John Lobb craziness

[herringbonekid]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/John-Lobb...BuLLjsTfqJRiS9%2F0EV0%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

remind me to buy any second hand John Lobbs i find, even if they don't fit.

 

[Feraud]

1,000 bucks and a size 6?? What am I missing!?

 

[Two Types]

I am speechless.

 

[herringbonekid]

we're in the wrong business:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1939-Date...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[Edward]

Badly over-priced, imo. The real selling point of Lobbs, surely, is them being bespoke. If they're made bespoke for somebody else, they won't it any better (and might fit worse) than OTR. High quality materials, certainly.... but how much better than Church's? Not that much, I'd wager...

 

[Tomasso]

Edward stole my response.......

 

[Tomasso]

Except that I would probably replace the Church's with Edward Greens.

 

[Guttersnipe]

You see the same thing with Savile suits, especially if they are recently made by a tailor that is popular with the "iGent" crowd. I suspect the same crowd drives yhe demand fir these shoes. Of course the exact same points regarding bespoke shoes apply to bespoke suits. Used clothing made by similarly artisanal makers like Oxxford routinely sell for very low prices. All of this leads me to belive that it's nothing more than base brand fetishizing by label whore ... er ... I mean sophisticated, deal seeking iGents.

 

[Tomasso]

Used clothing made by similarly artisanal makers like Oxxford routinely sell for very low prices.

Preowned Oxxford is the best deal out there IMO. Even new it can be had for around 25 cents on the dollar

 

[Warbaby]

I'd kill for these shoes, but nobody's hiring...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300933782659?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

[herringbonekid]

according to the John Lobb site, their bespoke shoes start at £3090, and crocodile shoes at £9256. given these prices i suppose the winner of the second hand crocs in the above auction got a bargain.

(bespoke shoe prices seem divorced from reality. i'm sure they double them every few years)

 

[herringbonekid]

I'd kill for these shoes, but nobody's hiring...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300933782659?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

i don't know what it is about Edward Green leather but it always looks like that of a much cheaper shoe to me.

 

[Two Types]

I've never owned a pair of Edward Greens. But i did try a pair on ** and was genuinely impressed by how comfortable they were. They felt amazing and very light but, for me, they were just too lightweight. I like a shoe I can stomp around in during the ten months of dreadful weather we have each year.

**(I had no intention of buying them but I'd had a couple of beers and the bloke in the shop must have thought he could talk me into spending some money)

 

[Edward]

You see the same thing with Savile suits, especially if they are recently made by a tailor that is popular with the "iGent" crowd. I suspect the same crowd drives yhe demand fir these shoes. Of course the exact same points regarding bespoke shoes apply to bespoke suits. Used clothing made by similarly artisanal makers like Oxxford routinely sell for very low prices. All of this leads me to belive that it's nothing more than base brand fetishizing by label whore ... er ... I mean sophisticated, deal seeking iGents.

What is an iGent?

 

[Tomasso]

Google is your friend.