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Berluti bargain

Royal Berk

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Bought these shoes recently at home here in the UK from a Oxfam charity (thrift) store.

Saw them in the shop window by accident, had to rush in and buy them.

Were in pretty bad condition to be honest, but after a bit of work are starting to show their former glory, just need to get them resoled now.

Here comes the best bit cost just £15 (about $22).

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Eustace Tilley

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Quite a deal - well done
 

Royal Berk

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Thanks guys, as I say really pleased with them, if they didnt fit they would have been put straight on ebay anyways so guess I was in a win win situation.

Holdfast, they came from Oxfam in Weybridge, Surrey, not one of the usual Chelsea Kensington Chiswick suspects.
 

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Originally Posted by Royal Berk
Bought these shoes recently at home here in the UK from a Oxfam charity (thrift) store.

Saw them in the shop window by accident, had to rush in and buy them.

Were in pretty bad condition to be honest, but after a bit of work are starting to show their former glory, just need to get them resoled now.

Here comes the best bit cost just £15 (about $22).

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Damn Damn Damn!
For 15 quid, well worth it even with the creases.
What is the size pray tell?
 

beasty

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Originally Posted by FreedBird
They may be berluti, but the creasing looks terrible and I don't like the design.

NAh! I have seen shoes like Lattanzi and Berluti with much worse creases going for a few hundred bucks on the net before.
 

amerikajinda

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wow, great find!
 

Royal Berk

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UK size 10. To be honest I quite like the creasing, I think shoes like this improve with age. Have got plenty of Santoni FAMS in mint condition, its nice to wear a pair of distinctive shoes that are aging - have never been the type to buy nice shoes, keep them in a box, get them out of the wardrobe, polish them, photograph them, put back in wardrobe, post on forum, repeat 3 months later. Have to say though, the design isn't one of the best Berluti have produced... glad I didn't pay full retail for them
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