[Rap]

Any shoe hounds out there?

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[ds968]

Oh come on, you directed this question solely at me, didn't you, lLOL But. yes, ( I'd have to go count and revert later , though I can safely say it's roughly 2X my wife,s shoes, and she has quite a few..). No time now, have to go and make coffee



Ok, had the coffee. 52 pairs. Of those about 30 are casual ( not sneakers ) from which 24 are JP Tod



At least I wear all of those, regretfully I can't say the same about the ties ; at one point IIRC, I had over 200 ties, gave most of them away but still have about 30 or 40 and have not worn a tie more than a couple of times year for the last decade...

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[flash]

lol - i'd be surprised if i had more than a dozen pair, and most of them are one specialty sport shoe or another (i.e. driving, tennis, motorcycle, etc).

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[Rap]

DS, me thinks thou doth protesteth toooo much! Why is it you think the world revolves around you and not me? Do you get your shoes reconditioned or just toss and buy new? How many different colors of swede? Tassel or penny? Flat or heel? Rubber soul or leather or combo?

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[tamathumper]

Inquiring minds want to know!

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[Rap]

By the way DS, you have now shamed me into realizing I need to reorient my priorities.

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[ds968]

[quote name='Rap' timestamp='1333142445' post='124154']DS, me thinks thou doth protesteth toooo much! Why is it you think the world revolves around you and not me? Do you get your shoes reconditioned or just toss and buy new? How many different colors of swede? Tassel or penny? Flat or heel? Rubber soul or leather or combo?[/quote]



Sheesh..so many questions ;-) .

Toss and buy new. All suedes except three are brown. Two are black. One is rust / brick . No tassel shoes. No penny loafers, but several JP Tod' s modernized versions of the penny. The overwhelming majority of the shoes are in various shades of brown, cognac, tan. No two-tone shoes. Dress shoes have leather soles except for one pair I think.. But on a few I added thin Vibram or similar rubber pieces . All casual shoes have rubber soles , most with 1/2" heel , except the " driving shoe " styles which are flat. ( btw if anyone wears socks with driving loafers, and I have seen a few dudes do that, they should be tarred and feathered and run out of town, lol ) Only one pair made in England . The other 51 are all made in Italy, 5 or 6 of which of those were made-to-measure at trunk shows.



And this is the reason ( along with an equivalently abundant clothing collection ) why I don't drive / can't afford a DB 9 ...

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[Rap]

No two tones. Good lord, I would have thought a man of your style and substance would have that item in your collection. Without them I fear your collection of footware is incomplete. If the fashion poo leec find out you could be in trouble! Lol one of my employees recently remarked to me that I must have big ones and feel secure to wear the pair of two tones I had on! Once before swede became common and available and were hard to find, I was in Palm Beach cruising a Georgio Aramni store and literally fell down in amazement as the store was having a shoe sale and they had an assortment ot colored swedes. Bought 12 shoes that day. One month later same store same shoes price were back up250 percent to normal price. Can't believe you don't recondition shoes! It's like getting a new pair of shoes for a quarter of the cost. Oh well to each his own!

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[ds968]

I condition them myself and do so quite frequently, but not recondition them as in re-sole , only heels, or half heels when needed go to the pros .

Indeed to each his own, I find two-tone shoes way "over the top" , for me , no matter how conservative they may be ; barely one step ( pardon the pun ) below lime green alligator or powder blue ostrich shoes. :-).

Speaking of conditioning the products I found to work amazingly well are : Manchester Leather Food ( formerly known as Chelsea lLeather Food ) , and Cadillac Boot and Shoe Care. Also , keeping cedar shoe trees in all the favorite pairs does wonders for preservation , guessing that would even work with sneakers since it absorbs moisture and provides a decent scent.

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[Rap]

When I was young my Dad would have me polish his shoes. Have all the necessaries but never do it. Shoe trees are a must no doubt. Lime and powder blue eh, hmmm that would be somewhat tough unless of course one was a pimp. Of course alligator and ostrich work well with cowboy boots. I have to set up new shoe racks in the garage as part of the steady transfer of items to store upstairs.

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[ds968]

To digress a little, on a major footwear pet peeve ( since this is so common for the last couple of years, one can't escape seeing it at every turn ) : people wearing flip flops everywhere and with every kind of clothing, year-round including winter ( well the California version of winter is around 50 degrees F , but still.. ) I see women and men with heavy coats on and in flip flops. I see men with dress pants and flip flops. WTF is with all the damn flip flops ?

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[tamathumper]

I mutter constantly at my daughters about the uselessness of flip flops. They can't run in them, heck they can't even *hurry* in them, and they turn their feet black. Disgusting little pieces of work, those flip flops.

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[Rap]

Here here. It is that darn dimming down that seems to be pervasive throughout our society!

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[ds968]

And it's one thing for women to wear flip-flops, but guys ( some, not all ) oblivious to funky toes and unkept yellowing toenails in friggin' flip-flops for everyone to see is just so wrong, there should be a law against it ..



Dumbing down or dimming down society for sure ! Casual Fridays in Silicon Valley translates to cargo shorts, dingy t-shirts and open toe sandals ( with or without white socks ) . I am all in favor of jeans on Fridays, but taking it to the point of beach wear in the workplace...again, WTF ?!

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[Rap]

Can you say pedicure? Nasty bye bye, still stupid for guys to wear at work!

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[Langley968]

Flip flops have their time and place.

I grew up in tropical Brazil in the 1970's, from 8 to 18 years of age. Flip flops were the only footwear that I used during the day. NO ONE, not even the poorest of kids (and there were a LOT in the village I grew up in) would use flip flops to go to school or "out on the town".

Fast forward to 2012, and I noticed that flip flops have become a fashion statement even in Brazil. The common everyday brand that I grew up with (Havaianas) has gone upscale with bright colours and different themes. Flip flops in the mall are now a common sight. What happend to "dressing up" when going out?

I must confess, the two weeks I recently spent in Brazil, I did use flip flops most fo the time. They are illegal as footwear when driving a car, so I would kick them off and drive barefoot. Amazing how connected you feel with the pedals when driving barefoot. NOT recommended for those who have sweaty feet!!!

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[ds968]

Driving barefoot is awesome ! Funny though, I never realized how much the clutch pedal pulsates until I did that, and it made me worry that something was wrong..but 60,000 miles later and no problems whatsoever gives me comfort that it's just fine. Weird sensation, nonetheless..( when barefoot )

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[Rap]

Is this a west cost or warm weather thing?

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[ds968]

ha, no idea - i've done it only a handful of times in all these years, and only on long trips ( 6 + hrs ) slipped the shoes off for a few minutes to let the foot feel some fresh air <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/cool.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Rap]

They do have some pretty cool shoes with mesh that allows for airflow. Got a pair last year and like them. They are Salomon. Check them out.

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