Gaziano & Girling Appreciation & Shoo Porn Theard - Page 255

Originally Posted by lee_44106 

Those house? slippers are quite nice, where do you guys wear them?
For those with the G&G Deco range shoes, can I see some real-life pictures of them being worn? The last is so aggressively elongated that I'm afraid it'll look funny and be completely ridiculous looking in 5 years.

Originally Posted by JonathanCWalker 

At home! 

Originally Posted by Stirling 

 

Use it....

Originally Posted by chogall 

 

my peasant ass did not study in a boarding school.  and opera pumps/velvet slippers w/ tux?  pffffft.

Originally Posted by Georges5 

My dear pair of Cambridge...just a dream i had for my 40 years anniversary!!

Originally Posted by JonathanCWalker 

Had an email from Nick at Bespoke England and he said G&G slippers soon, Can't wait to see these

Originally Posted by LeJouvre 

A "House Slipper" actually also got its name from the "House" to which you belonged at your private school. Like all those Harry Potter stories our kids all read. These English Private School kids were all allocated a "house" to belong to when they first enrolled. The crest of that house was embroidered on a pair of "house slippers". Typically your "house slipper" was the popular "Albert" slipper which everyone loves to use today.

The reason it was not a "soft" is because you would be allowed to slip out of your more formal "dress shoes" and into "something more comfortable" after school classes and lectures were over.

The "house slippers" were then a comfortable shoe/slipper used to walk between your dormitory and your dining room, or your club rooms, library or to any event which the school would be holding, like a school play or dance. You wore your "house slippers" also to events where the school "houses" competed. This slipper was obligatory dress code in private schools, and you would be whacked on the side of the head with a cricket bat if school "prefects" caught you wearing anything not "uniform".

So now the "house slipper" is still known by that name and is generally associated with a hard soled velvet lined Albert with a crest to display your "house" and which is used for small and short trips between your home and the local grocery store on a Sunday, or, to the local Opera, which makes a lot more sense than tight ill fitting patent leather blister busters everyone wears to the Opera. Only the "servants" and the "working class" would need to wear those!!!

Originally Posted by justinkapur 

USPS dropped off a lovely package courtesy of Nick:
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

Originally Posted by culverwood 


A lovely story but one that many people will believe I am afraid, I do not know if you made it up or copied it from elsewhere but this is how internet myths start. A little correct information and a lot of hokum

Originally Posted by in stitches 

maiden voyage

Originally Posted by JonathanCWalker 

Had an email from Nick at Bespoke England and he said G&G slippers soon, Can't wait to see these