The Thousands

I don’t know about you guys but whenever I get even the slightest whiff of some impending assignment, law exam, mildly-frustrating-thing-that-must-eventually-be-done, the first thing i’m gonna do is hit eBay and type ‘Opening Ceremony’ or ‘Surface to Air’ in the shoe search box and hit enter compulsively until I can at least squint and pretend there’s a reasonably priced pair of size 9 buckle wedge boots peering out from inside my macbook. (Hello in there, you).**This kind of behaviour is exactly the kind of thing that could keep me stuck at law school for a 7th year – so help me god – so I’ve decided I’m just going to get Doc Cobbler to make the aforementioned buckle wedge boots, and henceforth I shall be exponentially more productive. Doc specialises in custom design and their claim to fame is the bottle-green, cut-out boots they created for the TV show at Melbourne’s RAFW this year. I want!

But if you’re more persuaded by numbers than droolworthy footwear, then let me woo you with these ones: Peter started Doc Cobbler 18 years ago, and recently retired with 32 years of experience, passing on the business to 25 year old Jess, who can make a pair of shoes with 6 weeks turnaround. That makes 81 in totally unrelated figures. Very auspicious.