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Gaziano & Girling Appreciation & Shoe Appreciation Thread (including reviews, purchases, pictures)

SpooPoker

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Originally Posted by cdmoore1855
My Bespoke Stingrays are extremely durable and flexible, they are a like a tougher knobbly rubber

No polishing, just a damp towel would be enough


Do you find yourself mostly wearing them for evening?
 

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Originally Posted by forex
I'd be more concerned about how to wear them.

Originally Posted by Jorge
Also curious to see them worn.

Originally Posted by SpooPoker
Oh no... more stingray pics to tease me... Im guessing that they are strictly for evening with that "gloss" effect from the skin? Anyone have firsthand experience pulling that off during the day?

not as hard as you think - next time i remember i will take a picture of cdmoore's in the wild, he just wears them as a normal wholecut
 

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Originally Posted by forex
I'd be more concerned about how to wear them.

Originally Posted by fritzl
why?

Originally Posted by Jorge
Also curious to see them worn.

Originally Posted by forex
Not too many occasions to wear those shoes unless you are some sort of russian oligarch. I like what I see, I wouldn't wear them though.

Originally Posted by cdmoore1855
My Bespoke Stingrays are extremely durable and flexible, they are a like a tougher knobbly rubber

No polishing, just a damp towel would be enough


Always found stingray to be oddly attractive, but add me to the list of those who can't imagine what they'd look like on one's feet... Care to post a pic cdm?
 

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Originally Posted by Wes Bourne
Always found stingray to be oddly attractive, but add me to the list of those who can't imagine what they'd look like on one's feet... Care to post a pic cdm?

was thinking the same.
 

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Sudden thought of possible awesomeness: Stingray/Croc Oakhams?
 

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Originally Posted by mktitsworth
Sudden thought of possible awesomeness: Stingray/Croc Oakhams?

The Oakham is gorgeous.. but I dont know if the combo of those 2 skins would work.
 

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Originally Posted by Mr. Moo
I know Lobb has an Oakham (I have them in suede), - does G&G?

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Originally Posted by SpooPoker
The Oakham is gorgeous.. but I dont know if the combo of those 2 skins would work.

Too much awesome that it moves past optimal?
 

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