Proper leather shoes

No, they're too posh for that, but they're fine in town, much less dainty feeling than the leather soled ones. If the weather's really foul I put my gore-tex walking boots on.

I must remeber when ordering shoes online that my feet are stupidly wide and I don't fit most quality leather shoes as standard.
I felt like the wicked stepsisterin Cinderella trying on the ones that turned up today.

Grenson Aklam boots. A thing of marvellous gorgeousness.

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oh no, not at all, mixing greased and textured leathers, much too fussy and attention seeking

A contrasting texture, rather than colour, would have made those boots for me. Not so sure about the trend toward heavily two-tone shoes at Grenson.

Goes nicely with my red codpiece.

Thank you....I'm here all week. :-D

Proper leather codpiece thread >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

... and now that the GRENSONs ADMIRATION SOCIETY has retired from the ring, I'm having to redouble my efforts...

Grenson x Barbour Marske Tan Brogues

Grenson Aklam boots. A thing of marvellous gorgeousness.

Well done mate. Just keeps on giving.

Red Wing Oxford 8103's have landed. The first pair of RW's that aren't cross eyed or a different colour which is a pleasant surprise. They will rule the winter streets and boy oh boy if they don't work well with a pair of shorts. Hither Green Northern Quarter just got some big shoe.

http://www.norsestore.com/commodity/11903

Grenson? Grenson?! GRENSON! GRENSON!!! GRENSONNN!!!!

Red Wing Oxford 8103's have landed. The first pair of RW's that aren't cross eyed or a different colour which is a pleasant surprise. They will rule the winter streets and boy oh boy if they don't work well with a pair of shorts. Hither Green Northern Quarter just got some big shoe.

http://www.norsestore.com/commodity/11903

€270?!? My vibram soled Red Wings cost me £70, my other workboot type pair were $100... Am I missing something?

Got these Red Wing Work Chukka 3141 Briar Oil Slick Boots In a UK9 for £122 if anyone wants them before I return them?
Managed to get half a foot in before I realised they were way to small for me.

€270?!? My vibram soled Red Wings cost me £70, my other workboot type pair were $100... Am I missing something?

That was forty years ago though...

Redwrong is now the choice boot for bells that think they know a bit about Americana

You'd have to be some kind of tit to buy a brand new pair of them nowadays when they were only £120 8/9 years ago

Grenson are shit too

Americana? I shit Americana...

You still think The Ramones are ace

They will always be ace... Stone... Cold... FACT!!!

Hey, I love 'em too, 'what i like about you!'
Lemmy just burns it down!
Are they on tour?

Going for Americana via Japan via Europe thing so it's ok.

Grenson are shit too

Only in a world where Everton win the Champion's League, or the Premiership, or anything except the Sympathy Cup.

Loake are decent but not great. I've had two pairs and over time I've found that the leather ain't that good. I suppose they're entry-level bench-made shoes. Grenson have been pimped by venture capitalists and as such have been popping up all over the place. Slick operation but some of their designs are ugfuck IMO.

€270?!? My vibram soled Red Wings cost me £70, my other workboot type pair were $100... Am I missing something?

Redwrong is now the choice boot for bells that think they know a bit about Americana

You'd have to be some kind of tit to buy a brand new pair of them nowadays when they were only £120 8/9 years ago

Ok boys lets just clear a few things up. The link with that Euro price was just one of the first picture links Google images threw up, I didn't get them from wherever that is. A rise in price of £80 or so in nearly a decade ain't half as scary as it sounds, you should see what Sainsburys have done to cat food in half that time.

Americana ? Ain't that a song by Holly Johnson ? I quite like him. Couldn't give a hairy hoop for yank culture though, I also wear Kickers but ain't interested in the French neither.

But there are pictures on the internet of little Japanese guys wearing them with short pants and therefore THEY ARE BEYOND CRITICISM. And I am Northern and own a copy of Fac 1 so in law I am able to state that as TRUTH.

And back to the price, well my winter shoes are these and the Grenson Fred boot I bagged. Now that was at the sample sale so I wanders into Grenson the other day and asked them to find any imperfection. But there were nowt, absolutely perfect for £50.

Sometimes things are full price, sometimes things are piss curdlingly cheap.

And best bit is cause they are a bit red and bulbous side on in me coat and hat and bag I look a bit like Paddington Bear. Fuck yeah ! Yeehaw!

I like em'. But then I like melodic high energy house AND Frank Sidebottom.

hairy hoop - if that's not copyrighted, I'm using it.

No, wait........

Take it and let it pollenate all you embrace........