... He did however have a bespoke Covert Coat from Huntsman so we must always remember that even the best of us is often full of shit.

Bless 'im.

I think you've hit the nail on the head.

It's not the shoes, but the act of spending so much on the shoes as a fetish item.

(The Covert Coat dates to his wild youth, btw. Ditto my Brooks Makers largely unwearable in the UK Seersucker suit. There's a thread in 'Youthful Sartorial Follies' I think...)

This is the thing isn't it?

Bespoking everything as the best value, longest lasting, best quality items. Depending on the bespoke you wind up with...

Or -

The Puritan recoil at initially spending such un-Godly amounts of money on clothes.

Your Aldens (although not bespoke) clearly make very good financial sense for you in the long term. To another person the initial outlay would be the mark of a flashy foreign homosexualist.

I'm glad I'm just a scumbag and I never have to think about these things...

So who's doing what for Easter?

J.

Last edited by Ay329 Michael (2008-04-23 20:40:26)

richmond hill, sounds like a 'real bad-ass gunboat' if you don't mind the expression! i'll definitely check on those should i ever manage a new trip to london.

are these kind of shoes called norwegians? i'm not sure if i'd be brave enough to wear those but those double soles and metal segs surely CRUNCH. 'if you step on my new brown shoes i'll bloody step on you!'

Have a pair of Allen Edmonds MacNeils in tan scotch grain calf, purchased from Ebay a while back. My cobbler thinks they are circa 1950's or so. Can get a handle on what to wear with them, as I wear mostly burgundy shell cordo. Doesnt seem right with summer stuff. I will have to look at old ads to get ideas.