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#1 2014-07-10 04:18:39

The_Shooman
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Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

Here is a post l agree with 100% about Vass, E.G, G&G and the like. Someone here posted me the link.
http://www.dressedwell.net/forum/threads/has-vass-lost-its-soul.857/

Igents are a blight on the shoe landscape with bastardisation of Vass, E.G and G&G horrors etc. All these half tone shoos, heaps of UGLY E.G and G&G two tone boots...puke worthy stuff everywhere at S.F. Lots of ugly looking Vass U and K last shoos trying to be ltalian shoes, and lots of F last trying to be English shoes, and lots of modern styled Vass that greatly take away from their wonderful traditional look.

Why aren't igents buying the traditional Vass lasts? Because they are clueless and have no sense of style. Igents are the clueless idiots of the shoo connoisseur world, and l wish to not speak to any of them. Most of them are `Johnny come lately's' who are best leaving the highend shoo world to people who can respect and handle such a world. I say to these Johnny come lately's to `GO BUY GUCCI' instead and leave the real men to exercise good taste in traditional footwear.

The shoo porn has gone down hill in recent years...too many fools have arrived on the shoo scene these days. All of them are i-gents too.  I am tempted to post the masses of abominations these igents buy, but they are too pukeworthy for posting.

It's also tragic that igents wouldn't know a good fit and a balanced shoo if it hit them up the back of the head. Numbskulls of the shoo world.

The shoo world is for certain men only...the real deal shoomen, and pretenders are not welcome.

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#2 2014-07-10 08:12:51

Worried Man
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

The age-old problem of companies realizing they can make a lot more money by pandering to the lowest common denominator.  I wish someone would offer up some visual evidence of these monstrosities, surely worthy of opprobrium.


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#3 2014-07-10 09:36:26

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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape


"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."

 

#4 2014-07-10 14:53:36

The_Shooman
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

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#5 2014-07-10 15:14:51

The_Shooman
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#6 2014-07-10 15:35:28

Chogall
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

Interesting you mention Vass in shell. An iGent invention. 

Current fad of museum calf wouldn't even take form if there's no shell cordovan shortage. Especially iGents favorite navy shell, gunmetal shell, and #8 shell color, which is adored by iGents like Chanel #5 by the ladies.

p.s., GC is meh. And they have so many bad blood with other Uk bespoke makers...

 

#7 2014-07-10 16:07:47

The_Shooman
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#8 2014-07-10 19:14:23

prince nez
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#9 2014-07-10 20:21:13

Worried Man
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#10 2014-07-11 02:50:13

Chogall
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#11 2014-07-11 14:16:51

The_Shooman
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

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#12 2014-07-12 16:48:50

The_Shooman
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

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#13 2014-07-12 16:53:53

Worried Man
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

^
Congratulations.  Perfect for stomping some iGent faces into the dirt.


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#14 2014-07-12 17:08:34

The_Shooman
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#15 2014-07-12 17:26:08

Worried Man
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

To hell with "fancy".


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#16 2014-07-13 15:02:26

The_Shooman
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

Chogall and l have been making fools of ourselves because we have been full of sh*t.

Corrections to be made below:

* Vass has always used shell cordovan, and it is not an igent invention
* Fritzl does like shell cordovan

And yes, it does appear Vass are making some goodyear welted shoes. I am trying to find out more about this, maybe l will email them and try and get an answer. Glad l bought a decent amount of pairs because l had a feeling the igents might have indirectly brought this on. It makes me feel so sad to think Vass may be making some goodyear shoes, for if they are, that's it for me.

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#17 2014-07-13 22:56:00

The_Shooman
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

I have sent an email to Vass and to a couple of other people (one a Vass dealer) to confirm if the story about Vass making goodyear welted shoes is true. My recent pairs a couple of months ago a definitely hand welted with hand stitched soles, so it will be interesting to see if my new pair coming in a week or two is handmade or goodyear welted.

I asked Vass if they are making any goodyear welted shoes. I will keep on sending the email until l get a reply. Hopefully l can get some solid feedback either way. I hope it is not true, but l could see the day many years ago when igents could ruin what once was....turning a traditional shoe making house into a fashion house....driving Vass away from their roots with so many F, U and K last stuff. 

The F, U, and K could never compete with Vass' traditional offerings. The 3636 and budapest last shoes are my favourite pairs of all in rtw. And l love how solid Vass make their shoes, built like steel tanks made to last many years. I love how Vass shoes sound when you walk...so manly and solid sounding with a nice loud noise like in the old films. I was walking during lunch up the street and my Vass were the loudest on the street (not a puny clip clop like women's shoes, but a solid man sound), and l felt pure solidness under my feet....pure manly and authoritative walking, and all the lesser shoes on the path had to let the proper shoos pass by.

The solid loud Vass shoes give a lessen to all who hear them. They say..."this is what proper shoos sound like, now look and listen to the message good shoos send...now join the shoo world and be part of it". And people who are meant to be part of the `shoo world' will look down to discover the BIG boys making the noise...they will ackoweldge something good is going on, they will have planted in their subconscious the message of shoos, and hopefully their common street shoos give way to better shoos.

It's good to be part of the `shoo world'...l mean, the real shoo world. It doesn't get better than that. Fritzl, myself and various men KNOW what the real shoo world offers, and we want other deserving men to have it too. But we don't want boys (girlymen igents) in a man's world, we want real deal proper shoomen in the `shoo world'.

Igents don't desreve to be in the `shoo world' because they don't understand it. Maybe Vass could sell goodyear welted to the igents and the real shoomen get handmade. Maybe Vass could get a system to detect when igents enter scenes above their head. Maybe Vass could start booting igents out of the `shoo world' to avoid any backlash from proper shoomen. Hopefully igents don't drive Vass to be a shadow of what it once was.

The seller Ascot Shoes leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I wish that dude would piss off. A bleedin' good for nothing middle man pandering to bleedin' igents. I'd love to kick his bum good and hard and tell him to piss off. Souless businessmen....represents everything l despise about the world.

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#18 2014-07-14 04:28:29

fxh
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

How is fritzl going? I hope hes well haven't talked to him for ages.

 

#19 2014-07-14 04:36:32

The_Shooman
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

He sounds better than ever. I miss his presence online. He stays behind the scenes so he doesn't have to run into `know nothing' igents. Fritzl did a big shoe show recently of his collection. He is a good fella and LOVES his shoes...he is part of a small breed of man in that he really appreciates a proper shoo, they are his pride and joy.

 

#20 2014-07-14 09:25:13

Chogall
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

Good to know Fritzl is still around and kicking.  But is shell cordovan really used traditionally for austro-hungarian shoemakers?  Just curious.

 

#21 2014-07-14 18:08:16

The_Shooman
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#22 2014-07-25 08:23:05

meister
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

Great news all round

 

#23 2015-04-25 19:59:06

The_Shooman
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From: AUSTRALIA
Posts: 13179

Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

More foulness in the next four pages. E.G boots. Urk.
http://www.styleforum.net/t/291745/edward-green-appreciation-pictures-info-and-where-to-buy/18330


Vass modernisation on questionable lasts.
http://www.styleforum.net/t/130044/the-ultimate-vass-footwear-porn-thread/14700#post_7837193

The Vass U last doesn't really seem to work does it.
http://www.styleforum.net/t/130044/the-ultimate-vass-footwear-porn-thread/14685#post_7835103

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#24 2015-05-15 10:19:12

Ethan Allenbach
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Re: Igents and shoos - a blight on the landscape

 

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