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Perhaps he's a coalman and he's just come from shovelling.
Absolutely. Difficult to beat them in ugliness and tackiness, even for Versace, Philipp Plein and Billionaire.These look like something Noddy would wear :-
Designer releases £100,000 gem-encrusted brogues
Christopher Shellis, founder of the Birmingham-based House of Borgezie, crafted the men's brogues using 18ct diamonds and 18ct gold. The shoes are worth £200,000.www.dailymail.co.uk
These look laughable, but I actually bought a couple of pairs back in 1985, as I was fascinated by the punk and dark look. If I remember well I had a pair in grey suede and another in black suede with contrasting white inserts, like the ones in the picture, but lace-up.Footwear from London, circa late 1980s.
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They seem very well made, though I don't like the style. Especially the semi-Cuban heel and the huge spring are unpleasant to me.While I’m not really taken with the overall result, the Shinki shell from Ogawa and the construction of these really is supurb:
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These look like something Noddy would wear :-
Designer releases £100,000 gem-encrusted brogues
Christopher Shellis, founder of the Birmingham-based House of Borgezie, crafted the men's brogues using 18ct diamonds and 18ct gold. The shoes are worth £200,000.www.dailymail.co.uk
These are stunning.
Thank you. Sutor Mantellassi from their hand welted line. Their sole leather is fine on pavement but slippery on dry tile. Felt them sliding a bit when I walked into work today even though I had worn them a couple of time to rough up the leather a bit beforehand.These are stunning.
I would say it's a good sign: they will have a long last.Thank you. Sutor Mantellassi from their hand welted line. Their sole leather is fine on pavement but slippery on dry tile. Felt them sliding a bit when I walked into work today even though I had worn them a couple of time to rough up the leather a bit beforehand.
Very nice
Rather Sizable Daddy League?
You can still purchase this creeper style from British Boot Company opposite Camden Town tube station.Footwear from London, circa late 1980s.
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what made you decide to break them out today?I think I had promised to post pics of my Papa Kiss boots. Hand welted and pegged AH construction. As The Shooman has previously posted, the leather is robust.
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I wasn't wearing them but found the pictures in my photos.what made you decide to break them out today?
Not a boot to be worn without a sock, I suspect.I think I had promised to post pics of my Papa Kiss boots. Hand welted and pegged AH construction. As The Shooman has previously posted, the leather is robust.
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I don’t wear EG or JL boots without socks either. In the grand scheme of things, it is a captoe derby boot not unlike any other.Not a boot to be worn without a sock, I suspect.
They certainly look like aI don’t wear EG or JL boots without socks either. In the grand scheme of things, it is a captoe derby boot not unlike any other.
I think I had promised to post pics of my Papa Kiss boots. Hand welted and pegged AH construction. As The Shooman has previously posted, the leather is robust.
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It looks a well-made shoe. But to me it seems overly feminine
It looks a well-made shoe. But to me it seems overly feminine
Mind you, I am someone who has never approved of pocket squares so perhaps my opinion is not that relevant.
I thank you for your approbation, Shooey. But is there only ONE 'taste'? Mrs Ambrose sometimes criticises my style of dress as being too 'classic' , and I think we need to be cautious of stunting creativity.Your opinion is well noted Sammy. You have excellent taste in shoos, and your taste is manly (like Thruths), so hardly surprising you would make these comments. You should take aspiring shoomen under your wing Sammy Ambrose, l am sure you would be able to set them on the right track. Most of the old school shoomen are gone now. Time to give back to the community and help the younger generation follow in your footsteps.
Most of the lads these days aren't schooled right. They get their shoe education from the forums. I did my schoolin' the old fashioned way. The only way to become a proper shoomen is to start young, and EARN IT!
I think their great. They are girly, but great.
Rubber soles are needed in climates like the Netherlands and the UK if you hit the pavements when it's wet and damp. A Dainite sole is a versatile and hard wearing thing, but not as comfy as leather soles. The thin ''City Soles'' phenomena, I don't quite get. Is it to make the rubber sole experience more like a leather sole, or some cost cutting exercise?John Lobb has branched out into the sports shoe business. Why? Because the profit margin is higher. Same goes with the increase in making rubber soled shoes, less handwork involved. They promote these things as comfort and serving the needs of men, but effectively they are lowering their standards in shoemaking because quality isn't the first priority. Edward Green and others are all doing it now, and they try to baffle brains by promoting these things as desirable. They don't fool me, l know what they are up too.
E.G talks about their customers suddenly wanting comfort and glued loafers, and rubber soles too. Baloney. If they wanted that they would have went to other businesses and filled those needs. What they are trying to do is move into cheaper production by talking customers into going down the cheap route in the name of comfort. The trend probably isn't there, but these companies hope the lies and promotion will persuade the lamb-gents (sheep who are easily conned) into buying cheaper made shoes.
Of course these shoes make good highend shoes to maintain the image, but they quietly sneak more cheaply made models in to make the bigger margins on high priced shoes trading on `the name'.
yes shooey its called capitalism.They don't fool me, l know what they are up too.
All the Dainite soles I have are hard and unforgiving. Harder than leather. Also as slippery as buggery on a wet timber deck. They are all the knobbly ones.What is the obsession with danite, particularly in Britain? So many makers choose it but to me it seems a hard and unforgiving 'rubber' option for chukkas and the like.