Francis Waplinger is committed to doing things the traditionway.
. Attending the program, Waplinger immediately knew he’d found his calling. “I was hooked,” he says. “I was like, where do I go? How do I learn more? I need instruction. I need guidance!”Waplinger would eventually get that guidance, but not before earning a degree in interior design at Savannah College of Art and Design . Realizing a career in that field would require more time sitting in front of a computer than getting his hands dirty, he decided to return to his first love.
The experience abroad informs the way he makes shoes today. “I came back from Italy and I felt so Italian,” he laughs. “I spoke a little Italian and then I realized, ‘Oh, I’m not Italian!’ But how I construct shoes, it’s a very Italian tradition, because if you learn in England, Italy, Germany, Japan—they use different techniques.”Executing those techniques is a big part of what appeals to him. “Shoemaking is quite physically demanding, and I like that aspect of it,” he says.
Ultimately, Waplinger says, it’s not even the shoes that bring him the greatest joy: “Working with the client and having them put their trust in me to make a shoe that is comfortable and beautiful that they enjoy wearing… It’s terrific.” Although he’s toyed with the idea of incorporating more products in his wheelhouse, he says that, for now, he’s staying “laser-focused” on making the best possible bespoke shoes.
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