Here's a couple of links to the Tricker Mudguards that Fred mentioned above.

http://click.affiliate.ameba.jp/affilia … Id=3395282

http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/septis/1-0115.html

A pity they don't supply these in the UK.

Chris_H wrote:

Here's a couple of links to the Tricker Mudguards that Fred mentioned above.

http://click.affiliate.ameba.jp/affilia … Id=3395282

http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/septis/1-0115.html

A pity they don't supply these in the UK.

THANK YOU, Chris!

WOW! A fantastic find.VERY McQueen.VERY Bullitt...!


Cheers,

J.

Thanks for the info, Jesmond.  The Trickers shoes look great - I wonder what size they go up to....probably not mine (UK 9.5 or 10).

First post, hello gents.

jesmond wrote:

i`d in fact been wearing Ivy style and hadn`t even known it(!)

My story is a bit like Jesmond's...
I've always been picking my clothes instinctively. I know what I like, but I could never quite pin my style down.

Until recently, when I discovered this place. To my amazement, here was a group of people defining that same style I had thought was my own particular way of dress. Not only did they have a name for the style, they were historians digging for its roots, signalling its unlikely offsprings, and they kept mentioning all the "right" stuff, down to some very specific clothing items I have in my closet myself. Over the last few weeks I've been having one AHA-Erlebnis after the other, and on top of that I learned. A lot. This was my spot. I knew I'd jump in at one point.

So here goes.
I'd like to praise everyone who has contributed to this forum: you guys seem to know my style better than I know it myself. Thanks for making some of my unconscious conscious.

Take for instance these Playboy shoes. I had never regarded them as being part of a certain style (or it had to be "Rockabilly"). But instinctively I knew they were "my style", because they have a retrospective quality pointing to somewhere around 1960, they have this "timeless" and "natural" appeal, and they can be seen as "conservative" and "subversive" at the same time. Very "moi". I thought it was just me wearing these with my G9s.

Then BOOM - here's this whole thread about a London store I've never even heard of, KNOWN for selling these EXACT same items, and a wealth of other goods that all seem to tie in - OK I think you get it by now. I'm still buzzing to have found this forum.

Here are my two contributions to the excellent list of  Playboy type shoes that's being compiled over here.
I think they deserve a seperate post at some point, especially with the valuable input my fellow enthusiast Jesmond has blessed us with.

Dolcis "Original Play-boy" and Barker "Savile Row".







I'm not entirely sure, but judging by the label the snuff coloured Dolcis Playboys could well be 40-50 years old.
I got them off eBay, and they were listed as 1950s vintage.

The dark brown Barkers were recently made in Northampton and are a heavier beast altogether.
They are extremely sturdy and well made, but so bulky I will probably put them up for sale and get some Sanders instead (they are size UK 8, if anyone wants them give me a shout).

Thanks again for the wealth people, I'll be around.
Rob, 42 years of age, the Netherlands.

Last edited by 1966 (2008-11-13 12:14:46)

Great looking shoes........the Barker's look like they might be Original Playboys rebranded.  The Sanders ones are great BTW.

^ I'm in Haarlem sir Roest.

Moose; I just tried the Barkers again to see if they might take a thin-socked, cut-toenails UK 8.5 foot, but I'm afraid they're a true UK 8 indeed.

I might just need to take some time getting used to the Barker's bulky appearance.
Then again - maybe because they were my first - the Playboy's sleeker silhouette set some standard for me. They just strike a perfect balance between bulky and sleek.
Looking at their pictures, I expect to find that in the Sanders shoes as well.

Shoe "weight" is a delicate balance isn't it. A couple of millimeters difference can make or break your footwear. 
These Barkers here just add  too much base to my slimmish, 5.7 self. Although they're the same fit, their outsole's half an inch longer than the Playboy's.
Love 'em though, just not on me.

*Utters the words "stupid massive bumpers", all by himself*

Last edited by 1966 (2008-11-13 17:03:12)

Welcome home, 1966 -

A fantastic first post & with photos too - Thank you!

We're just enthusiasts over here & very lucky to have all found each other I think. No agendas, nobody trying to make a buck, just like minded people pooling what we know & trying to learn more every day.

Very Best Wishes -

Jim

Wowwww! Fantastic and fascinating pics, 1966!!!! A great first post.

Playboy Heaven or Playboy Porn!!!????

It really is brilliant to have another PB and Ivy Style  enthusiast posting on here.

Thank you very much for taking the time to post those pics.It`s much appreciated. There are a growing number of us Playboy aficionado`s here on T.I., and i think you`re idea of a seperate thread for Playboys sounds excellent. These shoes and boots really do get under your skin, eh! I love that they are so versatile and seem to go with so much of my own broadly ivy style wardrobe. As you say, they do have a cool and classic 50`s/60`s vibe about them.They seem to lend a young late fifties Frank Sinatra type suave when worn with G9`s.

I have to thank Big John Gall and Jeff and Ken at J.Simons again for first bringing them to my own notice.John Gall first showed me the McQueen connection with Playboy shoes and boots.(We really do have SO MUCH to thank J.Simons for).

Fred and Chris H. here on T.I. i need to thank again for posting the link to the excellent Trickers Mudguard boots.

Those Barkers are near enough IDENTICAL in every way to the Original Playboys i purchased from J.Simons around 5 or 6 years back.(These were Made In England , although George Cox in Northampton have told me that Original Playboy label shoes are now made in Spain.)


http://www.cphvision.dk/html/company_info.asp?id=343


http://www.playboy-footwear.com/

A coming website...!

It`s great to have you aboard, 1966...

Last edited by jesmond (2008-11-14 06:08:11)

jesmond wrote:

...

http://www.playboy-footwear.com/

A coming website...!...

http://www.playboy-shoes.com/newcollection.asp (same company)

Moose Maclennan wrote:

jesmond wrote:

...

http://www.playboy-footwear.com/

A coming website...!...

http://www.playboy-shoes.com/newcollection.asp (same company)

Yeah that's the one I meant actually.

It's hard to tell the brogueing in the pictures on their site, so I gave the them some help in Photoshop.

"Danish" Playboys:




I like them brogues, me.

As for the Trickers, I just bought some other shoes from their factory outlet. Will get in touch with them and enquire about the Mudguard model.

Looks like a variation on brothel creepers to me :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothel_creeper

Kingstonian wrote:

Looks like a variation on brothel creepers to me :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothel_creeper

I guess they are really.
But their simple derby uppers set them worlds apart from those panther printed efforts - and all the other decorated novelty items in this genre.



Yikes.

Last edited by 1966 (2008-11-14 11:37:42)