While I also have a couple of pairs of 'normal' brogues ..... Here are my more...erm....distinctive pairs.
Cheaney Edwin
Barker Grant
While I also have a couple of pairs of 'normal' brogues ..... Here are my more...erm....distinctive pairs.
Cheaney Edwin
Barker Grant
I'm still wearing my loake bedales. So comfortable.
Love those Barker Grants.
They get more than a few comments do the Grants. 90% positive 10% pi55 take
Brand new Loakes are killing me... only another six months of torture and they'll become the most comfortable shoes I've ever owned.
Remember to massage the shoes with your hands for a few hours while watching telly. Particularly on the openings. Don't break the leather just move it around.
Makes them get better very quickly.
1 day on, 3 days off for a little while also helps.
[ Handy in a fight too....[/QUOTE]
First thing I consider when shoe shopping ....
Just found out my wife gets 35% off Church's shoes, so will be paying a visit to the shop at the weekend!
Top row - my work shoes - all Cheaney
2nd row - casual shoes - Charles Tyrwhitt, Cheaney, Loake x 2
3rd row - boots - Cheaney, Crocket & Jones, Jeff Banks (!, but they are Goodyear welted), Foster & Sons
Bottom row - various odds & sods, nothing worthy of mention
I do have a couple of pairs missing (aside from a few more pairs of summer shoes), so I'll be hunting for them tonight!
Inspired by this thread I picked up a pair of Loakes 1880 Hestons. I tried the Chester's as well, I may return for those another time.
Maybe they will change my mind on Loakes.
Very impressive collection. What are the ones on the second shelf, second from left ?
Where do you buy your shoe trees from Tony?
I'll upset the apple cart....
I'll be stomping around in these today.
DM Oxblood Patent Afflecks
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Well that's something else I've bought due to TZ! Just picked up a pair of Cheaney Tweed C Almond Grain boots, they are superb.
http://www.cheaney.co.uk/country-lei...n-almond-grain
Can anyone recommend a polish / cream to retain the colour? Cheaney don't sell almond colour polish.
(I got them cheap from the Shu Bar in Ashton-under-lyne, near Manchester, if anyone wants a bargain!)
Worth noting that if you live anywhere near Ross-on-wye that the Herring shop is closing down.
Got a pair of Herring Carnaby which are by Barker for £49 yesterday. Seconds but I could not find the flaw !
Inspired by this thread, I am now looking for my first pair of brogues. Ideally looking for a dark brown colour. Really like Church's Chetwynd:
http://www.church-footwear.com/en/UK.../nevada-walnut
And these Loakes :
http://www.loake.co.uk/buckingham.html
The Church's are double the price of the Loakes at £395. Question is, are the Church's a significant step up in quality to warrant the price?
I love them too, although the wife thinks I look like a cowboy wearing them! I'm waiting for some Saphir renovateur and neutral shoe cream to arrive then I can wear them properly.
Great thread OP!
Goodyear welted, full leather brogues reduced from £120 to £31 at high and mighty online at the moment. Sizes 10 upwards it seems. Also lots of other cheap footwear there. Www.highandmighty.co.uk
Just a quick heads up:
Debenhams on-line have some decent discounts (around £50) on some Loakes at the moment. Scroll through the page to see discounted shoes.
Looky Here!
Should be free postage too.
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Jim.
just got myself some of these
http://www.oliversweeney.com/shoes-a...hakecgtan.html
Was rather taken with these suede Loakes today http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/...84010136773_-1 but am a little worried as to the longevity of suede.
Anybody have anecdotal evidence of how long suede can look good for? Can it last as long as leather with appropriate care?
Rusty
Ordered myself a pair of these beauties yesterday:
Got a great deal at 30% off. One pair left, size 10, if anyone is interested: http://www.julesb.co.uk/the-edit-262...oes-730849.htm
I'm rocking tan Grenson Kingsley at the minute...
http://www.grenson.co.uk/en_gb/kingsley
Very anecdotally, it can look good as long. I recently bought a pair of these: http://www.loake.co.uk/pimlico.html in brown suede. I gave them a spray with some suede protector, and after wearing them I sometimes brush them. They have so far got drenched in rain once, and dried out looking fine, especially after a brush (once dry) to remove dried mud, dust and other deposits that are left after a city soaking. They're still quite new, however. As a better anecdote, I would mention the customer ahead of me in the shop, who was replacing a pair of Loake brown suede shoes which he claimed to have had for twenty years. The uppers looked no more worn, scuffed or faded than mine do now. Perhaps he only wore them as slippers. I suspect, however that the answer is that suede can look good long term if looked after, much like any shoe leather.
Always worth popping into the Cheany factory shop if you are near Desborough. Quite often get some shoes for early to mid £100’s. Seconds but often hard to spot the flaw.
A brogue based heads up.
Clarks Montacute Lord brogue boots in black/charcoal grey are half price at £42.49
OK, so they're not gonna be Northampton quality, but could be worth a shot at that price and seem to have good reviews.
http://www.clarks.co.uk/p/20355342
No 10.5 in stock unfortunately, which i think i'll need, but i've got a pair of 10's and 11's on there way to my local store to try on and see if i can get away with either of. You don't pay till you pick them up, so if they don't fit or you don't like the look/feel you can walk away.
Brighty