Last edited by Oldfruit1 (2013-09-05 09:14:49)

bish you sound like you have attained style nirvana .. and have no need for further material acquisition. I on the other hand want to buy some of these clunky French shoes which make you look like Frankenstein ... I think it was reading nick foulkes in the FT HTSI magazine going on about hunting clothing. I don't go hunting, I hate the outdoors in fact but I am intrigued by the idea of imitating rich French ponces from the 1920s.

Last edited by Oldfruit1 (2013-09-05 14:53:55)

what would you wear them with shooey? i'm not sure how any tailored clothing would work with them frankly but I like the shoe itself. this type of disjointed thinking has got me in trouble in the past as you tend to end up with things that may jar against each other.

ive picked up bits of mythology about the shoe and how it was popular among the Parisian elite in the 20s ... but not much available information, do you know any more about how it was worn and so on? while the yanks would create a backstory, buy an old brand and creating a certain image like Abercrombie or just plain create some mythology out of thin air think Ralph Lauren, the French don't bother selling anything .. in fact they seem not too bothered about customers period.

Last edited by Oldfruit1 (2013-09-06 01:45:53)

These, extremely cost effective and an ideal winter shoe before the snow sets in:

http://www.onlineshoes.com/mens-allen-edmonds-aberdeen-dk-brown-grain-leather-p_id283647

Also C&J Pembroke, the quintessential Autumn shoe:

http://www.crockettandjones.com/Product/Pembroke-Tan#.UinJ-538KUk

Last edited by 4F Hepcat (2013-09-06 06:27:46)

Bestetti gladiator style shoes.  MTO could be a viable route to bespoke.

Or I will just use G&G bespoke. Will see how my current order turn out first.

Last edited by The_Shooman (2013-09-09 03:43:04)

Foster bespoke gusset captoe in brown
Foster bespoke black captoe with brogue seam balmoral

Fosters didn't visit the US in the spring and I couldn't get to Chicago or New York this month.  If they don't visit next spring I may have to go with Cleverley instead.  I don't know which is better between the two but Fosters used to have a picture of a gusset shoe on their site I drooled over many times.

Last edited by The_Shooman (2014-04-08 02:18:58)