Show us your SHOES !!!

[tempesh]

Post WWII German Army boots, just came back from the shoemaker for a resole. Fit like a glove. Made by Baltes around 1960. This boots have developed just so incredible character trough the decades. For more images check my website: be-cause. bye Alex

 

[esteban68]

Not sure of the age on these but I don't think too old, they are the same brand as my brown heavy grained shoes shown earlier in this thread and just as well made, the lady in the charity shop said " we threw the box out for those, it was all crumpled" anyway they were a fiver (UK) so not a bad buy I think.

To be honest apart from the fact that hey had never been worn I don't think I would have bought them as from 10 feet away they just looked like any other plain 'black shoe' it was only as I got close that I saw the unusual side detailing and that did it for me,

 

[cookie]

Nice score of a quality shoe.

 

[Talbot]

Funny coincidence. I picked up a pair of almost new Oxblood Tresham brogues at my exclusive gentleman's outfitters (Salvation Army) the other day.

 

[esteban68]

Funny coincidence. I picked up a pair of almost new Oxblood Tresham brogues at my exclusive gentleman's outfitters (Salvation Army) the other day.

Pic please if possible.

 

[cookie]

Funny coincidence. I picked up a pair of almost new Oxblood Tresham brogues at my exclusive gentleman's outfitters (Salvation Army) the other day.

Big deal. I have my own private Italian tailor - Vincenzo de Paulo.

 

[esteban68]

Big deal. I have my own private Italian tailor - Vincenzo de Paulo.

I am better dressed now than I have ever been! I worked out the other day that at todays prices the outfit I was wearing would cost around £1200, ...Harris tweed jacket, Armani shirt, Grenson brogues, and an Omega seamaster all bought for less than £25 watch which was free off freecycle!
long live thrift!

 

[Talbot]

Big deal. I have my own private Italian tailor - Vincenzo de Paulo.

Wow, I'll bet its pronounced it 'pow-lo' and all...

Cookie, I'm going to borrow this one, if its OK with you

 

[Talbot]

 

[Isshinryu101]

Does anybody know when makers started making "zipper boots"? I'm having difficulty pinning this down because I don't really see any in catalogs before the 1960's. Is this when they started?

Thanks!

 

[esteban68]

They look like they are from the same era Talbot.

 

[Talbot]

My thoughts too! I think you got a better deal - I paid $19 for these.

I should post more pics here, but I have to admit to being a little embarrased as to my lack of tree's. When ever I'm ready to splurge, something always comes up!

 

[Two Types]

Does anybody know when makers started making "zipper boots"? I'm having difficulty pinning this down because I don't really see any in catalogs before the 1960's. Is this when they started?

Thanks!

I'm not sure about zipper boots, however I have seen a photograph of Winston Churchill during World War 2 where he is wearing a pair of zip up shoes. If I remember correctly, they are a normal pair of Oxfords with a zip running where the laces would be. Now I am going to have to remember where I saw the photograph.

 

[esteban68]

My thoughts too! I think you got a better deal - I paid $19 for these.

I should post more pics here, but I have to admit to being a little embarrased as to my lack of tree's. When ever I'm ready to splurge, something always comes up!

Better still if they hadn't just thrown the box away!...I don't think either of us paid over the top!

 

[Two Types]

I couldn't edit my earlier post, but here a picture of Churchill in his zip-up shoes:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/05/article-1272156-096D90B2000005DC-703_634x569.jpg

 

[Marc Chevalier]

.
All right ... which Fedora Lounger won (for peanuts) this deadstock vintage pair of cap-toe bluchers?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...%2FbS%2BuJ9O6tLXe6QV0%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I couldn't edit my earlier post, but here a picture of Churchill in his zip-up shoes:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/05/article-1272156-096D90B2000005DC-703_634x569.jpg

Yep. The R.M.S. 'Queen Mary' has on display a poster-sized photo of Churchill visiting the ship. Sure enough, he wore those shoes on board.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Pair of NOS Spectators never worn gunboats my Wife purchased last week from eBay, the waxed shoe laces were inside the shoes.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

And I am shocked no one made mention of these gems here, these are from my neck of the woods when I was growing up and I actually recall this shoe store as well.

The original owner of these shoes purchased them a few years before he retired and never wore them, the seller, his daughter were going through a lot of old stuff in the home to clear out upon his death and found these in a box. Gems.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

And I am shocked no one made mention of these gems here, ...

I never saw them. What size are they? 9 D?