Posts by pejsek

Quote: Originally Posted by dv3 I find the David Reeves comparison very striking. Here are two Reeves suits I found through google image; although, I believe both were originally posted on AAAC. While I...

Quote: Originally Posted by voxsartoria Have you run into anythng from Nutter? Note the 1988 pic above of Jay McInerney being fitted at Nutters. - B Yes, I have. I have a Blazer from Nutters around...

Funny, no mention of Sexton there.

Quote: Originally Posted by I. Gentantithesis Reference: Pinned: HOF: Labels, Heels, Nails etc. page 12, post 172, or don't. Rebel222's example appears a bit coarse for vintage BB EG Peal. The waist is too wide, the...

Nice shoes. Could very well be EG and if you say EG has confirmed this I will believe you. I had no idea we were talking about shoes of such vintage--the all-leather heels with double nails on the outside rear and Peal stamped into the...

Quote: Originally Posted by rebel222 I know for a fact that this is true... Confirmed w/ EG. Also, these are likely to be dated before EG used the current lasting numbers. If pics bear you out I will...

Quote: Originally Posted by RSS Also a bit of experience at Hogg & Johnstone. Hogg, Sons, & J.B. Johnstone were very fine tailors. (They're a bit of a namesake for me too, though I won't let...

Hate to break into your conversation here, guys, but these shoes sound unlikely to be EG. EG has, of course, made shoes for BB (both Peal and English lines). However, I've never seen EG use anything other than a full leather lining and...

Obviously it may depend somewhat on the initials, but, yes, in the hands of a great cobbler this can be nice. Jun Kuwana is surely the master of this genre. Cleverley, F&S, and Corthay, I think, have all made shoes for him with such...

I'm sorry I didn't get to see the picture. Based on the description, though, I'd say the shoe seems tailor-made to raise the collective ire of sf acolytes. But that's just a handful of guys--only a handful of whom know anything about...