Bass Loafers with slim dark navy chinos and tailored white shirt all day every day.
Menswear: trews in 2019
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2 May 2019 21:01
fucking hell awful awful advice do not do this
Is the Samúel Windsor scam still going?! Can you buy them anywhere apart from the middle pages of the Daily Mail?
posted 3 May 2019 07:12, edited 3 May 2019 07:12
Do not take shoe advice from this man.
Agree with Mark on the shoes, you can find Loakes for around £140 in some places. Picked up some of their suede brogues 10+ years ago and they're still going strong. Think I got them from one of the outlet shoe places actually (no swede).
3 May 2019 07:20
depends what look you are going for… I wear doc martens 1461 monos (no yellow stitching). go with everything (except light chinos). so comfy yet so hard wearing. would highly recommend
https://www.drmartens.com/uk/en_gb/p/11839002
dr martens do other styles too. their made in GB versions are a bit less chunky. went for these after rinsing through so many crepe soled shoes like desert boots etc. despite being in an office - wearing shoes 5 days a week and shuffling between meeting rooms, lunch runs etc does actually knacker shoes. can imagine if you're in the rat race on the tube it kills shoes even faster. really is worth investing in a decent pair
In Australia, people that wear Docs with a suit are a special kind of individual. Usually expat British, usually care about clothes to a point, usually used to be punks or like BBC shows.
I rocked my Alden All Weather Walkers today coz it was raining. I stepped in a flood stream that I thought was shallower, anyway the water flow was over toe height and I anticipated that wet sock feeling, didn't happen, completely dry
. These bastards took forever to break in but it was a good test for them today and they actually lived up to their name. Been rockin for 3 years prolly once a week and bought used. Crepe sole is black as fuck, still thick tho and the upper got a few scrapes but still tons of life left.
Buy good shoes and rotate.
posted 3 May 2019 07:52, edited 3 May 2019 07:52
3 May 2019 22:24
The suede loakes look spot on for what I'm after.
4 May 2019 17:05
7 May 2019 12:16
Just bought the suede 771s from Loakes in Edinburgh. Superb shoes and great service from the shop. Will definitely go back there.
Just buy some Samuel Windsor’s they are like 35/40 quid. Get fucked relatively quickly, but so does stomping round the city in any pair of shoes.
fucking hell awful awful advice do not do this
Is the Samúel Windsor scam still going?! Can you buy them anywhere apart from the middle pages of the Daily Mail?
depends what look you are going for…
Do not take shoe advice from this man.
Agree with Mark on the shoes, you can find Loakes for around £140 in some places. Picked up some of their suede brogues 10+ years ago and they're still going strong. Think I got them from one of the outlet shoe places actually (no swede).
For the office folk, what shoes do you wear with chinos?
I might start wearing them to work instead of a suit but don't really want to wear my CPs with them as I do now.
I might start wearing them to work instead of a suit but don't really want to wear my CPs with them as I do now.
depends what look you are going for… I wear doc martens 1461 monos (no yellow stitching). go with everything (except light chinos). so comfy yet so hard wearing. would highly recommend
https://www.drmartens.com/uk/en_gb/p/11839002
dr martens do other styles too. their made in GB versions are a bit less chunky. went for these after rinsing through so many crepe soled shoes like desert boots etc. despite being in an office - wearing shoes 5 days a week and shuffling between meeting rooms, lunch runs etc does actually knacker shoes. can imagine if you're in the rat race on the tube it kills shoes even faster. really is worth investing in a decent pair
In Australia, people that wear Docs with a suit are a special kind of individual. Usually expat British, usually care about clothes to a point, usually used to be punks or like BBC shows.
I rocked my Alden All Weather Walkers today coz it was raining. I stepped in a flood stream that I thought was shallower, anyway the water flow was over toe height and I anticipated that wet sock feeling, didn't happen, completely dry
. These bastards took forever to break in but it was a good test for them today and they actually lived up to their name. Been rockin for 3 years prolly once a week and bought used. Crepe sole is black as fuck, still thick tho and the upper got a few scrapes but still tons of life left.Buy good shoes and rotate.
I would imagine an office going from business formal to business casual would see most employees err on the side of caution and go for slightly more formal wear, at least to begin with. Business casual is going to mean different things office to office, but one thing is always true - you want to stand out for the right reasons. And personally when I look sharp, I feel sharper, and really feel like I work better.
I love DM 1461s, but I'd imagine some Loake brogues/chelseas/derbies (the 771 suede a personal favourite) with some Dainite soles would be just as comfortable, and look smarter. And as has already been mentioned, they don't have to cost too much more either (~£100 'new without box' on eBay, ~£150 if you get a store deal).
I love DM 1461s, but I'd imagine some Loake brogues/chelseas/derbies (the 771 suede a personal favourite) with some Dainite soles would be just as comfortable, and look smarter. And as has already been mentioned, they don't have to cost too much more either (~£100 'new without box' on eBay, ~£150 if you get a store deal).
I would imagine an office going from business formal to business casual would see most employees err on the side of caution and go for slightly more formal wear, at least to begin with. Business casual is going to mean different things office to office, but one thing is always true - you want to stand out for the right reasons. And personally when I look sharp, I feel sharper, and really feel like I work better.
I love DM 1461s, but I'd imagine some Loake brogues/chelseas/derbies (the 771 suede a personal favourite) with some Dainite soles would be just as comfortable, and look smarter. And as has already been mentioned, they don't have to cost too much more either (~£100 'new without box' on eBay, ~£150 if you get a store deal).
I love DM 1461s, but I'd imagine some Loake brogues/chelseas/derbies (the 771 suede a personal favourite) with some Dainite soles would be just as comfortable, and look smarter. And as has already been mentioned, they don't have to cost too much more either (~£100 'new without box' on eBay, ~£150 if you get a store deal).
The suede loakes look spot on for what I'm after.
duffman check these - https://adaysmarch.co.uk/shop/trousers/relaxed-trousers-corduroy-navy
good price point too
cords not ideal in summer though. very very warm
good price point too
cords not ideal in summer though. very very warm
I would imagine an office going from business formal to business casual would see most employees err on the side of caution and go for slightly more formal wear, at least to begin with. Business casual is going to mean different things office to office, but one thing is always true - you want to stand out for the right reasons. And personally when I look sharp, I feel sharper, and really feel like I work better.
I love DM 1461s, but I'd imagine some Loake brogues/chelseas/derbies (the 771 suede a personal favourite) with some Dainite soles would be just as comfortable, and look smarter. And as has already been mentioned, they don't have to cost too much more either (~£100 'new without box' on eBay, ~£150 if you get a store deal).
I love DM 1461s, but I'd imagine some Loake brogues/chelseas/derbies (the 771 suede a personal favourite) with some Dainite soles would be just as comfortable, and look smarter. And as has already been mentioned, they don't have to cost too much more either (~£100 'new without box' on eBay, ~£150 if you get a store deal).
Just bought the suede 771s from Loakes in Edinburgh. Superb shoes and great service from the shop. Will definitely go back there.
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