thoughts on these shoes?

[knittieguy]

Nice? Not?

 

[gsugsu]

while I like the thought of an austerity brogue this model seems awfully busy with the spacing of the double lines of stitching.

 

[MyOtherLife]

I like austerity wingtips and these are charming. I rather like the double stitching. Details please?

 

[chogall]

not. too forward but not refined.

 

[gooter]

I don't really like, but I'm not sure why...

 

[hohneokc]

I like them - I especially like the color.

Chris

 

[Fred G. Unn]



Details please?

Barker Geneva
http://www.pediwear.co.uk/barker/products/4417.php

I like 'em.

 

[comrade]

awful

 

[rainwater]

I like them.....I like my shoes fairly simple; these shoes go right to the line without going over. I personally don't like wingtips, but these are beautiful shoes...I think they will age and wear well.....Always, my first consideration is how they fit.....when I first put on a pair of shoes or boots, I have to feel I can walk all day in them without discomfort....then I usually buy them. I like the double stitching....they would look incomplete with single stitching.

 

[Longmorn]

Double line pushes them over the edge to me. As someone mentioned above, an austerity brogue should be, well, austere.

 

[Gdot]

It's the clunky proportion that throws it off for me. Although if it rocks for you it's perfectly fine.

 

[Ivar]

If you squint a bit, the stiching almost looks like a tribal tattoo.

 

[MyOtherLife]

I took another look at them and I happily stand my ground, austere rules be damned. I would agree that the double stitching would be unecessary in a black finish, but in brown, it makes the shoe.

 

[ter1413]

Not bad. Not great..