Enero 30, 2013

"Yes! I am always thinking of two-toned shoes. I’m never not thinking about them."

"This is perfection. Why are most shoes so boringly monochromatic?"

(Bonus: Amazon shopping link for 2-toned shoes. Special recommendations: here and here.)
Ipinaskil ni Ann Althouse sa 4:19 PM
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bearing ayon kay ...

I love John Fluevogs.

I'm wearing a pair right now.

They are also two-toned, but subtly. Black pebbled leather and black faux-snakeskin-patterned leather.

1/30/13, 4:22 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

Long wings and spectators.

1/30/13, 4:33 PM
traditionalguy ayon kay ...

Golf shoes. The Masters cometh!

1/30/13, 4:36 PM
Mary Martha ayon kay ...

The best part about spectators? They never go out of style.

The worst part? It's hard to find them when they are not in fashion.

They are the perfect example of the difference between style and fashion.

1/30/13, 4:38 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

"They are the perfect example of the difference between style and fashion."

Those with bespoke taste develop a personal style, the herd chases fashion.

1/30/13, 4:41 PM
Bob Ellison ayon kay ...

I don't think I could pull those off.

1/30/13, 4:48 PM
deborah ayon kay ...

"Those with bespoke taste develop a personal style, the herd chases fashion."


Oh, so true. But you would not believe what I'm thinking of coming up with...


Two-tone shoes?

The red and brown is kicky and retro, but how usable? The black would be more practical.

1/30/13, 4:52 PM
edutcher ayon kay ...

Saddle shoes for women?

Would Hatman call me a homophobe if I said, "That's so gay"?

Or the She-Wolf of the SS?

If they not one and the same.

1/30/13, 5:01 PM
jr565 ayon kay ...

I like the old Two Tone shoes from the ska days. With the checkerboard pattern. Those were some two tone shoes.

1/30/13, 5:05 PM
Wen ayon kay ...

Oh, ha!ha! I thought you were channeling the Manolo.

1/30/13, 5:05 PM
Unknown ayon kay ...

I was so far ahead of my time I wore black and white oxfords (saddle oxfords) in the early 60's. Long after the trendy 50's and long before anyone ever again thought them fashionable.
My mother made me wear them, they were "corrective" for my wide flat feet. I corrected them by riding very fast on my bike and dragging them to stop. The other girls wore dainty pointed toed patent leather.
You couldn't get me into a pair of two tone shoes with a team of horses.

1/30/13, 5:06 PM
Wen ayon kay ...

Oh, ha!ha! I thought you were channeling the Manolo.

1/30/13, 5:06 PM
coketown ayon kay ...

Deborah, the red/brown scheme is pretty awesome. If I were a drag queen I'd sport those with relish. Relish as in enthusiasm. Not relish as in the condiment.

I got my mom a travel documentary of Tuscany for Christmas, and there was an interesting scene in which the narrator visits a shoemaker who made all sorts of awesome retro-looking shoes out of all sorts of awesome materials, like stingray skin!

1/30/13, 5:09 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

deborah

If you want practical, timeless and tasteful, get shoes styled and constructed like men's shoes, only feminised. Professor Ann's Sartorialist link is a good example.

1/30/13, 5:10 PM
ricpic ayon kay ...

The only classic two tone combination IMO is brown and cream, either in a mens dress shoe or those 1940's saddle shoes that were once everywhere on high schoolers.

1/30/13, 5:27 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

wyo sis
Your mother understood the timelessness of the saddle oxford. They are like Weejuns, white bucks, wing tips, Stan Smiths and Chuck Taylors, to name a few.

1/30/13, 5:28 PM
Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Deborah, those are adorable!

1/30/13, 5:37 PM
Shawn Levasseur ayon kay ...

At least there aren't any numbers over the heel signifying that they were bowling shoes that weren't returned after renting.

1/30/13, 5:45 PM
Known Unknown ayon kay ...

"I like the old Two Tone shoes from the ska days. With the checkerboard pattern. Those were some two tone shoes."
Vans?

1/30/13, 5:47 PM
Known Unknown ayon kay ...

I love buying 'ugly' shoes.

It's been awhile since I've found a funky pair.

1/30/13, 5:48 PM
Crunchy Frog ayon kay ...

I am thinking about bowling.

1/30/13, 5:49 PM
deborah ayon kay ...

So, Coketown, if you were a drag queen wearing those shoes, what would your drag queen name be :)


McT, I like them feminized, but the ones in the Sartorialist are still too masculine for my taste. My daughter has an adorable pair of high heels of black-and-white plaid with a red line, with patent leather toes and backs. I feel the same way about polo shirts on me. Just never cared for it.

1/30/13, 5:51 PM
David ayon kay ...

More girls trying to grow a penis.

1/30/13, 5:53 PM
Palladian ayon kay ...

In the early 1990s I had a pair of tricolor John Fluevog Doc Martens that looked exactly like this, except they were shoes not boots. I loved those shoes but I found them intensely uncomfortable. I wore them while I walked across Paris once and ended up incapacitated for several days due to the pain they caused. I ended up temporarily trading shoes with a friend for the remainder of the trip so that I'd be able to walk.

Despite that, I wish I still owned them.

1/30/13, 5:55 PM
Alex ayon kay ...

Ugh I hate shoes. Why can't I just have a fish tail?

1/30/13, 6:21 PM
Basta! ayon kay ...

A Spanish company named Campers used to make a line of women's shoes in which each shoe of a particular pair was slightly different, like this:

http://tinyurl.com/au8s5bf

They don't seem to be making this line anymore. Too Bad --- I would appreciate more interesting shoes, on everyone. Spiff up the visuals.

1/30/13, 6:25 PM
virgil xenophon ayon kay ...

circa 1970 when I was stationed in the UK I owned a pair of brown & white patent-leather dress shoes--they had the more sophisticated French Toe viz the wing-tip. GREAT "race-track" shoes. They may sound garish, but with the right gray, brown or gray-brown suit they were dynamite with the right tie. I had a redish-brown pattern on gray suit that they were killer with..

1/30/13, 6:32 PM
virgil xenophon ayon kay ...

PS: Circa 1973 I also had a pair of square-toed/French powder-blue & whitish oatmeal canvas & leather shoes that were killer w. white slacks and a powder-blue linen sport-coat and yellow & blue paisley tie w. blue& white striped dress shirt.

1/30/13, 6:39 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

deborah
No doubt many women don't like wearing traditional oxfords for that reason, hence spectator pumps. your daughter's shoes sound great, love plaid.
No one should wear items they don't feel comfortable with, they won't be able to pull it off. I doubt you look masculine in a polo, either the original BD or knit, but it's just not your style.

1/30/13, 6:45 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

Virgil
At first, I thought you were channeling the Redford Gatsby, but patent leather on men is European, not Anglo-American, with the exception of tuxedo pumps. I like the blue linen jacket and white pants, I grew up in the South.

1/30/13, 6:57 PM
deborah ayon kay ...

Exactly, McT. BTW, I'd never heard the term 'spectators' before, though I loved the pump style. Love these.


1/30/13, 7:27 PM
OnWisconsin1987 ayon kay ...

great shoes for a night of bowling.

1/30/13, 7:35 PM
Aridog ayon kay ...

The Sartorialist is merely bringing 1950's and 1930's style back in refresh. I wore two tone shoes in high school, when I wasn't wearing pointy toed Puerto Rican fence climbers, engineer boots, or cowboy boots. We wore pegged pants, and three button suits, too...

Nothing is new anymore, nothing...at least not since Halston hit big with simplicity. I had three Halston Ultrasuede "sport coats", 2 button, that were perfect for western horseman wear at trials and shows and far more comfortable than heavy genuine suede. Long gone now, I buy silk/linen/worsted combinations for the same use as necessary.

Oh yeah, nothing says "two tone" like cowboy boots do...at prices high enough to make Allen Edmonds blush.

1/30/13, 8:32 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

deborah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectator_shoe

1/30/13, 8:32 PM
sean ayon kay ...

O, I love two-tone shoes. There's a poem by Archilochus, that uses the word "poikilosambalos" (i.e., wearing multicolored shoes), and that is how I think of myself. Alas, my wife doesn't like men in two-tone shoes, so I don't wear them very often.

1/30/13, 8:43 PM
Big Mike ayon kay ...

Have you considered cowboy boots?

1/30/13, 8:47 PM
ampersand ayon kay ...

Never criticize a man until you walk a mile in his shoes.
Then you can blast him as you are a mile away and still have his shoes.

1/30/13, 8:47 PM
Aridog ayon kay ...

Big Mike ... Yee Gawd, you trying to kill her? Those are 2-step dancing boots, not bar wearing hoss riden' boots...and definitly not walkin' boots. Try These roper style for everyday wear. "-))

1/30/13, 9:04 PM
Christy ayon kay ...

Three decades ago I was all Pappagallo spectator pumps. Even once had a strange guy walk up and admire the brown and white pair I was sporting with a red shirtdress. How weird was that?

1/30/13, 9:30 PM
Christy ayon kay ...

Three decades ago I was all Pappagallo spectator pumps. Even once had a strange guy walk up and admire the brown and white pair I was sporting with a red shirtdress. How weird was that?

1/30/13, 9:30 PM
McTriumph ayon kay ...

Christy
Why was that weird?

1/30/13, 9:42 PM
Chip Ahoy ayon kay ...

deborah, the red and brown definitely without hesitation. The black has no advantages.

1/31/13, 12:23 AM
Business ayon kay ...

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1/31/13, 6:17 AM
deborah ayon kay ...

"deborah, the red and brown definitely without hesitation. The black has no advantages."

K :)

(thx for the link, McT :)

1/31/13, 10:41 AM
Sam L. ayon kay ...

Some people don't have enough 'real' in their lives.

1/31/13, 10:55 AM
Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

I have a family member who is very anti eye-catching clothing.

"Do you want them looking at your shirt or at you? You don't want people thinking about your clothes, you want them looking at your face."

But I guess that could work the other way too. If you don't want people looking at your face, say if you were lying or trying to hide your identity or some such thing, you could get them looking at your clothes.

I don't think highlighting the face depends on the attractiveness of the face. There is something attractive or interesting in every face. .

1/31/13, 12:12 PM
Methadras ayon kay ...

And the Satorialisist sycophancy train rolls on.

1/31/13, 1:34 PM

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