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#1 2010-08-25 09:23:02
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To pebble grain or not...?
I've always associated with pebblegrain to boring old fogey types.
maybe it's cuz i've more toes in the grave (hence becoming old and boring) that pebblegrain has been becoming more appealing.
still on the fence about it.
#2 2010-08-25 09:26:55
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Re: To pebble grain or not...?
Jason, I'm more relieved than I can say that you've been very, very precise on this subject. Not at all 'inane'. Shooman will be deeply disappointed not to be able to lecture you from afar.
You're still a slip of a lad.
#3 2010-08-25 09:29:11
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I think a pair of loafers wouldn't be bad at all BTW.
#4 2010-08-25 09:32:38
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Re: To pebble grain or not...?
aside from full longwing brogues, I've seen a nice chukka boot in pebblegrain
maybe a part of my dislike comes from that the leather reminds me of a football (american pigskin that is), a sport that I cannot stand (american football)
#6 2010-08-25 09:34:39
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Mm; a pebblegrain boot would remind me too much of a British DMS army boot.
#7 2010-08-25 09:43:31
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Re: To pebble grain or not...?
Hmm, not an especially appealing image in my mind.
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#8 2010-08-25 09:57:21
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Re: To pebble grain or not...?
a full boot in pebble would be too much. the chukka wasnt bad since it's a low boot and more of a shoe than a proper boot
#9 2010-08-25 11:42:39
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Re: To pebble grain or not...?
I purchased a pair of longwings like these from Alfred Sargent last winter:
http://www.alfredsargent.co.uk/ASShoe.aspx?SYS_ShoeID=51&Range=Town%20and%20Country
I think the pebble grain works really well on them, and texturally they work well paired with a variety of trouser types, as well as tweeds.
They make some chukka boots if you look on the site, but the plain sides do show an expanse of pebble grain.
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#10 2010-08-25 12:02:03
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^^ yes the Alfred Sargents were the ones I've been eyeing for about 3 years, tho it's the version made for Brooks Brothers, which is a burgundy pebble grain, but otherwise the same boot (incl dainite sole)
#11 2010-08-25 12:04:28
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I kinda like those.
I'd never really thought about pebbel grain before.
But now I have, I think I'm on the fence.
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#12 2010-08-25 12:08:45
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I should have thought AS a sound investment. Should last for years.
#13 2010-08-25 13:49:16
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Sort of thing I've been seeking to acquire recently as it happens, acquire new without incurring customs charges that is. Are they casual enough to work with chinos or jeans?
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#14 2010-08-25 14:00:20
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Re: To pebble grain or not...?
Scotchgrain shoos should be dressed up with flannels, not dressed down with jeans. Wearing it with jeans makes you look like someone wearing dress shoos with jeans, which is not a good style choice. It is a mistake to think of scotchgrain as casual; the same pair of shoos in plain calfskin and scotchgrain are equivalent in "formality", to use an iGent phrase.
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#15 2010-08-25 14:01:46
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Listen carefully, Yuca, and you might learn something about what works well in your home town.
#16 2010-08-25 14:40:54
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#17 2010-08-25 14:44:19
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I guess it depends on your budget, doesn't it? The price of flannels...
#19 2010-08-25 15:00:33
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A nice nod to 'balance' there, I think. AE Lexington look good with jeans, as do Jarman with well-tapered chinos or khakis.
#20 2010-08-25 15:00:49
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I'm gunna stick me neck out boys. I don't like pebble grain, looks diseased or somethink...
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#21 2010-08-25 15:12:10
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As Russell Street will tell you, there is more than one size of grain. I still think loafers can benefit. But I'm unmoved one way or the other really.
#23 2010-08-26 00:18:52
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Re: To pebble grain or not...?
i dont see it as necessarily looking dressy at all. if anything, the pattern looks less dressy than a smooth shoe to my eye. havent been able to find a decent pair (do they make new pebblegrain shoes anywhere? only ones i see are in esquire or similar crappy mags and cost roughly a grand. never at stores)
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#25 2010-08-27 02:42:07
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