Show us your new shoes

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si_xsi

1,189 posts

194 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Just ordered my first pair of Loakes - quite excited, and some wax via them too. 2 working days delivery is pretty impressive.



hoping they will last longer than the boots I bought from Jones - 14 months and one resole / heel later they are done, I do use them most weekdays though!


jammy-git

29,776 posts

211 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Anybody have any tips for where to get a nice, smart, fitted overcoat or trench coat?

Actually, I'm in London on Monday so any suggestions of places in London to go to would be appreciated too.

Edited by jammy-git on Saturday 21st January 18:41

13m

26,271 posts

221 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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jammy-git said:
Anybody have any tips for where to get a nice, smart, fitted overcoat or trench coat?

Actually, I'm in London on Monday so any suggestions of places in London to go to would be appreciated too.

Edited by jammy-git on Saturday 21st January 18:41
Selfridges or failing that one of the other department stores along Oxford St.

Zingari

902 posts

172 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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I had a pair of those Clark's Polyveldt - great shoes. Wish I could buy another pair

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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jammy-git said:
Anybody have any tips for where to get a nice, smart, fitted overcoat or trench coat?

Actually, I'm in London on Monday so any suggestions of places in London to go to would be appreciated too.

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 21st January 18:41
Depends how much you want to spend and what style.

If you are in the west end the options will be 5 quid to 5000 quid.

jammy-git

29,776 posts

211 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Budget is up to around £500, ish. Happy to spend more for real quality, though I do find it hard to keep smart clothes pristine, so probably best for me to spend a bit less on something that I don't mind chucking at the dry cleaners every once in a while.

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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jammy-git said:
Budget is up to around £500, ish. Happy to spend more for real quality, though I do find it hard to keep smart clothes pristine, so probably best for me to spend a bit less on something that I don't mind chucking at the dry cleaners every once in a while.
For that much you will smash it so unless you have a specific designer in mind try Selfridges or Liberty.

If that fails there is a Primark nr Tottenham Court Road station.

Loads of options online as well.


Budflicker

3,799 posts

183 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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si_xsi said:
Just ordered my first pair of Loakes - quite excited, and some wax via them too. 2 working days delivery is pretty impressive.



hoping they will last longer than the boots I bought from Jones - 14 months and one resole / heel later they are done, I do use them most weekdays though!
Good buy, my Loakes Bedales are fantastic quality.

idiotgap

2,112 posts

132 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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I am revolting. This thread has done that me. I have mostly posted about good'ol brown sensible PH shoes. However the revolution has resulted in my latest purchase being a pair of these...


13m

26,271 posts

221 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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idiotgap said:
I am revolting.
At last something we can all agree upon.

FreeLitres

6,039 posts

176 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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I'm going to need more convincing to leave team brogue.

Trabi601

4,865 posts

94 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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idiotgap said:
I am revolting. This thread has done that me. I have mostly posted about good'ol brown sensible PH shoes. However the revolution has resulted in my latest purchase being a pair of these...

Great choice! I wear my black ones everywhere.

InductionRoar

2,001 posts

131 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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Trabi601 said:
idiotgap said:
I am revolting. This thread has done that me. I have mostly posted about good'ol brown sensible PH shoes. However the revolution has resulted in my latest purchase being a pair of these...

Great choice! I wear my black ones everywhere.
Formal wear? wink

wolfracesonic

6,940 posts

126 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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I have trouble seeing past the word 'Spezial' if I'm honest. Are we allowed to swap camps on this thread anyway?

jonamv8

3,145 posts

165 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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Bought some new Boss trainers for knocking about in, not expensive but smart enough. All bases covered with these 3 colours


g3org3y

20,606 posts

190 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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jammy-git said:
Anybody have any tips for where to get a nice, smart, fitted overcoat or trench coat?

Actually, I'm in London on Monday so any suggestions of places in London to go to would be appreciated too.
jammy-git said:
Budget is up to around £500, ish. Happy to spend more for real quality, though I do find it hard to keep smart clothes pristine, so probably best for me to spend a bit less on something that I don't mind chucking at the dry cleaners every once in a while.
With that in mind, is the standard suggestion of Charles Tyrwhitt worth a look?

Wool/cashmere combo overcoats for ~£200 http://www.ctshirts.com/uk/mens-outerwear/coats/ov...

At that price point you can buy two and be less precious over them and not be stung with the 'designer premium' you may get at Selfridges etc.

s6boy

1,613 posts

224 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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I" after some advice for slightly darkening the finish on a pair of shoes.

They're Loake Edwards and a shade too light for me, is there anything I can do or would they need to go back to Loakes?

bob-lad

2,212 posts

104 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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idiotgap said:
I am revolting. This thread has done that me. I have mostly posted about good'ol brown sensible PH shoes. However the revolution has resulted in my latest purchase being a pair of these...

You've been hacked by arsenalmorris.
I claim my £5.


FreeLitres

6,039 posts

176 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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s6boy said:
I" after some advice for slightly darkening the finish on a pair of shoes.

They're Loake Edwards and a shade too light for me, is there anything I can do or would they need to go back to Loakes?
You can use some coloured shoe cream for a subtle colour change, or you could use Feibings oil dye for a more dramatic permanent change. I have dyed a few pairs of shoes now - really not difficult.

ETA: Some photos of my shoe dye projects.

I started with two pairs of cheap tan boot like these;


I wanted to have one pair in dark brown, so I created;


I found it quite fun using the dye, so I ended up painting a patina on the other tan pair;


Then when one of my favourite pairs of Crockett and Jones started to look faded, decided to dye them back to their original colour;

Before-


After-


All you need is 100% acetone to prepare the surface, then a mixture of Lexol conditioner and feibings oil dye. Neat oil dye would soak in too fast and make application difficult.



Edited by FreeLitres on Sunday 22 January 18:28

idiotgap

2,112 posts

132 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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wolfracesonic said:
I have trouble seeing past the word 'Spezial' if I'm honest. Are we allowed to swap camps on this thread anyway?
If not allowed, what is the penalty? I'm going to start checking the croquet lawn and tennis courts for submerged sausages.
bob-lad said:
You've been hacked by arsenalmorris.
I claim my £5.
Could also have been the Russians?
FreeLitres said:
I'm going to need more convincing to leave team brogue.
Not necessary! Foot in both camps is fine.
Trabi601 said:
Great choice! I wear my black ones everywhere.
Once I decided on a pair of Adidas and started looking into it, I found there was a surprising range. Given the number arsenalmorris has collected I thought it would be easier to find some that I liked, but a lot of the ones you can just buy in the shops any old time didn't appeal. Hunting down a pair in the style and colour I wanted wasn't easy.
InductionRoar said:
Formal wear? wink
Steady on, these aren't the Church's coll-aberration!
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