http://www.orvis.co.uk/store/productchoice.aspx?pf_id=06L0&dir_id=466&group_id=484&cat_id=5275&subcat_id=5680

Pale Khaki option?

http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=54044&storeId=1&catalogId=1&langId=-1&parentCategory=502763&feat=502763-tn&cat4=502761

Buck Porn:

http://easyandelegantlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/white_bucks.jpg

http://www.hyrcollective.com/daily-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/trickersrobert.jpg

http://manshion.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/bucks1.jpg

Etc...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-White-Buck-Skin-Shoes-Size-US-7-E_W0QQitemZ250470339937QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Shoes?hash=item3a51321561&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1|66%3A2|39%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

Those look nice Adam, but I'd prefer the open lacing of a Derby type shoe.

Last edited by 1966 (2009-07-23 06:35:19)

^ Those look fantastic.

Agreed on the Paul Stuart verdict. Cole Haan is utter crap nowadays but the old made in USA ones were proper though (ask mr Pony).

I remain dubious about Cole Haan.  They remind me too much of nurse's shoes: too artificial-looking, unlike Dexter dirty: my favoured option every time.  I was - am - disappointed.  I wanted a pair because they seem to me to be 'classic Americana'.  But, like so much of that stuff for me, it's fallen by the wayside.  Saddle bucks are now a firm favourite after dirty.  Nordstrom, made in Brazil.  Just do what Russell Street does and team them with dark denim, or go the whole hog and wear them with khaki shorts and maybe a wool and alpaca cardigan up top for that truly 'alien' look.

Maybe they remind me too much of whitebread Fred AKA Pat Boone.

The new Walk Over look to be a very mixed bunch, don't they?  Why not hang on until the new JS opens and ask advice there?  Alternatively, Russell, Gibson Gardens, NSB and The Weejun all know their onions on this subject.

Found my second last pair of tan WalkOvers from JS in the cellar last week. I think they were being kept with the idea of getting them re-soled in mind. They were covered in a deep layer of what I can only describe as light grey mould, which thankfully brushed off quite easily. I've steam-cleaned them and left them to dry on a windowsill in what remains of the September sunshine. Hopefully the mildew stench will have receded in a few days. Then it will be off to the menders for some new soles.