them and then redoing them until I came up with something that could be
easily translated to the pattern maker. I learn about attention to detail by
looking at Stefano’s shoes and studying them. Then Tony Gaziano, of Gaziano
& Girling, showed me how a pattern was made. I took the two things and put
them together to perfect my shoes designs through repetitive drawings and
making samples. My first collection took 1.5 years to launch as I kept
remaking the samples to perfect them.
Your career has been
adventurous and daring thus
far, leading to an
outstanding blog and
a high quality stand out
shoe brand. What can we
anticipate coming next from
you and the J. Fitzpatrick
Footwear?
My love for shoes
started with
sneakers so I am
somewhat going
back to that and making my
version of a ‘grown up’ sneaker,
something more elegant but still
allows for versatility. But in reality,
we have a London Showroom as
well as an NYC one and now the
goal is simply to grow the
business and focus on serving my main
markets (US and UK) as best as we can.
Future projects in the head are revamp-
ing my driving loafer range and coming
out with a more affordable welted shoe
line. My real goal is to conquer the shoe
industry, so one step at a time towards
that by tackling all of the different shoe
styles of the industry!
Thank you for your time
Justin. - Alexis Day
The pleasure was
all mine, thank
you Alexis! –
Justin FitzPatrick
www.us.jfitzpatrickfootwear.com