The curse of the pointy shoe is everywhere, we are but one step away from winkle-pickers!

I dropped into Rocco's a few months back. It just isn't the same with Rocco not there. His son just doesn't seem to have any personality much and I don't even think he's much interested in shoes.

Going to Roccos used to be fun and rock n roll. Great to get a pair of blue suede shoes for fun. Or leopard skin. Even better that all the rock dudes used to go, including according to Rocco, Keith Richards when he was out here.

Yeah. I used to watch bands on stage and could tell all the Rocco shoes. Nick cave had 'em. All those bad USA group, guns and roses, poison used to hit Rocco's big time when they visited.

I used to work with a bloke, an old queen, in his own words "camper than a row of pink frilly chiffon tents" who used to buy a pair of shoes from DJs when they had good shoes, then take them to Rocco to copy, and take them back to DJs the next week to return.

Last edited by fxh (2012-06-23 09:42:19)

I do think the pointy shoe thing is more prevelan in England.  Just back from Germany and you could easily tell the English guys from the others because the were wearing pointy shoes.  Certainly not the tailored clothing crowd --so I am not really concerned--but they look really bad.

Shoe prices have risen considerably in London over the past couple of years. C&J, Trickers etc are now charging £340 plus. It's not surprising that traditional menswear shops, especially those in the country, mainly stock Loake and Barker.

Quite often I see men here in slim suits who are well groomed who clearly care about their appearance. One look at their shoes and 9/10 of them are cheap, wafer-soled pointy black shoes which, truth be told, look better than the chunky square toed shoes which were the universal favourite of several years ago.

What's more, they are probably not "cheap" shoes in the sense that they would be around $200 from Aquila or much more from Lloyd (made in Germany so they must be good!)

Occasionally you see a bloke in solid black English shoos, and that's how you know he's a man of influence rather than just some pretty boy.