Posts by Spark

I have an Isaia made of solaro for the summer and it's absolutely fine for biz wear - question never even occcurred to me, actually.

I bought a pair of those on one of the Polo sales last year and sent them back. Leather seemed sub-par and I didn't like the last. Then again, I already had two pair of monks already - C&Js and a pair of dark brown suede...

+100 on the PacNW being a style pit. Putting aside the unbiquitous smelly hipster uniform of a black hoodie, ultra skinny jeans, oversized white frame sunglasses, a fixie bike and a sneer, trends I have seen in Portland include: -...

They should fit/feel like slippers -- are they too small? I've been wearing them (Sperrys) since I was a kid and never had a problem, but know friends who had a ritual of soaking them right out of the box and wearing them till they...

Just found out I'll be there for the month of June and know very little about the city -- any tips? Many thanks in advance!

Funny, but I was in a men's shop the other day picking up a sports coat and chatting with the owner. We were talking about the seasonal cycles of sales in general and he told me that he had seen a big shift in the last six months - one...

I have a pair of those BBs on the 240 in Black (my wedding/funereal/ IV shoes). Lengthwise they are true to size, but may run a tad wide -- the Es are more like EEs. Not the sleekest last out there -- they have a lot of volume, which...

Pretty classic design at a previously unseen price...very hard to get an engine-turned silver buckle below $100 on sale. Note that (at 1') the buckle is smaller than normal belt widths and I do not think it has a prong (for belt...

pm sent on the orange one

I have had both - the Black on the 317 and the Brown pebble on the 325. I bought the Brown at the NYC main store and liked the fit so much that I bought the Black via the web during one of the sales. I couldn't believe that it was on a...