Posts by Neilius

I was in Florence recently, stopped at a shop called Eredi Chiarini on Via Roma, and found two brands that I simply cannot find anywhere else, though I wish I could: Luca Roda makes cool, matte-fabric pocket squares (and rounds), often...

I used to wear Ballantyne, Pringle, Johnson's of Elgin, NPeal. . .. all of which are either sold, gone stupidly trendy, or out of business. The one enduring rock of Hawick is William Lockie. The company sells directly through its own...

Get a load of this: http://www.barneys.com/Perforated-Wi...efault,pd.html Are Barney's customers so stupid they actually WANT to pay $150 more for the same pair of shoes (okay, the color is a bit different) than necessary?These are just...

Are the ones of the bottom right the burnished tan Barrie last shoes Winn Perry has up now? They were out of my size.

I have a pair of those straight tip bluchers in brown. I wear 11.5 Barrie last and 12 Copley seems to fit fine. And the flex sole is nice. Thing is, that tumbled leather, or whatever it's called, doesn't take a shine very well. The best...

The Alden store here in DC just took delivery of unlined summer suedes, this year in navy and snuff. I grabbed a pair of the navy ones, barely missing a price increase from $437 to $456. Barrie last, flex sole. Unusual to find something...

The point is, the shoe is supposed to be an "all-weather walker," which is just nonsense. It's a great sole as long as you don't wear it on wet pavement.

It's true. The plantation sole is fine, but the leather tip is stupid. I bought some "all weather walkers" six months ago, and the leather tip already looks like paper mache. Dumb idea. I'm going to have to take them to a...

Trouble is, I know Barrie fits me perfectly. I haven't the faintest idea what lasts in Paul Smith or Tricker's or Church's or Lobb or any of the others fit me. I'm not even sure they all have as reliable a last system as Alden. But...

One more thing: Why doesn't Alden, or any other quality shoemaker, produce a shoe in grey suede? Alden does tan, brown, snuff, navy and black. Even white, on special makeups. All great. But why no grey? And why not more captoe,...