A pair of winston… a shoe style by George cleverley, favoured by winston Churchill. A mock brogue with an elastic gusset.
All the top end makers have a variant of these, superbly comfy and elegant!
Cmon guys! Get your sartorial knowledge up to scratch.
Sirs…We have a live one.
If I wear a monocle and smoke a giant cigar does that make them more acceptable to you
If you do so while standing and taking a long hard look in a mirror at the problem.
The answer will remain - NO.
Generations of shoemakers disagree, as, respectfully, do I
Pfft, cobblers!
Book yourself into the 6th Lopwell campout and bring those wellies
And why not , at very least there are plenty of cunts to mix with
This thought has been tangentially rolling around my head recently, since @shrink suggested that there were few/no Scots on here (there are).
C’mon Alba, where’s your bake off? Give me* an excuse to come up to visit.
* us - the wife wouldn’t miss that
You all speak in tongues! I’ve no idea what that is!
I respect you stand by pointy elasticated brogues based on the premise ‘shoemakers make them’.
Following through on this ideal you are paving the way to the final conclusion
And why not indeed, they’re traditional!
Reminds me that I have a pair of Grensons that need to go back to them for a refurb.
I sent a pair of single monks back to Cheaney last year and they did a great job
I’m wary of sending shoes back to the factory. Their refurb methods deliberately shorten the life of the shoe, I imagine in an attempt to get you to replace them sooner.
Factory repairs, whether it needs it or not, they always replace the welt. The whole point of a welted shoe is to be able to resole and use the existing welt a few times. After maybe 3-4 resoles the welt will eventually be too weak and you replace it, as replacing the welt puts more holes in your uppers. There’s only so many times that can be done also, but done by a good independent cobbler, a decent shoe can be resoled 15-20 times.
Send it back to factory and the upper will be ruined after maybe the 4th or 5th resole.
But of course they have you over a barrel, by saying they won’t repair a shoe that has seen 3rd party repairs, even though it makes sod all difference to them, as they essentially strip it back to bare anyway. It’s just to lock you into using them.
Find a good independent, someone that knows what they’re doing, there’s a few on YouTube if you’re not sure. Your shoes will last longer and it’ll cost less.
Crockett resole for dainite £125, local cobbler £50
Same sole, same technique, same finish, less money.
It’ll never happen
I noticed that in the T’s and C’s for Loakes. C&J didn’t seem to give a crap - the pair that I sent to them had been repeatedly seen to by local bodgers.
Which is a better approach!
My ideal is to get a few local repairs on a shoe and when the welt is dead, I send back to crockett or Cheaney or whoever. Then you get nice shiny inner socks, laces etc etc.
I can think of only one person in the history of humanity who could get away with those and still look good. That would be Prince.
