Prescott & Mackay in the Press

OH COMELY MAGAZINE

June-July 2011, Issue 6

Rosanna from Oh Comely shares her experience of making one's own shoes:

"...Prescott & Mackay have several established shoe-designers attached to the school, and they teach everyone from total beginners, like I was, to the more experienced designers. Best of all, they have a retro coffee machine upstairs, which makes the best flat white I'd tasted this side of the hemisphere..."

SEW

Feb 2010, Issue 8

"...students are encouraged to develop their own course programme...
you could be stitching your own bespoke footwear in no time!"

CLOTH

Spring 2010, Issue 3

Restyling champion Sally Cameron tells us how she turned her passion for craft into a top job.
"When I was new to sewing I went on an amazing course on making your own corsets at Prescott & Mackay...they kept giving me insider tips - things they don't tell you in books...It was great."

FI.COM & FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE

Apr 25-26 2009

Alice from Financial Times tried the Beginners Shoemaking course:
"They are more comfortable than many pairs I've bought...Having invested in the know-how, I'd only need to buy a last and some technical tools and dust off the sewing machine to run up a few more pairs for myself."

FOOTWEAR EXTRAS

Jul 2009

"...its dusty workbenches attract students from around the world...
Far from being a glorified evening class, the Prescott & Mackay School of Fashion and Accessory Design is known in the trade as a centre of excellence."

TELEGRAPH.CO.UK

Mar 2008

Suzy from Telegraph discovers how to make a pair of couture shoes:
"...the teaching was sufficiently individual to build expertise quickly...
I had created something that wasn't there before. My feet were still firmly on the ground, of course - I was just wearing better shoes."

THE TIMES

Apr 2003

"...I will never balk again at the cost of a pair of handmade shoes.
Worth every penny of its fee (including materials and refreshments), the course is the best boost for cheering up a demoralised girlfriend..."

DAILY MAIL

1999

Sam describes her experience of the first self-made shoes in detail:
"Admittedly my classmates had in front of them shoes that wouldn't have looked out of place in Bond Street..."