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#1 2015-01-05 05:27:26
- Acrilan-Man
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Triple-welt brogues
OK - they were made in Belgium, tan colour, very clumpy with a strangely beautiful very wide triple welt. You got the heft of a long wing tip without the long wing and with a rounder, almond toe shape. J.Simons sold them around 84-87. They were about £300, which was a fortune back then so I could never afford a pair. Like most things no longer available I have become slightly obsessed with them but can find no further information. What were they? Who made them? Did anyone buy a pair? I notice Grenson now make a version but they are not at all similar. These Belgian beauties were truly remarkable creations.
#2 2021-09-23 04:00:15
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Triple-welt brogues
Would the Grenson offering be the 'Archie'? Why do Grenson insist on giving their footwear these dopy names? I've got 'Oscar' - the name of a spaniel I once knew - and have never really taken to them. I think of Grenson in much the same way as I think of Loake or Cheaney. The factory shop down the road was selling them twenty years ago. £300 in 84-87 - yipes. Would they have been a sound investment, like Florsheim Imperials or the Church my father wore? Funny thing is, I tend to think of you now as a loafer'desert boot man. Myself, I do like a bit of heft.