chronology1066 Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Hi All Since it seems there are a pretty good number of tasteful types on here with a large serving of sartorial awareness, I thought we might exchange a little chit chat regarding one of the true marks of a gentleman. Just to get the ball rolling here is a little highlights list of my favorites currently in my rack Crockett and Jones - Pembroke in Brown Grain - My utter favorites, had then a couple of years and after one afternoon of wearing them they were as if I had been wearing them for years. A beautiful leather and very practical with the dainite soles Pics to follow Church - Custom made since I an not a great fan of leather soles on ankle boots, I had these made up with the dainite soles, superb, and look great with either jeans or a suit (casual only of course) Barker - Several Pairs but my favorites are a pair of whole cut oxblood with punched toe. With alternating oxblood and black polish they has taken a beautiful patina Alfred Sergeant - One pair of honey beige whole cuts, look sensation with a linen/silk mix suit. Steymar - One pair but my favorite summer shoe, I am no great fan of sandal as a rule but these with the punched leather are wonderful in the summer month and with a brown croc print look smooth as you like suit or jeans. Utility Boots - Adidas GSG9 High leg, in case I ever need to inverse rappel down a building at night. Harder than nail and also keep my tootsies warm and dry. Slipper - Yes, I do in the colder month which can be many in the UK. Church Hermes in Burgundy So, how about it people.... what do you have that stop your legs from fraying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 You Englishmen are so much more refined & sophisticated than us country bumpkins across the pond! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 This was what I packed as footwear for my trip to Tokyo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 This was what I packed as footwear for my trip to Tokyo... Hmmmmn.., one whole suitcase for just the shoes, you pack like my wife! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronology1066 Posted August 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 omni - Well, if you lots can find me a good price on a pair of black python boots I would be interested to add them to the collection TJ - Your spose to have a foot fetish, not a shoe fetish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 omni - Well, if you lots can find me a good price on a pair of black python boots I would be interested to add them to the collection Only in western style but they do come in black. On sale for £121. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronology1066 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Would prefer to select my own toe shapre and heel style and height. As an alternative I am consdiering a pair of mock croc boots from a small vendor having made a range for their own offering. Herring Shoes - Jagger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Okay, the demi dress ankle boot style it is. I would suggest not going with a printed exotic skin leather. Since you like the look of python and you'd like it in black, why not just opt for less expensive lizard skin as it will all look the same in black? I've wound up with boots from Mexico sold as exotic skins only to find they were embossed cowhide, mind you, very well done like you have pictured but still cowhide. It never comes out well in the end when they start having even a little wear. I do wear shoes other than boots and for exotics I prefer genuine lizard over snake skin, scales hold up better. Unfortunately, the only affordable pre-made snakeskin half boots are Giorgio Bruntini which all look like you just finished a flamenco dance session or came off the street as leader of the Sharks gang in "West Side Story." Caboots.com will make you any style toe, height, heel in any snake/lizard but will run you $500 - $600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professor_yaffle1 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Well, if we're talking boots, I opt for either my RM Williams Crafstmen, in chestnut, (great for my line of work as I spend time in an office and on site, and can double up as casual evening wear with jeans when on business trips), or my tan nubuck classic Timberlands........but I do hanker after a pair of cowboy boots, just living in the wrong country to get away with wearing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronology1066 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Omni - Might consider the custom route, if I am to have one pair then it had best be good. Prof - Which country you in? Jeans and boots are still acceptable long as you aint wearin a drovers hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff g Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 OK lets talk cowboy boots. Without a doubt..THE best purchase of my entire life was a pair of Larry Mayhan black Lizards with a stirrup heel...in 1987!!!!! I keep them in cedar shoe trees...wear them only for dress...have worn them regularly for..let's see...that would... be 22 years. The leather looks like new (no cracking), and I have never had them resoled. Now THAT is a quality product. AND......they will ALWAYS be in fashion. London, Paris, Rome, NY, or bum[censored]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 I've got a pretty big assortment of Cowboy style boots like Omni For business dress I like my Alden's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 OK lets talk cowboy boots................. Now THAT is a quality product. AND......they will ALWAYS be in fashion. London, Paris, Rome, NY, or bumfuck. I'll have you know that in my travels I have worn Texas nose pickers in every one of those cities, including bumfuck, never felt out of place. If you look at Anthony Bourdain on his travel show on the Travel Channel, that's about all he wears all over the world, good for him, good for me. However, a lot of time you'll see me in Ecco shoes of various models during the day when not in jeans or long pants. Seems the boot scooters just don't go with shorts unless you're female or of that persuasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Would prefer to select my own toe shapre and heel style and height. As an alternative I am consdiering a pair of mock croc boots from a small vendor having made a range for their own offering. Herring Shoes - Jagger I quite like these, so much of a departure from my normal foot wear Miendl island pro for cold and wet miendl desert fox for when it is warm These are my civy boots, i just wear what is issued for work, And this is for all occasions unless i am in a suit. But i do like those croc ones strange because i have never seen a croc wearing shoes??????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 My usual daily footwear- Just a pair of Fryes... And some Chucks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professor_yaffle1 Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 My usual daily footwear- Just a pair of Fryes... Wow , that's just the boots I have in mind when I think of cowboy boots - fantastic patina too! I need a pair of these Had a quick look at the Frye website, but couldn't work out which model they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Prof- They're Frye Dillons; great boots and super comfortable once broken in. Great quality and they develop nicely over time. Definitely among my favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchurch Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 I don't wear boots unless its winter and there is snow on the ground lol. Here is a shot of my shoes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Hmmmmn.., one whole suitcase for just the shoes, you pack like my wife! I spaced them out a bit for the photo, but they packed smaller, and I still managed to get in my clothes, without the need for a second case or bag, just my usual LV messenger bag, from my man KB, for the little things like magazines, drinks bottles etc omni - Well, if you lots can find me a good price on a pair of black python boots I would be interested to add them to the collection TJ - Your spose to have a foot fetish, not a shoe fetish You know, of all the fetishes there are, feet is the one thing I can never get my head round... Besides, my shoes aren't a fetish, just a collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronology1066 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 Got to agree, foot fetish is a worry. Now a boot fetish, now we are talking.. FMBs anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagaNRG Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 Dear fellas! I never been a boot guy, just a simple sneaker wearer youth. Now I start to think to get my first MAN shoe. (if i will feel myself ridiculous in boots like these, i will go for the good old Puma race drivers shoe, like kart cat, or future cat.) What do you think about these: Superdry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronology1066 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Interesting twist on the trad style, a bit biker, bit rancher and a punched toe. Odd but sort of appealing. The only bit which I have issue with would be the slit tops, not really my thing. Quite a radical option for a sneaker wearing youth but it would work well with a goo cross section of you ensemble. Guess it depends on how you care for them as well. Quite an indie style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagaNRG Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Thanks for the exhausting answer. We will see, first time I tried on boots like this i felt myself as I would be the Joker. Recently only fits me my Levis 512 that has a really nice outfit with the bootcut. (there is another thing that a sneaker Nike or Puma goes well with almost every kind of tops, but as i have mostly hoodies, tshirts, or track tops, I have to collect some leather jacket, or western shirts to complete the outlook the boots would give me. Another option is the Superdry boot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professor_yaffle1 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Prof- They're Frye Dillons; great boots and super comfortable once broken in. Great quality and they develop nicely over time. Definitely among my favorites! Ubi - thanks, but after searching high and low it seems that the Dillons are totally sold out Besides, my wife seems to think I have enough shoes already...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HagaNRG Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 ... Besides, my wife seems to think I have enough shoes already...... ... That Crocs replika rocks! (I am looking for almost the same colour, this it the only one i would be able to wear and go outside the street in it. But I still don't convinced myself.) Let me tell you the original Crocs slippers costs way too much for me- about 50$- for an ugly rubber shoes, but there are replicas of them everywhere now in every color options, and they price just only 15$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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