Robert Pattinson Wears Cleverly Shoes as Bruce Wayne in The Batman
From GQ:
George Cleverley shoes was founded in 1958 by a soldier-turned-shoemaker of the same name. Famed as much for his chisel-toed Oxfords, Derbies and loafers – designed expressly for carving up the sidewalks of the world’s most elegant neighbourhoods – as for having an understated approach to the craft of haute cobbling, the company’s unique vision continues today under the aegis of George Glasgow and his son, George Junior, who have infused it with a fresh new sense of 21st-century relevance.
Case in point, Cleverley – which has, over the years, created shoes for everyone from Winston Churchill to Bryan Ferry – is currently responsible for finishing the feet of the biggest names in Hollywood and beyond…
What’s more, Cleverley has also designed the shoes that will be worn by Robert Pattinson for his turn as Bruce Wayne in the next instalment of the Batman franchise, Matt Reeves’ The Batman. That’s right, the Dark Knight wears Cleverley shoes.
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You dress a lot of big name actors. How did all these relationships come about?
We’ve had a long relationship with Hollywood – Fred Astaire and Humphrey Bogart wore Cleverley – but today we’ve got some really cool British actors, Henry Cavill, Jason Statham and Colin Firth, who are coming to us for their own shoes but also for the movies they’re in. We’re working with the costume designers for The Batman, for instance. When Robert Pattinson is playing Bruce Wayne he’ll be wearing Cleverley. We suggested a black calf Oxford to Pattinson and the team, but it wasn’t working so we ended up going for a black pebble calf Derby with a Dainite sole – it’s a style that we called the Henry – and you wouldn’t have thought it was a Bruce Wayne shoe. It’s got a bit of texture to it, a bit of character. [My emphasis]
