There are quite alot of Australian politicians that wear R.M.Williams (Kim Beazley, Keven Rudd, John Howard), some have even been seen wearing Blundstones on weekends. Former Liberal Party president and one of Australia's richest men John Elliot swears by Church's, while former Senator Gareth Evans used to buy custom made glued sole shoos for about $200 a pair from lnvicta in Melbourne (another cordwainer without a phone, you just turn up at the shop and hope the shoes are ready in time, otherwise you have to come back another day). Former governors have also had custom shoos made by that incompetant hack Kon Rekaris. l do hear word that politicians also buy from Melbourne's most conservative and traditional shoe shop Mc Cloeds (no surprise there), which stocks Grenson, Cheaney, Church's, Loake, Alfred Sargent and other brands (never the highest lines, only middle way lines), and l am assuming that some shoo loving politicians also buy from American Tailors (2 minutes walk from Parliament house) and buy C&G and maybe even G&G. The biggest shoo-timer i've heard about is Labour man Simon Crean (left winger from the ACTU)....he buys Artioli special order for almost $3,000 a pair, l don't know if he has more than one pair, but he does talk to his politician mates about the shoos apparently. Pity Simon doesn't realise that there is better value around, but he probably believes what everyone in Melbourne believes, that Artioli are the best shoos in the world.

Clinton and Dubya also have a pair of R.M.Williams president boots. l've been told that the boot would retail for $12,000 (croc, emu and ostrich leather), but the publics copy of the boot costs about $8,500; l feel that the boot may be gemmed. l wonder if the presidents boot is MTM, and how much more handwork it has over the standard boots??

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Last edited by The_Shooman (2011-01-31 07:48:36)