If you’re fan of Union Jack & Paul Smith here is a great offer with these shoes on sale for only £68

Sale price: £68 (Was £225) from Coggles

Laced shoes from N.D.C. Made by Hand available in dark brown and grey.

Sale price: £135 (Was £225) from YOOX (149€ on french website)

Grey derbies by french brand NDC “made by hand”.

Price: £269.50 from Tiewarehouse

Moccassins from the italian shoes brand Doucal’s. Shoes are varnished with a worn effect.

£122 from YOOX

Black laced shoes by Maldini. Polished leather with stitch detailing.

£95 from YOOX

Perforated loafer by H by Hudson available in Black and Tan.

£89.99 from Psyche

Sale Price: £144 (Was £288) from Gimme Shoes

Sale Price: £90 (Was £180) from Savile Row Co

For Christmas this year, I think I’m going to put a shoe shine box on my list. I’ve currently got a cardboard box (an actual shoebox, in fact!). So I set out to find a proper shoe shine box, and here’s what I found, by ascending value:

On Sarenza there’s this Famaco saddle bag-style kit, shown above. It contains a pot of black beeswax polish, a pot of clear beeswax polish, one light brush, one standard brush and a 30×40cm duster. Price: €60

Bexley offer a solid wood box, sold empty, but which you can fill yourself. It holds approximately 3 polishes, 2 15cm brushes, 2 light brushes, 1 shoe horn, 2 sponges and 1 polishing glove. €29-€71.50, depending on whether you buy the box by itself, or filled with the contents shown above.

Valmour have a wide range of accessories, including the box above, which can be bought empty or with 4 Luxury 100ml polishes (black, clear, light and medium brown), 1 restorer (100ml), 2 two polish brushes (black and white), 2 buffing brushes (black and white), 2 small brushes (black and white) and 1 Médaille d’Or polishing cloth. Price: €145-€195, depending whether you buy the box alone or with the contents shown.

Ephtee offer this chocolate-stain varnished solid beech box. It has 1 leather polishing mat, 3 pots of Saphir cream, 4 tins of Médaille d’Or polish, 1 bottle of cleaning cream, 1 pair of cotton gloves, 1 pair of vinyl gloves, 1 mixing tin, 2 bubinga and horsehair brushes, two small brushes for spreading the polish, a piece of rubber for nubuck shoes and a tin of grease. Price: €450.

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I popped into Tonitruand (Paris 6th district) and spotted new styles of Paul Smith shoes that I rather like: boots (-my passion!) and a pair of derbies.

The boots, in lizard-print leather, are called Tony, can be found on the Paul Smith site and are available for €300 from Tonitruand.

My other favourite style is the Taylors, also on www.paulsmith.co.uk, but I like the grey/pink laces version as shown below.

You will also see they do a black style with blue laces. Available from Tonitruand for €240.