Shooting Yourself in the Foot
By Izzy
Savile Row’s Gieves & Hawkes has come out with a buckshot-patterned brogue on their new Gieves line. While the idea is clever, Izzy finds something amiss in the pattern’s asymmetry.
Home | Shoes! | Manolo for the Home | Manolo for the Big Girl | Manolo's Food Blog | Manolo for the Brides | Teeny Manolo | Ayyyy!
Manolo Moda | Consolation of the Shoes | Basement of the Bargains | Gallery of the Horrors | Manolo's Forums | Manolo's Newsletter |Talk to Manolo!
September 20th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
I thought the asymmetry was beautiful, like a constellation. Thanks for posting.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:42 am
Perhaps an ideal gift for the US Vice President, no? To be worn post-quail hunting.
October 12th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
[...] I think they rock, even if Izzy doesn’t [...]
October 18th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
Eep. The shoe is beautiful, but the random buckshot pattern . . . shrivels my bum. Makes me clench my teeth. Randomly mars an otherwise beautiful design and piece of leather!
March 28th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Very interested in buying the buckshot brogues in navy size 9.5/10can you tell me where and how much.
December 6th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
[...] Suppose you’re heading to a rock concert, but you just can’t bear the thought of wearing a collarless shirt. Attus Apparel might have just the solution. They make semi-destroyed polo shirts with thrash-worthy logos, such as a long-haired metalhead and a mohawked homage to Sid Vicious. For the truly extreme, you can even purchase the polos once they’ve been blasted with a shotgun, which gives them a deconstructed look reminiscent of these shoes. [...]