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  1. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Penny Loafer question

    I have a high instep/arch. Not crazy high. I can wear Derbies/Bluchers with no problem. But on Oxfords, there is always a big triangle from bottom to top, because they don't close in a flush way. Now, I really like penny loafers. But the few I have tried press down on the top of my foot like a...
  3. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Shoemakers, take note: US14 more common than either 13 or 10!

    Here is a graph from Dr. Karen J Mickle, health scientist at the University of Newcastle in Australia. In a university study of people aged 60+ published in the Journal of Footwear Science, four scientists, Mickle and 4 other scientists (one of whom currently works in Research for Nike), using...
  4. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Kangaroo leather lace-ups?

    Anybody know where I could order a pair of elegant kangaroo shoes with a leather sole?
  5. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Practical question about Blake stitching

    Even at the risk of giving @dieworkwear a heart attack by starting yet another shoe thread – I would need your practical advice: I had my beautiful Bruno Magli Maiocco shoes (a cap toe Oxford) resoled at a local cobbler in Manhattan. They are not particularly precious shoes, but they were so...
  6. Monsieur de Givenchy

    All secrets revealed!! Who really manufactures the shoes for major brands?

    Would love to have a thread where all the experts on this forum pool their knowledge about this – even if these things are hard to verify. Rumors are ok. I will continually update this post with the information I receive, and will like the posts as acknowledgement of your authorship: Bottega...
  7. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Chelsea boots – a little embarrassing?!

    Am I alone in thinking that there is something embarrassing about wearing Chelsea boots if you usually try and wear only sophisticated shoes? It's like someone extolling the virtues of a Kiton suit and then buying elastic waist pants from K-Mart. I mean, we're supposed to appreciate...
  8. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Is eBay really the only place to hunt for quality shoe bargains?

    Hi, I've been pretty frustrated with eBay. For finding quality shoes like Crockett & Jones or Carmina or even Bally and Bruno Magli or other top handmade shoe brands. Especially new. Especially in large sizes (I wear a size 14). From time to time, I'm lucky and find something extraordinary...
  9. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Chukka Boots – what are they good for?

    I really like this style of boot – but I'm never quite sure for what kind of attire they are appropriate. Can they be worn with a suit? For a dinner party? (If they have leather soles?) Or is that pushing it? Are they still considered boots and therefore working gear in some way?
  10. Monsieur de Givenchy

    questions about suspenders...

    Hi, experts. Would be grateful if you could help me answer these three questions about suspenders/braces: 1) Can you wear suspenders with trousers that have belt loops on them. (which would then go empty). Or is that considered poor show? I recently had several pairs of trousers retro-fitted...
  11. Monsieur de Givenchy

    derby shoes always wrong for formal wear?

    Hi, I'm sure that this has been discussed elsewhere – but I find it really hard to sort through some of the forum posts that have 100s of pages until I find the right one that might touch upon my topic, so here goes a new one: I know the rule that you're not supposed to wear derbies/bluchers...
  12. Monsieur de Givenchy

    Allen Edmonds rant ;)

    Gentlemen connoisseurs – am I all alone in feeling that Allen Edmonds just gets all design things wrong, always?! I've bought their shoes, again and again, as if under some kind of American group hypnosis. Because of course you can't buy plastic like Cole Haan or Johnston & Murphy. And you try...
  13. Monsieur de Givenchy

    thoughts on plain toe Balmoral for formal wear

    Am I crazy, or is a plain toe balmoral just a more elegant choice than any wholecut, no matter how perfectly made? But this would seem to go against the philosophy of formal wear, where the fewer working parts (especially seams) you can see, the better. And of course a wholecut has fewer seams...
  14. Monsieur de Givenchy

    wholecut boot with formal wear??

    A question to you experts out there – would it be acceptable to wear an wholecut boot like the attached Carmina one for very formal dress, such as tails/white tie or cutaway/morning suit (funerals, weddings) or also black tie events? Rather than an Oxford? A few added dimensions: I find cap...
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