Show us your SHOES !!!

[cptjeff]

Well, I figured I would finally post these. Gene had found them at a thrift shop, and had they lying around and offered to sell them to me after seeing my size in a previous post. I was going to wait until I could get the heels replaced and the edges dressed, but the guy up here at school didn't feel comfortable replacing the old leather heels on them, so I'll have to wait until I get home to have that done.

Vintage Florsheims:

Many thanks to HarpPlayerGene. They're incredibly nice shoes.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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Another vintage pair I bought deadstock a while back:

 

[Wash In Lux]

Marc,
Are these made by Edwin Clapp? Seems like I had a pair like this a few years ago that were Edwin Clapp.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Marc,
Are these made by Edwin Clapp? Seems like I had a pair like this a few years ago that were Edwin Clapp.

They certainly are. I bought them deadstock on eBay about 5 years ago. Wait: did you sell them to me?

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[Wash In Lux]

Ha! Nice to know that the old memory is still good. That's cool. It was probably around that time that I sold mine. Deadstock as well. They were cap toes though. Went to Japan. I think about those shoes on a regular basis.

They certainly are. I bought them deadstock on eBay about 5 years ago.

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[mike]

These blow my mind.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It was probably around that time that I sold mine. Deadstock as well. They were cap toes though. Went to Japan. I think about those shoes on a regular basis.

Did yours look like these? http://cgi.ebay.com/1930-EDWIN-CLAP...QQ_trkparmsZalgo=MW&its=C&itu=UCC&otn=5&ps=63


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[Marc Chevalier]

These blow my mind.

These were custom made by a shoemaker in Malta, of all places! From the '30s, I'd say. Here's a side view:

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[HarpPlayerGene]

Well, I figured I would finally post these. Gene had found them at a thrift shop, and had they lying around and offered to sell them to me after seeing my size in a previous post. I was going to wait until I could get the heels replaced and the edges dressed, but the guy up here at school didn't feel comfortable replacing the old leather heels on them, so I'll have to wait until I get home to have that done.

Vintage Florsheims:

Many thanks to HarpPlayerGene. They're incredibly nice shoes.

:eusa_clap Glad they're working for you!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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More of my vintage shoes, past and present:

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[BinkieBaumont]

"These are "ever so me", Clapp or no Clapp"

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"These are "ever so me", Clapp or no Clapp"

These are 1940s 'Alan McAfee' shoes for Saks Fifth Avenue.


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[Marc Chevalier]

And these are also 'Alan McAfee' shoes, made exclusively for Oviatt's haberdashery in Los Angeles.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"I have copies of Esquire from the late 1930's with advertisements for Shoes that I can not imagine any chap wearing in the street without ridicule, were these shoes purchased and never worn or worn in very sophisticated night spots"

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"Just that I bumped into the Lady Mayor of the Swan River Colony, the Honourable Lisa Scaffidi and she said "Binkie, what groovy shoes, her "Handler" just said "Hello Binkie"

 

[Marc Chevalier]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

and these Crosby Square are one of the best black and white specs ever...so sleek...

I'm afraid that they're not 'Crosby Square'. Here's the label:

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[Marc Chevalier]

 

[Tomasso]

Those are some great shoes, Marc.

Whaddya got in a 12D?

 

[Wash In Lux]

Did yours look like these? http://cgi.ebay.com/1930-EDWIN-CLAP...QQ_trkparmsZalgo=MW&its=C&itu=UCC&otn=5&ps=63
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Similar, but the ones I had were much more ornate. They were my size (8D) and fit beautifully although I just couldn't ever bring myself to wear them so, off to Japan they went. Having them in the closet and pulling them out every now and then was both love and torture at the same time, if you know what I mean.
Man, I wish I'd kept pics of all the cool stuff I sold over the years.