Today:
White Fred Perry with black and red piping (i don't normal wear fred's)
Yellow Parkton Casual Cardie with white and black pipping (silver Sailor buttons)
Navy Levi's 501 with small turn up's
Black sock (another rare thing for me)
Black skechers Trainers with white Piping (Can you see a theme)
white and Black Longdale bowling bag
and a 

Lewis

Norman Hilton sack: blue/grey pinstripe 3/2
Muted 50s silk Paisley tie
Burgundy socks, picking up one of the colours in the neckwear
Wine penny loafers

^ Let's hope he'll be - flexible.


Grey marl T
White Sero Purist
Beige Alligator G9
Brown suede 1 1/4" belt
1947 501s
Brown Sanders chukkas

Patrick, what are those shoes?

"Beefroll" would actually make a great name for a Dick Tracy villain.  And it would always appear in quotation marks--"Be on your guard, Sam--"Beefroll" Jones is gunning for you!"

You may be right about the glasses, but I have a perhaps perverse dedication to dark, chunky hornrims.  I think they give some structure to my pale blob of a face, and I've always just liked them, on Buddy Holly, Elvis Costello, etc.

I have tried following color/complexion advice when trying on frames, but, though light-colored frames are ostensibly what I should go for, they look awful on me.  Blonde tortoiseshell makes me look diseased, and more solid-colored examples give me the air of a "sketchy guy hanging around the playground," somehow.

I wear contacts about half the time, and take them out as soon as I get home.  I agree I look better without glasses--but more like "myself" with them.  It's a conundrum..

The loafers are Allen Edmonds Hanovers - available at Grapevinehill right now for 25 percent off whatever the regular price is. They are having a moving sale.

I think it comes to about $130 after shipping.

The AE auction store on eBay has them too.

I really like them, I find they bridge the gap between the beefroll and the strap penny.