Show us your new shoes

[PanzerCommander]

HenrysDad said:

arsenalmorris said:

Got these this morning and absolutely love them. Sold out in minutes online and Instore, somehow ended up with 3 pairs haha

Adidas Munchen

I like those a lot

[anonymous-user]

arsenalmorris said:

Which was it you was after I might be able to help

Ardwick was one of them - will try and remember the other.
Cheers.

[arsenalmorris]

desolate said:

arsenalmorris said:

Which was it you was after I might be able to help

Ardwick was one of them - will try and remember the other.
Cheers.

No worries, Ardwick very hard to come across now though and when they do are easy £300/£400 there was only 500 pairs made of which only 300ish ever went on sale

[Blown2CV]

christ has anyone got any "boring brown brogues" photos and chat please....

on the shoe care side of things, the suede cleaner was excellent and has got water marks out of a new pair of suede shoes I bought recently and only wore once. Annoyingly I had suede water protector on them so I am not sure why they got stained. The Saphir polish is really excellent stuff - don't stop at the cleaner/nourisher stuff e.g. Renovateur, that's only to get you to the point where you can start polishing up, not a substitute for.

I'd be lying if I said the Saphir brushes didn't feel very nice in the hand too, despite them probably not making a whole lot of difference to results over 50p costco ones.

Incidentally I still use old boxer shorts as buffing cloth...

[Zad]

Maybe time to split into 2 threads? Keep both parties happy.

[tuffer]

Pretty outrageous for my usual taste:

Lovely soft leather and extremely comfortable out of the box, leather soles and slippy as F%%K.

[ArsE92]

tuffer said:

Pretty outrageous for my usual taste:

Lovely soft leather and extremely comfortable out of the box, leather soles and slippy as F%%K.

Love those. What colour are they?

[tuffer]

ArsE92 said:

tuffer said:

Pretty outrageous for my usual taste:

Lovely soft leather and extremely comfortable out of the box, leather soles and slippy as F%%K.

Love those. What colour are they?

Dark blue, pale blue in the dots. Also came with some pale blue laces but that was a step too far for me. Barker's, very happy with them, starting to get a bit addicted to this shoe lark.

Edited by tuffer on Saturday 11th June 18:06

[Shaw Tarse]

tuffer said:

Dark blue, pale blue in the dots. Also came with some pale blue laces but that was a step too far for me. Barker's, very happy with them, starting to get a bit addicted to this shoe lark.

Edited by tuffer on Saturday 11th June 18:06

Just give us a link, not sure if you bought suede Baxters or leather Barkers

More boring brown on order http://www.ctshirts.com/uk/brown-carlton-toe-cap-o...

[tuffer]

Shaw Tarse said:

Just give us a link, not sure if you bought suede Baxters or leather Barkers

More boring brown on order http://www.ctshirts.com/uk/brown-carlton-toe-cap-o...

Woody, leather not Suede. 345466F Navy / Blue Calf
http://media.barker-shoes.co.uk/media/wysiwyg/6704...

Edited as I had the model wrong.

Edited by tuffer on Sunday 12th June 12:00

[Trabi601]

tuffer said:

Pretty outrageous for my usual taste:

Lovely soft leather and extremely comfortable out of the box, leather soles and slippy as F%%K.

Did you also get a shiny Adidas tracksuit, to complete the Romanian gangmaster look?

[tuffer]

Trabi601 said:

Did you also get a shiny Adidas tracksuit, to complete the Romanian gangmaster look?

No

[Thankyou4calling]

tuffer said:

No

I like those (not love) and I'd go with the pale blue laces.

[pistolpedro]

Not sure if its been mentioned elsewhere but I thought this may be of interest to readers of this thread

BBC4 20.30

By Royal Appointment: John Lobb Shoes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07g9q28

[FreeLitres]

pistolpedro said:

Not sure if its been mentioned elsewhere but I thought this may be of interest to readers of this thread

BBC4 20.30

By Royal Appointment: John Lobb Shoes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07g9q28

Thanks, I'll watch this.

When I was getting into decent shoes, I sent an enquiry to John Lobb (London) to see how much it would cost to get a basic plain pair of bespoke oxfords made up for me. I had no real idea how much they would cost, but I thought that if they cost, say, £2k a pair I might treat myself for a big birthday or other special occasion.

Needless to say, I knocked the idea on the head when I found out I would't be able to buy even a left shoe with my initial budget!

[InductionRoar]

FreeLitres said:

pistolpedro said:

Not sure if its been mentioned elsewhere but I thought this may be of interest to readers of this thread

BBC4 20.30

By Royal Appointment: John Lobb Shoes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07g9q28

Thanks, I'll watch this.

When I was getting into decent shoes, I sent an enquiry to John Lobb (London) to see how much it would cost to get a basic plain pair of bespoke oxfords made up for me. I had no real idea how much they would cost, but I thought that if they cost, say, £2k a pair I might treat myself for a big birthday or other special occasion.

Needless to say, I knocked the idea on the head when I found out I would't be able to buy even a left shoe with my initial budget!

Yes I will definitely be watching this too.

John Lobb St. James are silly money - there are lots of bespoke makers who make products at least the equal of Lobb for a fraction of the price. I think the Royal Warrants add a certain "value" to their brand which means they can literally charge what they want.

Edited by InductionRoar on Monday 13th June 19:03

[FreeLitres]

I don't own any Lobbs, but what's the deal with JL Paris vs JL London?

I thought JL Paris was the Northampton factory making high quality ready to wear shoes (Paris because it was bought by a fashion house?)

I also thought JL London is that bespoke-only makers in London

I seemed to think the two are not related.

Have i got this right?

[InductionRoar]

FreeLitres said:

I don't own any Lobbs, but what's the deal with JL Paris vs JL London?

I thought JL Paris was the Northampton factory making high quality ready to wear shoes (Paris because it was bought by a fashion house?)

I also thought JL London is that bespoke-only makers in London

I seemed to think the two are not related.

Have i got this right?

There is essentially a bespoke arm of both companies (or was) but these guys are far more knowledgeable on the subject.

http://www.styleforum.net/t/323349/john-lobb-st-ja...

[Blown2CV]

i always think john lobb sounds like some kind of 18th century euphemism for penis

[Laurel Green]

BBC4 has a programme on now (8.30) on John Lobb.