One Shoe Wardrobe: Why Not?

[Manton]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

My guess would be that he has five to ten times the number of shoes that I have, so not really unless by "epic" you include the concept of overwhelming defeat (mine.)

Aportnoy is really in his own league.


- B

Probably closer to 5x but still, I believe this is true.

 

[voxsartoria]

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[Achilles_]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

We have to think of aportnoy as a privately-funded time capsule that can be used to show people who survive the impending nuclear blasts how shoemaking was done before the end-times, albeit all in a single size.

They will remark to themselves, "Not only did our civilized ancestors have nice shoes...they all had the same sized foot. How fantastic it must have been to live above ground!"


- B

What does he do for a living/ how did he acquire such a shoe collection?

 

[in stitches]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

The methodology is somewhere between picking a wife and picking a necktie.


- B

i dont know man, picking a tie can be downright impossible sometimes.

 

[in stitches]

Originally Posted by Achilles_

What does he do for a living/ how did he acquire such a shoe collection?

1. he buys shoes 2. he buys shoes

 

[voxsartoria]

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[ThinkDerm]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

The top row in that shot is all Vass, St. Crispin's and Lattanzi RTW/MTO.

The bottom row is all Edward Green, G&G, Lobb, Kiton and C&J.

Bespoke shoes are the next thing that I'll be looking into since I suddenly have both a somewhat local possibility and also one of the well-known makers who does not typically travel to Boston has offered to fly up to see me whenever they're in NYC.


- B
WS - Who are you getting to make your shoes - Paolo Scafora?

 

[poorsod]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Bespoke shoes are the next thing that I'll be looking into since I suddenly have both a somewhat local possibility and also one of the well-known makers who does not typically travel to Boston has offered to fly up to see me whenever they're in NYC.

To all ye supplicants, this is the definition of big time.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by dieworkwear

There are a few RTW makers who don't use gemming - Stefano Bemer is one - but the others I know of are Cleverley, ...

i was in the believe that the regular line of Cleverley RTW is made by C&J, so it is gemmed?

in the case this means anything to someone except bill. i keep my gemmed shoes away from my custom made numbers...

 

[CaymanS]

Originally Posted by Achilles_

What does he do for a living/ how did he acquire such a shoe collection?

This is my favorite perennial Styleforvm topic of all time: "Career speculation".

I'll go first: el capitan of a major international drug cartel.

 

[NAMOR]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Yes, I built my house with them. - B

I knew it!

 

[Lightbringer]

I cannot help but feel like I missed out on some amount of epic victory when I missed seeing Vox's collection.

 

[TRA8324]

Originally Posted by CaymanS

This is my favorite perennial Styleforvm topic of all time: "Career speculation".

I'll go first: el capitan of a major international drug cartel.
No, that's Spoo.

 

[The Shoe Snob]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

East wall. One of three with shoe shelves.

On this wall, top row? No gemming. Bottom row? With gemming and could explode any moment.

No Aldens on this wall. They're on the North wall.


- B

That is simply amazing, and breathtaking might I add.....must be nice!

 

[zalb916]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Well, actually, our manias intersect.

You mention above how you have five of exactly the same shoe and would like more duplicates. How many more would please you? One? Two? Three? Let's say two. That's seven of exactly one shoe but in different colors and leathers. One for every day of the week, I guess.

Now, this will blow you mind: what if one does not want to wear the same shoe over and over again with only the color or leather being different? Let's say one likes, oh, a black calf cap toe oxford? Well, how about one in brown? In oxblood? In dark reverse calf? In light reverse calf? How about a cap toe derby with broguing?

How about Norwegians? How about loafers? What shoes favor summer? Which winter? Which the week? Which the weekend? Black calf pumps? Check. But sometimes, patent leather is more fun. Other times, an Albert. And so on.

By and large, all the shoes that I have are basic, classic shoes just in a variety of permutations no greater than that which you continue to desire for your OneShoe.

Also: just keep in mind that there is aportnoy manning the Footwear Frontier. From his vantage, you and I are about the same.

Mortals.

I noticed you left out boat shoes. Surely, you have a need for shoes when on a boat. How about American boat shoe? How about English boat shoes? Surely, you have boat shoes made from some of the finer English makers, like John Lobb, right?

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

We have to think of aportnoy as a privately-funded time capsule that can be used to show people who survive the impending nuclear blasts how shoemaking was done before the end-times, albeit all in a single size.

What always astonished me about aportnoy's shoe collection, at least according to some of his infrequent sales threads, was that his shoes varied in size.