Film Noir Buff Style Forum / What type of clothing person are you? What item do you splurge on most

The_Shooman · 2013-09-09 17:51:52

Are you mainly a shoe person, tie person, suit person, shirt person, sox person etc? What item of clothing do you not hesitate to splurge on?

Jeff Reed · 2013-09-09 18:11:31

I'm a little odd in this respect. For me it is pajamas and things like scarves and gloves.

TheExpandingMan · 2013-09-09 18:35:26

The_Shooman · 2013-09-09 18:54:59

David Reeves · 2013-09-09 19:01:45

Everything.

4F Hepcat · 2013-09-10 01:29:12

formby · 2013-09-10 01:44:27

Tailored items.

Sports coats mainly at the moment, have enough suits., even though my last item was a Solaro suiit, but this was was the first suit I've had in a while and kind of finishes off my suit requirements for a while.

I'm about to move onto pants.

Oh, and shirts.

I'm always buying bloody shirts.

Moose Maclennan · 2013-09-10 02:02:42

The_Shooman · 2013-09-10 03:21:15

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Jeff Reed · 2013-09-10 04:01:18

Can someone direct me to the aforementioned "Formby Law"? Thanks.

The_Shooman · 2013-09-10 04:10:11

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Jeff Reed · 2013-09-10 04:32:04

I see. I probably should arrested then. Or at least issued a citation. If I am not wearing loafers, I am probably in longwings or medallion toes, and I rarely wear black shoes.

4F Hepcat · 2013-09-10 04:33:47

4F Hepcat · 2013-09-10 04:34:49

It's the photo part that plagues me, I will go for it this weekend.

4F Hepcat · 2013-09-10 04:43:52

Kingston1an · 2013-09-10 05:17:03

Sal · 2013-09-10 05:21:13

They are very plasticy. I like the pairs I have but would look for an alternative rather than buy them again

Moose Maclennan · 2013-09-10 06:30:04

Splurge is probably the wrong word, but if there's something I like, fits well and gets worn often whilst being hard-wearing, price - if not stratospheric - is secondary. I've been spending a bit more than I used to on jeans and sports jackets.

With shoes I'm lucky - uncomplicated feet and a pragmatic outlook have allowed me to find much of my better footwear in 'nearly new' condition.

Not sure if there's a real alternative to Kenmoors though. Most other longwings look pretty weedy next to a Florsheim.

4F Hepcat · 2013-09-10 07:15:33

^The Alden Cordovan Long Wing Blucher is certainly a larger and chunkier shoe IMO. But the price has sky rocketed too, an assertive €729 on a website I stumbled across the other day. That must have been all of Mafoofans half a dozen purchases of this shoe in black and #8 in each size and fitting so he could admire his shoe pyramid that inflated the market.

What about the Allen Edmonds Mc Neil? GBP 320 on John Simons webshop, compared with the 279 for the Imperials.

Film Noir Buff · 2013-09-10 07:25:07

I splurge on custom linings and cufflinks often with a lurid theme. Most people never notice but as long as I know they are there.

The_Shooman · 2013-09-10 15:17:30

4F Hepcat · 2013-09-11 01:07:24

The verdict on India as a serious industrial and technological contender is out, sure they have TATA and have purchased the British steel and car industries, not to mention a couple of refineries, but no one is under any illusion that this isn't anything other than harvesting left overs and prestige brand purchases. India remains a caste ridden hell-hole and some of the recent gang rapes have done much to dispel the myths of the rise of this nation. China's rise on the other hand is real and demonstrated.

But we are talking about shoes here and if Florsheim got the transfer of production equipment, processes, procedures and quality control right, then there is no reason why the new Florsheim Kenmoor's shouldn't be a decent and hard wearing shoe. I may yet give the grained black Kenmoor ago, I can't perceive grained leather as having an aura of plastic about them. We shall see!

Chogall · 2013-09-11 01:39:27

Shoes. But I am trying hard to limit the number of pairs owned to 14, enough for two weeks but not enough to bankrupt my poor self.

I had a pair of made in India Cole Hann. Cheap leather but nothing polish jobs can't fix. Ended up donating them when there's a hole on the sole. Resoling would cost more than a new pair.

4F Hepcat · 2013-09-12 04:43:59

Moose Maclennan · 2013-09-12 05:14:33

'Vintage' Kenmoor maybe an option? That kind of money - less if you're lucky - would get you an excellent pair.

classicshoesformen.com, despite the shall-we-say ambitious prices, is a good place to look at what's on offer and read up on Florsheims.

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