Proper leather shoes

Family 'jokes' are for knobby's

before you both get into 'yo-mum's' slanging match.
what are you supposed to wear with brogues? they are more of a country shoe so surely you can get away with more?
the phrase 'never wear brown in town' doesn't really count anymore either.

It's all dependent on the shoe and the jean

^^ exactly

what are you supposed to wear with brogues? they are more of a country shoe so surely you can get away with more?

Tan cords and a barbour? :)

^^ exactly

Tan cords and a barbour? :)

i'll rock that look but i'll be carrying a sack of corn to the pheasant feeders and taking the lurcher for a run while i'm at it. (not visiting my wine merchant in kensington)

i'll rock that look but i'll be carrying a sack of corn to the pheasant feeders and taking the lurcher for a run while i'm at it. (not visiting my wine merchant in kensington)

and he rides bikes... would it be to forward to ask for a date?

thinking something like the ones on the left in here, but black
http://www.selectism.com/news/2009/01/14/timberland-boot-company-spring-2009/

or maybe something a bit out there such as these in black
http://www.selectism.com/news/2008/09/04/gram-shoes-fallwinter-20082009-rgb-co/

Errr, you what?

I'm wearing black Trickers today with dark indigo Levi's and I look fuckin ace! The black and navy contrast is broken up with a selvage turnup

HAHAHA

Still givin it the 'Phil Mitchell eye for the straight guy', eh?

and he rides bikes... would it be to forward to ask for a date?

only if you tick all these boxes.
female, solvent and have a pulse.

female, solvent and have a pulse.

choose two

female and solvent. why pay for necrophilia?

no pulse?

choose two

solvent and pulse.

long distance bromance, it will never work

I don't rock it myself, I think that brogues with jeans are a pretty bad idea in general, but if you're going to do it then brown brogues and raw denim is quite obviously the way to go. Self-confessed contrarians in this thread, one and all. And the shoes on this page (apart from the brown brogues that the guy wears every day above) are all fucking disgusting. You should all be ashamed.

giving me jokes bruv

seriously though, elaborate please. i do loake's/trickers and raw denim most days of the week. interested to hear the details of someone's anti stance as most express approval.

picked them up this morning. tidy new stitching and new soles on, looks really neat. hopefully it'll last longer than 2 months this time...

pisses me off they cut the threads at city cobblers, if i understand it right a goodyear welted shoe can be re-stitched 2-3-4 times, and i've just spent one of them already...

and now the stitching started to come loose at the toe on one of them... back to the cobblers...

giving me jokes bruv

seriously though, elaborate please. i do loake's/trickers and raw denim most days of the week. interested to hear the details of someone's anti stance as most express approval.

I'm not actually anti, I think it looks good, but personally I don't do it because it's just such a mid 30s Stoke Newingtonian cliche. As someone said above, with the Barbour jacket it's truly on the point of self-parody. Also, the other reason it doesn't work for me is that I'm heavily tattooed - I'm not going to be convincing anyone I'm a Chelsea land-owner anytime soon.

But it doesn't look bad, and if I was going to wear brogues with jeans it'd be brown antiqued brogues with raw selvedge, which is why I told matey above to fuck off. It's a great pairing of colours.

Black brogues, no socks, and dove grey shorts are so spring 2011.

this place looks good for repairs/soles
http://shoekey.co.uk/

I have found 5th avenue on Goodge street to be reliable for shoe repairs. Quite pricey though.

mid 30s Stoke Newingtonian cliche.

lolzers.
agreed, and the chelsea land-owner bit too.
though on the ex'es parent's farm i did once rock barbour, flat cap and wellies with skinny jeans and wayfarers. get in touch with inner douche.

Re "mid 30s Stoke Newingtonian cliche", check out this pair from 'Relocation Relocation' on t'other night. Walking embodiment of said cliche

Thirty-somethings Helen and Grant live in the leafy suburbs of Forest Hill, South East London.

This alternative couple work in the creative side of advertising and are keen to uproot themselves from their tranquil pastures and buy their first property together in the more trendy, post-industrial corners of North East London.

lolzers.
agreed, and the chelsea land-owner bit too.
though on the ex'es parent's farm i did once rock barbour, flat cap and wellies with skinny jeans and wayfarers. get in touch with inner douche.

Flat caps are fucking awesome. I'll still rock those whenever possible.

Re "mid 30s Stoke Newingtonian cliche", check out this pair from 'Relocation Relocation' on t'other night. Walking embodiment of said cliche

God I want to shank them both in the fucking throat so hard

Flat caps are fucking awesome. I'll still rock those whenever possible.

this ^
a flat cap is for life not just for tweed run

That was for real?

Most mid 30s from NE London are heading for Forest Hill at that age

Why don't they try the wilder shores of N E London such as Chingford and Higham's Park....

They baulked at Seven Sisters...

lolzers.
agreed, and the chelsea land-owner bit too.
though on the ex'es parent's farm i did once rock barbour, flat cap and wellies with skinny jeans and wayfarers. get in touch with inner douche.

the barbour flat caps are pretty cool, but the waxing doesn't lend itself being on the bike.