Shit, man, your bottom half is straight out of one of those illustrated sta-prest ads! Amazing!

What are the troose WM?

Good try but no cigar.

(small patrick joke)

shooey - its possible I may live in suede chukkas & desert boots & shoes for the rest of my life.

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Well I bought the crew shorts, and the rise was 13'' and I thought I had stumbled over a gem, but the trousers are an inch less on the rise, but I do like the leg. Crew is pretty over priced for what it is, and the waistbands aren't even re-enforced, and the trousers can't be let out etc. Shame really, nearly there, but fall just short of the mark.

I spent a longtime trying to figure out what UK shoes gave the best rounded US style look, and I thought it was going to be Trickers or something, but then I put these on looked down at them and thought, yeah that is perfect. Exactly the style and shape I want, and you can find them in most decent UK shoe shops, I'm not really taken by any of Barkers offerings, but these are great for winter. They were also half-price in a clearance, so I was even happier with it all, they're normally £200.

My arch is too high for the Loakes I've tried, there were some Loakes longwings in the shop for £30 more ie £130, not £230, but I'm not sure I like the character of Loakes. I really like Ducker and Sons but only on bigger feet, their shoes don't seem to suit small feet, but the roundness helps balance out a long foot, like the Barker do above, I have another pair of hi-shine Barkers I have to wear when I dress up in the garb to do the wedding shows, and they're aren't too bad either, out of all the shoes I own I'd say they are towards the top of the mid-range English brands. I would like to get a pair of Sanders too though, I like the shape of them very much.