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The Old Curiosity Shop
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- Curiosity UK Limited
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1991-
History
London shop at 13-14 Portsmouth St London WC2A 2ES, near Lincoln's Inn Fields. It was opened as a shoe shop by shoemaker and designer Ian Reid in around 1991 after he had served his apprenticeship under shoe designer John Moore. Some of Reid's well known designs included the 'Fat Shoe' and the 'Hog's Toe Shoe'.
From at least 2005 it has housed Japanese shoe designer Daita Kimura's showroom and workshop and he has been a director of Curiosity UK Limited since 2003. Kimura has designed shoes for Alexander McQueen and Buddahood.
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Kimura, Daita (1968-)
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hierarchical
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Kimura, Daita is the owner of The Old Curiosity Shop
Dates of relationship
2003-
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Sources
James Sherwood, 'Fashion: Closet Gems', Independent on Sunday, 16 January 2005, p. 4.
Belinda Morris, 'Gotta have sole; A new band of British shoemakers threatens to reclaim the streets from Italian footwear designers', Independent, 16 April 1996, p. 14.
Belinda Morris, 'Gotta have sole; A new band of British shoemakers threatens to reclaim the streets from Italian footwear designers', Independent, 16 April 1996, p. 14.