After one year on SF, my shoes...

[onix]

Originally Posted by Pengranger

A great start, and more than one pair a month! You do know that it only gets worse from here. You'll tell yourself in another six months "I don't need another pair of shoes", it just then becomes "I want another pair of shoes"... Styleforum has got a lot to blame...

FTFY.

 

[makewayhomer]

great stuff, but I would have started with boots about 6 or 7 pairs ago.

 

[Master-Classter]

Very very nice. I'd suggest a brown suede and maybe chelsea boot. Could also add a darker oxblood color in there too, or something "weird" like blue or green (See PhatGuido's ones)

 

[MyOtherLife]

Very impressive shoe wardrobe in such little time. Well done.
I especially like to see that you have a healthy array of brown shoes.
I agree that some suede and boots are next. Then leave SF forever lest the sickness overtake you,
or is it already too late?

 

[designprofessor]

4 pair of black shoes,isn't this some sort of record.....

 

[Gus]

On SF

Originally Posted by designprofessor

4 pair of black shoes,isn't this some sort of record.....

 

[hossoso]

Originally Posted by designprofessor

4 pair of black shoes,isn't this some sort of record.....

I noticed that too but my first several pairs of shoes worth wearing were black. I thought they would go with everything. It took about 6 months and $1000 or so to realize that grey, burgundy, sand and shades of brown were far more versatile.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by designprofessor

4 pair of black shoes,isn't this some sort of record.....

Prepare to have your mind blown:

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...ighlight=brown

 

[hossoso]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Prepare to have your mind blown: http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...ighlight=brown
Damn, but like I said, I started (at his same age 24-25) with black though not to that extreme. Maybe he is a Funeral Director? An aside, I still think he should be looking at boots before suede shoes.

 

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by hossoso

An aside, I still think he should be looking at boots before suede shoes.
Yes, chukkas, chelseas, and high boots.

 

[Reevolving]

Seems like a lot of redundancy.
I think you could get 90% of the fashion mileage with just 1/2 the pairs.

 

[marin]

Originally Posted by Pengranger

A great start, and more than one pair a month! You do know that it only gets worse from here.

You'll tell yourself in another six months "I don't need another pair of shoes", it just then becomes "I want another pair of shoes"... Google has got a lot to blame...

I started telling myself "no more shoes" last month... then I bought three more pairs. If you guys would just stop posting PSAs and B&S deals, I would be fine

Originally Posted by makewayhomer

great stuff, but I would have started with boots about 6 or 7 pairs ago.

Originally Posted by hossoso

Looks like 2010 should be the year of the boot.

I live in San Francisco, and aside from business trips, I don't have to deal with winter weather. Otherwise, I definitely would have picked up some boots by now.

Originally Posted by Man Of Lint

Very impressive shoe wardrobe in such little time. Well done.
I especially like to see that you have a healthy array of brown shoes.
I agree that some suede and boots are next. Then leave SF forever lest the sickness overtake you,
or is it already too late?

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

And you are just getting started

I think it's too late! Right now, I'm counting on my limited storage space to keep things under control. That'll work, right?

Actually, my fear is that the SF influence will drive me to try EG, JL or a MTO and I'll find myself swapping everything out.

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

I started reading SF about 7 months ago, and have bought 4 pairs of shoes. That's as much restraint as I've been able to manage. (I prefer full throttle EG compared to Loake etc, so quality over quantity). I've covered all the bases I'm intested in covering, save for non-existent abusable balmoral rubber-soled boots, so I think I'll manage to hold of for a good while now.

I have about 8 workday shoes, so If I'm only wearing a shoe once every week and a half, that's enough variety for me.

About half are black. I intend to keep it >50% black forever. You can't beat black w/ suits IMO.

 

[makewayhomer]

Many boots really aren't for cold weather per se...but they can be very comfortable, a bit better in cool temperatures (which SF has plenty of) and just there to give you a different look. Something like a nice Chelsea is great in going from office to dinner/out...bc it's a touch more casual than a balmoral.

 

[Bellison]

The AS for TRL is probably the most elegant shoe.

Originally Posted by marin

Thanks to Google, I found SF when I had a couple of random questions about clothing. I began reading the forum daily and learned quickly. Yes, Goodyear welt was not some sort of odd skin affliction caused by a tire, but the preferred method of shoe construction. However, I unwittingly fell into... the shoe trap! No longer could I be satisfied with my Ferragamo Studio line shoes. I began my quest to build a proper shoe wardrobe, and here it is:

Top Row(L to R)
C&J for PRL Tellman
Trickers Paisley
Grenson Radley
C&J Westminster
Branchini Calzoleria

Middle Row
C&J for PRL Tellman
AS for TRL
Paraboot Vigny
Ferragamo Giro
Sutor Mantellassi

Bottom Row
Borgioli penny loafers
AS cap-toes
Martegani double monks
AS apron derbies