John Lobb: Still on the front foot

Since receiving the royal warrant 150 years ago, the bootmaker's kept pace with change – as Levah By Request proves

In 1851, 22-year-old John Lobb left his home in rural Cornwall and walked 200 miles to London wearing a pair of his own handmade boots. So taken was a well-known bootmaker with the young man's prowess that he took him on as an apprentice. This good luck would change the fortunes of the humble farmer's son forever.

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