gems from the AAAC archives - "Luncheon with the incomparable Mr Pollock"

[The Shooman]

As promised, here is one of the truly great AAAC postings from Comolli about his meeting with the legendary Ken C Pollock, or as l always referred to him, "Mr Pollock" or "Sir".



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Regards:
The Shooman.

 

[Journeyman]

Interesting - here's an old post from Mr Pollock on StyleForum, about the same lunch and subsequent events:

http://www.styleforum.net/t/4921/mr-comolli/0_20

 

[FriendCustomer]

As promised, here is one of the truly great AAAC postings from Comolli about his meeting with the legendary Ken C Pollock, or as l always referred to him, "Mr Pollock" or "Sir".



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Regards:
The Shooman.

Great stuff. Love these old posts.

 

[doghouse]

I like where this is going

 

[Jan Libourel]

Lord, those posts date back right to when I first became involved in the subculture of the menswear fora!

 

[The Shooman]

Yes, and l think I still remember your first post at AAAC. I think you asked about shoos and l was the first person to speak to you. You joined in either May or June 2004.

I have other archives of Mr Pollock's shoo ranking, his full blown discussion of the J&M handmades, Mr Pollock's shoo collection and other things. I have hard copies of these because l never used to like reading off the computer (still don't) so l used to print out stuff and read off the hard copy. The old discussions were interesting.

I have a pair of the J&M handmades due to Mr Pollock. They fit really well. J&M handmades were also available in lizard and alligator (can't find the pics)....if they were in my size l would have bought them. The J&M handmades are pure class!

 

[ConchitaWurst]

this is just great. thanks The Shooman for posting and thanks to Journeyman for linking to tgat old sf post. much enjoyed the read

 

[Thruth]

There is richness in the AAAC & SF archives. More words than pics. More knowledge than posting koppage.

Example (circa 2004):

http://www.styleforum.net/t/979/bespoke-shoes#post_7995

T4phage
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Originally posted by Matadorpoeta:
Quote:
...does anyone know of a true custom shoe maker? i'm not talking about custom fit/last, but one who will actually make a shoe from scratch according to your own design, the way a custom tailor might work from a picture in a magazine or a drawing of yours.--------------
Sometime in August or September I am heading to Rome again and will bring my Cleverley side elastic shoe. I will see if Lattanzi can make a similar shoe with a few modifications. The main reason I am trying this is because of all my bespokes, the most immediately comfortable shoe was by Silvano Lattanzi (not that any of the others were painful mind you). I want to do a bit of modifiation on the Cleverley design and see if he can do it.

 

[Journeyman]

^ Ah, the good old days, when T4phage posted useful, informative comments, instead of cryptic, haiku-like utterances!

 

[Grand Potentate]

^ Ah, the good old days, when T4phage posted useful, informative comments, instead of cryptic, haiku-like utterances!

paging MFDoom

 

[MFDoom]

paging MFDoom

T4phage still lives
We don't talk much these days though
He's still my man-crush

 

[The Shooman]

T4phage still lives
We don't talk much these days though
He's still my man-crush

Tell me more, seriously. Are you and phage mates?

^ Ah, the good old days, when T4phage posted useful, informative comments, instead of cryptic, haiku-like utterances!

There is a reason why he posts like that, he is imitating the poster who used to post there called Son Of Saphir.

Yep, phage is still around the traps. A very unique personality. And...when it comes to shoos phage-monster has all the good ones.