Press Articles

A number of journalists have written features about Prescott & Mackay and several have experienced for themselves what can be achieved at one of our workshops. Follow the links below to find out what some of them have written about us.

• The Observer

  Jo Adams, the Observer's Fashion Editor recommends Prescott & Mackay. Read the full Observer item

• Time Out London

  Prescott & Mackay are named Number 1 course in the 'The Time Out 20'. Read the full Time Out item

• Financial Times Weekend

  Edwina Ings-Chambers comes away from a weekend cobbling course with a beautiful pair of handmade snakeskin mules and a new appreciation for shop-bought shoes…. Read the full FT Weekend article

• Now Magazine

  So you thought it was only Oscar winners and It girls who wore one-of-a-kind, handsome shoes? Well, think again. Party shoe designers Prescott & Mackay run weekend courses where absolute beginners can learn the art of making couture footwear. Alison Tay teetered off to their east London workshop as fast as her stilettos could carry her…. Read the full Now magazine article

• Daily Mail

  Need a new pair of shoes in the right colour that fit like a glove? A handmade pair may be an expensive indulgence, but not, as Sam Taylor discovered, if you make them yourself…. Read the full Daily Mail article

• Hot Tickets (Evening Standard)

  You come away form the two-day course in their East End workshop with an insight into traditional shoemaking skills, a pair of quality handmade shoes and the not inconsiderable buzz that comes from having made them yourself…. Read the full Hot Tickets article