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[Jesus]

Not a great name for a pub.

And not the most beautiful shoe ever designed.

Under some circumstances it would be a better and greater punishment to force a juvenile delinquent wearing that for six months, than punish the juvenile with anything else.

[Calvert]

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Many juvenile delinquents wore them voluntarily in the late '70's/early '80's ska and Mod revivals.

[Tony C]

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That two tone version you chose to show us a bit gaudy, but the loafer - tasseled or otherwise - is a design classic and ought to be a staple item in the wardrobe of any gentleman with sartorial awareness. They can be worn formally, with a well cut suit, for business wear or with jeans/cotton trousers and a Brooks Brothers flannel shirt for weekends.

Honestly, it's like Gentleman's Quarterly never existed with you people.

[Calvert]

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Well, that's right.
Just make sure you accessorise with off-white bally cotton socks and slightly too short trouser leg for the complete twat look.

[Toby Gymshorts]

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There's a fashion in City circles (in insurance, at least) for tasselled loafers teamed with slim-cut suits.

Fucking pricks.

[Calvert]

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Or indeed why not wear with skin-tight jeans and no socks for the Luke Shaw look?

[Guy Profumo]

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Jesus wrote: Not a great name for a pub.

And not the most beautiful shoe ever designed.

Under some circumstances it would be a better and greater punishment to force a juvenile delinquent wearing that for six months, than punish the juvenile with anything else.

Could be worse. They could be brogues.

[Calvert]

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C

Guy Potger wrote:

Not a great name for a pub.

And not the most beautiful shoe ever designed.

Under some circumstances it would be a better and greater punishment to force a juvenile delinquent wearing that for six months, than punish the juvenile with anything else.

Could be worse. They could be brogues.

Oh fuck.
Those pointy brown squashed kipper things with the holey patterns?

[Guy Profumo]

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Calvert wrote: C

Not a great name for a pub.

And not the most beautiful shoe ever designed.

Under some circumstances it would be a better and greater punishment to force a juvenile delinquent wearing that for six months, than punish the juvenile with anything else.

Could be worse. They could be brogues.

Oh fuck.
Those pointy brown squashed kipper things with the holey patterns?

Don't even need to be brown squashed or pointy.

A nice pair of Oxfords or Derbies (Derbys?) is what you want.

[MsD]

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They need metal studs on the bottom - forgotten what they're called.

VIvienne made a plastic version a few years back, and I think still does the slippers.

[Calvert]

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Vivienne from The Young Ones?

[treibeis]

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MsD wrote: They need metal studs on the bottom - forgotten what they're called.

Blakey's.

[MsD]

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That's them.

[Toby Gymshorts]

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Blakey's Segs, as immortalised by Vic Reeves.

Anyway, Guy speaks for me on this issue; Oxfords all the way.

[treibeis]

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Calvert wrote: Well, that's right.
Just make sure you accessorise with off-white bally cotton socks and slightly too short trouser leg for the complete twat look.

The kids at our school who dressed like that were the nastiest bastards around (possibly because, deep down, they knew they looked like twats). I got a kicking on more than one occasion from several pairs of tasselled loafers on the end of too-short-betrousered legs.

[caja-dglh]

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I don't see what is wrong with brogues / half-brogues. Oxfords are the shoe for schoolkids or those who can't be arsed.

[Calvert]

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I don't see what is wrong with brogues / half-brogues.

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[Lucia Lanigan]

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Brogues are fine, you just have to wear them properly: with a suit, not sockless with jeans like the berks around London Fields used to a few years ago.

[Tony C]

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Brogues are a wonderful thing, can be worn with both....etc etc

[WOM]

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Wingtips over brogues for me. But tasseled loafers...blech. Shoes that don't tie-on aren't to be trusted.

[EIM]

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Bad shoe. We've all moved on from this, or should have.

[Come along, Min]

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treibeis wrote:

Well, that's right.
Just make sure you accessorise with off-white bally cotton socks and slightly too short trouser leg for the complete twat look.

The kids at our school who dressed like that were the nastiest bastards around (possibly because, deep down, they knew they looked like twats). I got a kicking on more than one occasion from several pairs of tasselled loafers on the end of too-short-betrousered legs.

This. Must be a Bristol thing.

Worn by those who hold your gaze for an uncomfortably long time. Psychos. Proper ones like.

[Fussbudget]

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I love brogues and loafers, me.

I've got a couple of pairs of very dashing tasselled country brogues. One of them has tartan panels and all. They look fab with skirts and dresses.

I've also got a nice pair of chunky Marni loafers that I love, but they need resoling and I can't be arsed.

[EIM]

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Get someone else to do them for you.

[WOM]

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A load of old cobblers...