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post #26101 of 26113
5/22/12 at 9:59pm
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Originally Posted by The Thin Man View Post

OK, yeah, that sounded stupid. I guess more specifically, would you wear this light beige color with black jeans or paler, but-not-quite-white jeans?

firstly, the grey suede will be darker in real life, like noticeable darker

and second they will still be very versatile

and also I would swap out the leather laces in those sneakers with cotton, looks stupid and the knot is really bulky in real life, and they were touch enough to cut my heavily calloused hands when I was tieing them
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post #26102 of 26113
5/22/12 at 10:44pm
Steveo it's cotton

Also, I find myself in the dangerous mustcompleteoutfit cycle coppage mode.
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post #26103 of 26113
5/22/12 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by Billster View Post

firstly, the grey suede will be darker in real life, like noticeable darker
and second they will still be very versatile
and also I would swap out the leather laces in those sneakers with cotton, looks stupid and the knot is really bulky in real life, and they were touch enough to cut my heavily calloused hands when I was tieing them

Sorry, but if your hands can get cut by leather laces, they are not that calloused. I have the high tops, and they work just fine.
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post #26104 of 26113
5/23/12 at 2:16am
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post #26105 of 26113
5/23/12 at 2:30am
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Originally Posted by lmaozedong View Post

I was eyeing these for a while, then they sold out of my size and I cried a little bit inside. You should consider them, if they'd fit (though I don't know how I feel about the nickel eyelets for you): http://www.tresbienshop.com/officer-shoe-waxy-black

Thanks man, saw those, they aren't bad but I think the rw look cleaner. I would've gotten the crepe sole ones but they sold out my size as well.
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Originally Posted by hendrix View Post

I know the Yohji thread has had some nice examples of how red wings can work, but seriously, can I give you all a pep talk to build up your self esteem?
Bro, you're the man. bitches love your dick. and all that.
You can do better than Red Wings.

Uh what?
I don't pay attention to the yohji thread, they just happened to be exactly what I was looking for. There aren't many similar things in the price range.
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post #26106 of 26113
5/23/12 at 2:45am
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Originally Posted by artishard116 View Post

Thanks man, saw those, they aren't bad but I think the rw look cleaner. I would've gotten the crepe sole ones but they sold out my size as well.
Uh what?
I don't pay attention to the yohji thread, they just happened to be exactly what I was looking for. There aren't many similar things in the price range.

dunno what the price range is but you've got some nice, relatively expensive stuff in your wardrobe, and black derbies are probably quite a useful addition and would be justifiable to spend a bit on. So I've gotta ask, are they really exactly what you're looking for? Cos if they're not (which I presume, since you're debating on whether to keep) then maybe you could do better.
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post #26107 of 26113
5/23/12 at 2:54am
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Originally Posted by Swiss View Post

Some Japanese brand called "J.S. Homestead" - $420

Sounds like it might be a Journal Standard house brand. $420 is pretty out there for something like that....
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post #26108 of 26113
5/23/12 at 2:57am
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Originally Posted by hendrix View Post

dunno what the price range is but you've got some nice, relatively expensive stuff in your wardrobe, and black derbies are probably quite a useful addition and would be justifiable to spend a bit on. So I've gotta ask, are they really exactly what you're looking for? Cos if they're not (which I presume, since you're debating on whether to keep) then maybe you could do better.

So tempted to put wedge soles on my Jil Sander X Church's because I never wear them these days and they need a little sole maintenance anyway, but I am afraid of fucking up the welting and never being able to turn them leather soled again. I have some amazing cobblers around here but I still worry....
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post #26109 of 26113
5/23/12 at 9:15am
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Originally Posted by impolyt_one View Post

So tempted to put wedge soles on my Jil Sander X Church's because I never wear them these days and they need a little sole maintenance anyway, but I am afraid of fucking up the welting and never being able to turn them leather soled again. I have some amazing cobblers around here but I still worry....

I wouldn't do it. Put it this way. I had a pair of wedge soled boots MTO for FW11, and the only thing that was different from that already crowd was that it was a crepe sole, not a Christie sole. That trend has already hit its apex. Unless you have a very defined uniform and a silhouette that only gets adjusted by degrees from season to season, like me (I hate really slim shoes, so the chunkier sole worked for my silhouette) , it would be a wasted effort.

My latest purchases are totally in keeping with my uniform - Wings+Horns black jersey cardigan, and White Mountaineering belt (black, designed long for some tucking. Worn over a tee or a henley, with jeans and chuck like kicks, and you've pretty much pegged me for spring.
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post #26110 of 26113
5/23/12 at 9:19am
wedge soles on dress shoes? did i miss a trend?
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post #26111 of 26113
5/23/12 at 9:22am
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Originally Posted by indesertum View Post

wedge soles on dress shoes? did i miss a trend?

Yes. "Dress shoes" is such a constrictive term. Usually brogues, but often captoes, and lots of brogue boots or other "country" boots.
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post #26112 of 26113
5/23/12 at 9:26am
boots i've seen but not dress shoes
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post #26113 of 26113
5/23/12 at 9:27am
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Originally Posted by LA Guy View Post

Yes. "Dress shoes" is such a constrictive term. Usually brogues, but often captoes, and lots of brogue boots or other "country" boots.

On here it is, hah. Sometimes I'll refer to brogues or derbies or, god forbid, balmorals when talking to someone who isn't into clothes and they have no idea what I'm talking about. They're like, "Oh, you mean dress shoes." If it's leather and it's not a sneaker or a boot, it's apparently a dress shoe.
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