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Shoe Damage Report & Appreciation Central - Part I

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JayJay

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Originally Posted by Holdfast
Won't be to everyone's taste, but I just picked up this pair of Ballys on deep discount as a nice knockabout pair to wear with "the new male cleavage"...


Holdfast, I've recently developed a fondness for a bit more color in shoes beyond shades of black and brown. These look great! I'm sure I would have purchased them if I had come across them in a store.
 

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Originally Posted by JayJay
Holdfast, I've recently developed a fondness for a bit more color in shoes beyond shades of black and brown. These look great! I'm sure I would have purchased them if I had come across them in a store.

Thanks. Actually I'm a bit surprised not to have got roasted for buying these (yet). Not only are they Ballys (which get a bit of a - probably fair - knocking on here), they're "Mandarin" (though I'd call them Mustard), and I'm wearing them without socks. SF is a tolerant place.
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I still look for Ballys occasionally in my size on the bay. I don't own any right now but they are for whatever reason very comfortable for me, I would buy them in a classic style.
 

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Originally Posted by Holdfast
Thanks. Actually I'm a bit surprised not to have got roasted for buying these (yet). Not only are they Ballys (which get a bit of a - probably fair - knocking on here), they're "Mandarin" (though I'd call them Mustard), and I'm wearing them without socks. SF is a tolerant place.
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Cuz you got the cred, Hold...
 

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Originally Posted by audiophilia
Cuz you got the cred, Hold...

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One day, maybe...

Originally Posted by von Rothbart
John Lobb Ashley 4596 last dark brown Museum calf with hand-sewn apron split-toe:

These are AMAZING. I totally adore them, and I am normally distinctly luke-warm towards penny loafers.
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meister

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Can anyone date these N&L shoes?
 

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Originally Posted by meister
Can anyone date these N&L shoes?

Date them? I hardly even know them!

Seriously, wd need more information (not for me; I'm married. But even superman couldn't date them on the basis of that one pic).
 

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I have some pics of my new shoes I want to post hoever, I can't seem to post pictures on the website. I went to imageshack, uploaded my picture, got the URL, went into the thread here and clicked the insert image button, and the only thing it does is put my URL in my post. I don't want to post the URL of my pic, I want the pic to show up in the thread. any ideas?
 

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Put


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Cool, got it!

Now for my first addition to this wonderful thread. I have drooled over this thread for the last 9 months and finally I can add to it
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Nothing too special, but they are my first "nice pair" of shoes, AE Weybridge in Chilli:

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opening the box
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closeup
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with new Brooks Bros Bull Shoe Horn
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this is the first of many posts to come in here. Hopefully one day I will rival Aportnoy
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The Rothschild in the sharp round last.

This is only my third pair of black shoes in a rotation of about thirty pair; I thought it would be nice to invest in a few nice black shoes, even if I much prefer all the different varieties of browns and burgundies.

I am wearing them now; have to say the fit is not great out of the box...the heel cup does not seem to be rounded well so as to cup my heel, but I am counting on them breaking in with some wear. Perhaps this is a function of their being no seam at the back of the heel, but rather a counter that wraps around and encases the heel.
 
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