Gilgamesh2003 wrote:

^^^^^

Anyway the OP has used what appear to be boot laces to turn a pair of super-ugly $550 horse hide casual shoes into something that looks like what a minor character in Suttree would wear upon being released from prison -

After two years of lurking, an obscure reference to Cormac McCarthy has compelled me to register.   Now, I'm at a loss for words.

As much as I hate to tempt gilgamesh:

Originally Posted by jwa_jwa_jwa

This is my story. I'm 5'9" and when I first bought a suit 20 years ago, the tailor instructed me to buy the 'short' jacket. Ever since I've wondered if he was right.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/foru … ket-length

There was a long time when even buying off U.S.A ebay for aussies was too expensive because everything was twice as much [due to the bad exchange rate) and the postage was murder. So if l bought a pair of shoes for $350, l would end up paying about $800 for them (including postage). That's why many aussie blokes don't own many of the highend shoes that many forumites own, the exchange rate always stopped us from owning the good stuff. About 8 years ago our exchange rate was so bad that John Lobb Paris bespoke calfskin shoes cost us $8,000, + add in travelling and accomodation costs and it would be closer to $20,000 for the first pair of calfskin shoes, that's why we don't own that type of stuff in Oz.