Those englishmen have the skills in craftsmanship way back to past. One example is Lodger. You can order shoes from there which are individually designed and crafted for you. Especially that English Shoe collection looks pretty impressive althought they have an italian line too.

Thou pretty expensive, these are the shoes every gentleman would like  to wear.

You can also find a massive loads of information about their shoe making process on their web site.

www.lodgerfootwear.com