Contains lots of plugs for questionable products (e.g. do I really want to buy Jocket shirts because Warhol did?). But some good specifics (e.g. differences in suede shoe texture governing the types of ensembles that are suitable; formality of shoe types, even though they are Church's). As Will notes, activity-related ensembles are a plus).

I enjoyed the book but I don't often buy books with men in their underwear on the cover.

Many of us remember the crowded Madison Avenue store at sale time, twice a year. A wide selection of styles and sizes (the brogued McAfee shoes appeared late in the store's life cycle-in the '60s you could get them at Tom Austin). I guess the "modern" equivalent of the Consul would be the Crockett & Jones Whitehall, which costs about twice as much as the Consul did at sale time. The combination of the "fashion" conscious Prada evil empire with the anti-fashion fuddy-duddy Church's brand always struck me as an anamoly (e.g. Thom Browne designs for Brooks?).

I still have a couple pair of Church's from the old days. One classic white bucks with red rubber soles, and a pair of buckskin casuals.

And by coincidence, Robert Godley, whose photo as Michael Drake's assistant is in Roetzel's book, is the new U.S. representative for Edward Green. He's living in New York.

The white bucks have held up well, but then they are not worn often.

That's the downside to rubber soles that the "better traction" crowd tends to overlook.

You were fortunate you could get buckskin from them. They haven't had any this year. Nice shoes.