Church's launches the Chetwynd Contour with Harry Lawtey and Dustin Hoffman

Church's, the Northamptonshire shoemaker, loves to surprise us with a new style. During Milan Fashion Week in January, the brand unveiled the newest releases, one of which is the Chetwynd Contour.

The new shoe offers the perfect blend of tradition and modern innovation, combining the expertise of Church's master shoemakers from Northampton with cutting-edge high-frequency manufacturing process. A fresh spin on an old favourite in the Church's roster of shoes, it a modern update to the brand’s wingtip style. The Chetwynd Contour pairs the past and present, and mingles Church’s classic Goodyear welted signature 173 last with a new construction made using electromagnetic waves with the classic Goodyear. This fine engraving reimagines the classic brogue detailing and creates the traditional embossed brogue patterns on thicker leather uppers. The result is a more contemporary take on a classic. The leather shoes come in black, blue and wood - a subtle green hue -, while superbuck suede version comes in brown.

And last week Church's officially added the Chetwynd Contour to its growing family of footwear with one of its big signature parties in London. Hosted down at the newly-revamped Tramp, the event kicked off in true Church's fashion with cocktails in Jackie’s Lounge, followed by an intimate dinner in the setting of The Society dining room, where guests dined under a glittering astrological ceiling.

Dustin Hoffman

Keeley Hawes

Harry Lawtey

Entertainment was provided by the Brit Award-winning jazz band Ezra Collective, while guests included Harry Lawtey, who is one of the campaign guys for Church's, Dustin Hoffman, David Harewood, Keeley Hawes, Ed Speleers, William Abadie, Victor Alli, Cyrill Ibrahim and Sean Teale.

The Church's Chetwynd Contour is available now at church-footwear.com

Now read about how Church's and Harry Lawtey celebrated 50 years of the iconic Shannon Derby

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