Congratulations Jack! The Vagrant Shoe was the most popular design with both the public and the judges.
This from Judge Gordon Kelly:
"All 3 shoes are very interesting and creative, my 1st choice would be the ‘Vagrant’ because I just like it. Especially the complex lacing and I think it would lend itself to the Vein line very well. As for comments I think the puckering on the upper around the metatarsal area could turn out to be difficult to replicate in a production environment. And I think the undercut heel could be detrimental to both stability and wear (dependant on the depth of undercut of course).
The ‘Zipped Oxford’ was very traditional shoe which always looks good; however the concept of the zip I thin need a little more thought there’s not much flexibility with an oxford even with laces and with the fitting being limited even further with a zip would prove very difficult to fit in a retail setting. If you visualize someone with a high or fallen arch testing the same shoe the fitting would be quite different. This could be allowed for with variable thickness innersole (though a bit tacky) or a custom made zip with an elastic tape or small gusset than that could spoil the oxford lines.
The ‘Westerly’ obviously a talented an thoughtful designer here beautiful color combination and use of materials and lovely elegant lines my only real prejudice against this design is the fact that the vamps would have to be crimped before lasting which could make factory production quite difficult especially given the combination of colors, but again a fantastic shoe but not my first choice."
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