunk Sweepstake raffle with great prizes, the finals of the World Championships of Shoe Shining, Shoe Patina, and Shoemaking, and more.
Location: Showcase.co, 12 Regent Street, St. James, London.
Date: Saturday May 10 2025
Full schedule for the day:
11.00-18.30 Trunk show open for the public, FREE OF CHARGE AND NO REGISTRATION NEEDED.
Exhibitions with:
Platinum sponsors
– Saphir (shoe care, France)
– Bridlen (shoes, India)
Gold sponsors
– CNES (shoes, Vietnam)
– Twinkima.G (shoes, China)
Silver sponsors
– 100 Hands (clothes, Netherlands)
– Arch Kerry (shoes, Japan)
– Blk Brd (shoes, India)
– Bresciani (socks, Italy)
– Charles Paige (clothes, USA)
– Lennertson (shoes, Belgium)
– Optimo Hats (hats, USA)
– Vogel (shoes, USA)
– Yearn (shoes, China)
Special partner
– The Valet (shoe and clothing care service)
On display are all the entries in the World Championships of Shoemaking.
11.00-18.30 Free shoe shining service by Saphir.
11.15-17.15 (1 hour break 14.45-15.45) Final of the World Championships of Shoe Patina in collaboration with Saphir and Bridlen, In the prize pool are shoes from Bridlen, shoe shine kits from Saphir, medals, and £600 (€720 / $770) in total. (More info in the qualification post here)
13.00-13.30 Mirror shine masterclass, with Yuya Hasegawa, founder of Brift-H, first world champion of shoe shining.
15.00-15.30 Final of the World Championships of Shoe Shining in cooperation with Saphir and Bridlen, In the prize pool are shoes from Bridlen, shoe shine kits from Saphir, medals, and £600 (€720 / $770) in total. (More info in the qualification post here)
17.30-18.00 Award ceremony for the patina competition, and for the World Championships of Shoemaking, organised in collaboration with Kirby Allison, Master Shoemakers and Parker Schenecker. The top ten including the three podium positions are presented. In the prize pool is £6,000 (€7,200 / $7,700), shoemaking awls by Phil Norsworthy, medals, plus being exhibited at Isetan Men’s, Tokyo, and 10+ at other locations around the world. (More info in the Call for competition here)
Also winners in the Super Trunk Sweepstake will be announced.
18.30 Event closes.