Over the past several years J. Gilbert Footwear in Seattle has become a great resource for shoes and this last week marks the opening of the new men’s shop, which opened up next door to the original location on 1st Avenue – beforehand, the men’s shoes were relegated to a dark corner, but instead are [...]
I just stumbled across this interesting collection of shoes on flickr – not all of the 200 pairs are my style, but there is a good variety of just about everything that is fun to look through. The owner of the collection also seems to have a blog as well.
Navy suede has become a niche leather for summer shoes over the past few years and more stores are taking notice. While not always colorfast (warning), they’re great for pairing up with lighter trousers and sometimes faded denim.
Where to find:
- Alden unlined bluchers at Leather Soul
- Alden bluchers at Frans Boone, along with longwings [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing | Also tagged Mark McNairy |
New models in at Frans Boone.
Posted in Men's Clothing | Also tagged Church's |
After finally trying and passing on the unlined Leydon last chukkas from Alden, I decided to give the new chukkas sold by J.Crew a shot. These will be ideal for casual attire, and are intended to replace the J.Crew desert boots that I just recently threw away (to their credit, the MacAlister boots had [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing | Tagged Alden
J.Crew has updated its site with new arrivals for spring (some of which is already in stores). The better items include an affordable parka, a multitude of warm weather shirts, more New Balance sneakers, and an updated selection of Corgi socks.
The highlight for me are these roughout suede chukkas and I’m torn [...]
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From today’s morning trip to Ballard. Woolrich Woolen Mills, LVC, RRL for fall…
Nigel Cabourn FW10. I went for the blue plaid naval shirt – and it’s already sold out in my size! wtf.
Alden.
J.Crew’s fall rollout has begun and they updated their website last night with new arrivals. Most of it is expected basics, but there are a few interesting gems: a denim western shirt, copies of Take Ivy, printed Hill-Side pocket squares, and socks from Saint James. The footwear lineup is also becoming more impressive, [...]
Seeing how Seattle might skip summer altogether this year, it was very timely that these boots just showed up. Made on the Plaza last in dark brown suede, they’re probably the nicest custom job that I’ve seen from Alden yet. More pictures at leathersoulhawaii.com.
A future version that I’d like to have [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing | Tagged Alden
I wear Indy boots frequently and the pair I’ve owned is a special makeup for Leather Soul that features full leather linings and commando soles – they’ve now seen about two years worth of wear. They’ve traveled to several different continents, saved my feet quite a few times, and have only needed to be [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing | Tagged Alden
Nick Horween put up a fascinating post today about the production of chromexcel leather, which is used on some of my more favorite pairs of Alden’s (I’m wearing a pair of Indy boots made from it right now in fact).
Chromexcel, or CXL as it’s written in the building, is a combination tanned leather [...]
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