Soled out?
— The innate dignity of a two-tone brogue has been vigorously ransacked by the current crop of fashion twats.”
I found it a bit irritating to read that the style of a pair of shoes for which I’ve been looking around for a while now had become fashionable owing to them having being worn by David Beckham and certain models at a recent Galliano fashion show.
The two-tone brogue has been popular since the 20s, with those eligible Oxford dandies seen in them. In the 80s, Ska brought them to new, entirely different kinds of feet and now the tawdry football star is wearing them.
I saw some original 30s pairs in the Duckers Bootmakers shop in Turl Street, Oxford, a few weeks’ back when my parents were visiting. Since then, I’ve seen one fellow in a pair, but he was sporting a straw boater and striped blazer too!
See also:
The belated Botanical Gardens video
Some strange goings on in the Oxford Botanical Garden.
- Originally published: 31 Oct 2005 in UK
Have you seen this pub?
Two visits in one weekend to a pub whose presence has been dwarfed by an enormous road bypass.
- Originally published: 19 Jul 2005 in Editorial
Goodbye to RM!
It’s time to say goodbye to a good employer. I’m moving back to Yorkshire.
- Originally published: 13 Apr 2006 in Editorial
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
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