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Jeffrey West

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Born and bred in Northampton, the historical centre of the British shoemaking and leather industries, childhood friends Mark Jeffery and Guy West were surrounded by tradition and history from the word go, even more so for Jeffery as his father ran the family owned shoe factory in the town. Perhaps not a surprise therefore that they would go on to become shoe designers, but the fact that they began their first business as 16 year olds, designing and selling their own shoes at markets in Northamptonshire and also at Kensington Market in London, shows remarkable prescience and motivation. At first, as Guy West explains, “Mark and I would buy rejects and ends of lines from his dad’s factory and other factories, customise them and sell them on.”

They quickly moved on to having their own designs made up but, as West says, “because we were so young nobody would take us seriously” to this end they had to approach a friend who worked as leather buyer in a local shoe factory to source and buy the leather for them. In a shed at the hotel which West’s parents ran, the duo installed a clicking bench and “we paid a chap who would finish work at a shoe factory” says West, “and then come over to us in the evening and he’d hand cut all the patterns and do all the clicking on our shoes.” They would then take the patterns to a closing room in Northampton, closing, as West explains, “is when you stitch all the uppers together”, before taking the uppers and soles to a factory to be made up into finished shoes, which they would then take back to West’s parent’s hotel to pack into boxes and cartons.

Already set fare for a career in shoes, the sudden death of Jeffery’s dad and subsequent loss of the factory, sadly ruling out Jeffery being able to take over the family firm, motivated the two friends to take their fledgling business to another level in 1987 with the founding of Jeffery~West, for which their close and early involvement with every stage of the manufacturing process during the previous four years, an apprenticeship by default, stood them in very good stead. Their industriousness continued as they created a 12-piece Jeffery~West sample range and approached prospective retailers before approaching a potential bank manager who, as West says, “sympathetically said that he would give us a try” and explains further that because he and Jeffery were only in the early twenties for the bank “it was quite a gamble because at the time there was absolutely nobody in the industry as young as us.”

Products

Footwear
Fashion
Jewellery
Accessories
Leather Goods

Address: 16 Piccadilly Arcade Mayfair , London SW1Y 6NH, XGL, GB
Phone: 020 7499 3360
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State: XGL
City: London
Zip Code: SW1Y 6NH

opening times

Monday: 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-19:00
Thursday: 10:00-19:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Saturday: 10:00-18:00
Sunday: 12:00-16:00


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Reviews
JW shoes are amazing. The shop and staff in Piccadilly are amazing. Thank you for the great customer service I receive every-time i visit and thank you for the wonderful shoe collection I own. Look forward to seeing you again.
Look no further you have arrived. Everything else out there pales in comparison to Jeffery West. Dive into the deep end and get wet!!!
Called ahead and my shoes were put aside in 2 sizes. Great service. I now have my third pair of Jeffrey West shoes. Love them!!
Absolutely top notch service from Toby in store, actually both guys were attentive and fun! Great shop and my fiancé brought a stunning pair of dexter brogues. Great quirky experience and would recommend a look!
I really like Jeffrey West and the shoes are rather fab and I have bought 6 pairs , however I don't like some of the leather finishes that they use to achieve some of the colours of their shoes , a good example of this would be the Honey Coloured Moon shoe where the leather is not through dyed meaning the colour sits on top of the leather. Someone clipped my toecap with their suitcase on a busy street and scuffed the toe cap , I took the shoe to show several leather smiths and unfortunately the shoe cannot be repaired a fact confirmed by Jeffrey West Piccadilly who felt suddenly more like a shoe retailer rather than a Northampton shoemaker …… I cancelled my 2 reserved shoes as they had the same dye which on a good side saved me £600 ….. I have now sent my shoes off to a cobbler and he will re finish the shoe but in black … a real shame as I already have 3 in black . Otherwise good shoes !
Today I called into the shop and was amazed by the levels of customer service. To put it into perspective, I owned a Jaguar for many years and never experienced anything like this... I only wanted a pair of blue laces for my shoes!
Turned up one time by luck on their birthday where despite the tiny size of the store, they had a barman who served me an Old Fashioned on the house while I tried on the shoes, then one of their artists engraved the ones I bought. Excellent shop and great service.
Bought my first pair of JW's today and I am super happy. Best for business and leisure with a little edge. Professional service.
Excellent quirky shop, I was served by one of the owners wife, she got me sorted with a pair of dexter chukkas and Dirk belt to match.
Absolutely fantastic boots and shoes. The only boots and shoes I will wear. Now that I've moved from London they aren't quite so easy to get and I'm going through Jeffery West withdrawal.
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