Dear Mr Allenbach,

Of course your kind post helps! Thank you very much!

I am aware of a sale i.e. a reduced price for a red leather Tricker's tassle loafer in size 7.  The shoe specialist of another shop took the trouble to look at it on the webpage of the shop which has reduced the Tricker model in price, and he remarked, unlike the Trickers tassle loafer his firm sells, this which concerns me is unlined and the cord design also different. This observation of unlined was subsequently confirmed by the loafer's salesman.  So I started to worry about making a mistake by buying an unlined shoe. Thus my thread here requesting advice. 

Previous to this ascertained unlining, I inquired online at Trickers because my shoe size is UK 7 1/2. The Trickers correspondent recommended size 7, which is still available. There is no 7 1/2 size for sale.

Do you find anything above regarding the loafer objectionable?

Your advice is very appreciated.

PS: The location of the shoe shop is too far away for me to visit.

Last edited by Naive, Jr. (2015-02-18 07:34:28)

Dear Mr Allenbach,

Thanks very much for your prompt and gratuit(u)ous cousel!

I see a "red thread" (metaphor) in both your posts: size!  Your recommendation I risk pulling the trigger of the weapon of my choice and liquidate size 7 1/2, subsequently you advise in another manner again liquidation. Very metamorphical, so fluid.  So you agree with the Trickers' correspondent who said 7 is right, he added because loafers should fit tight, and expand with wear. So you think I should liquidate the size 7 1/2 in this matter and not worry too much to choose 7.  Your other sense of liquidation which you say is an old forces trick (I do read the online daily "Veterans Today" for interpretation of false flag and other tricks used by clandestine intelligence) surprises me since I believe water hurts leather.

Your grateful consultee

Last edited by Naive, Jr. (2015-02-18 10:04:53)

Dear Worried Man,

Nice to hear from a kindred soul who worries and an honour, too, a representative of the Film Noir brass! I get banned without understanding what went wrong. One poster on the Simon Crompton thread asked me if I'm on medication and my reply he's degenerating provoked him to threaten me with you! I encountered my newly earned foe fearlessly and endorsed his initiative.

Now to get in the groove: yes, I had an inkling no lining meant no socks, but why wintertime leftovers? I used to wear loafers without socks sometimes in summertime. If I don't wear socks, there's more room in my loafer, right? But I like socks, in fact, I dream about chunkier, a bit longer cottonrich Scot-Nicols socks on sale for about £8 in beautiful colours, if they would be only cheaper?

May I presume you wear loafers without socks? I wonder if Dave Brubeck could play drums wearing loafers sockless? It's never really very hot where I am, except after hours of disco dancing, but not my feet, but my trunk and arms. (I'm not half-elephant.)

Two cents is two senses, required to apprehend an object?

Thanks for your contribution!

PS: Kent Wang offers beautiful loafers, too, in fact, three kinds, which obsess me.  But they're never ever on sale.

Last edited by Naive, Jr. (2015-02-18 10:11:35)

Yes, unlined loafers are less sunstancial for a goodyear welted shoe and play various roles. For me they are lighter when one wants to potter around the house and do casual activities,and they are also good for hot weather. This morning l am wearing unlined spectator loafers, but will soon change my footwear into something more substancial to go about my day.

Last edited by Naive, Jr. (2015-02-19 07:52:32)

Last edited by Naive, Jr. (2015-02-19 14:57:22)

Ah, yes, just the plain penny.  Rancourt has the pinch and the weltline.  You surely can't go wrong with either.

I was just referring to the styling with the boxy, not pointy, moc construction and the tongue and strap with the notable "penny slot".  It's a substantial loafer, and I just see this as a quintessential Amercian take on the loafer.  I guess really, the tassel loafer would be the utmost American version.  But as you pointed out, they're also handcrafted in the U.S.  All around, a hearty American shoe.

Last edited by Worried Man (2015-02-19 12:53:07)

Thanks very much, Worried Man - you are a helpful person. I'm glad to have encountered you during peacetime. Keep up the moderate moderation! I listened today to a Swiss professor of law who spoke about the theme of his just published book: <Verhältnismäßigkeit>, and wanted to say to you, Worried Man, that it seems to me you have a healthy sense for Verhaeltnismaessigkeit, but I discover that this word, which is fundamental for jurisprudence, is not easily translated into English. One of several English words proposed is "moderation".

PS: I think the Simon Crompton thread here is very witty (most of the time) and some of the scholarship on tailoring astonishing. That Spanish tailor with the long name which begins with S is so conscientious and funny! It is really odd that Crompton awakes such broad antipathy, and I told him I disagree with his refusal to read the thread. He wrote me that's what the posters want - that he read what they write. Is that true, and so what? I just don't understand. I think Simon could learn from his critics.

Last edited by Naive, Jr. (2015-02-19 14:59:51)

Hahaha.  I'm fairly moderate outside of my obsession with clothing, shoes, and the occasional drunken stupor.