Honestly, I would get both, and then I would get every shoe that I have seen posted on this thread. They are all beautiful. I just picked up some cordovan oxfords by Florsheim today.
male
Sinatra during his Dorsey period
Al Hibbler
Johnny Mercer
Tommy Duncan ( The Texas Playboys )
Cab Calloway
Nat Cole
Female
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Anita O'Day
Kitty Kallen
i find it to be a more elegant time. the optimal fantasy for me...A front table in Cafe Society listening to Billie Holiday wail... yep, that would be ideal.
Earlier in the thread, someone mentioned the phrase "to the nines", as in "Dressed to the nines". The history of this phrase eludes me. I wonder if someone, Lizzie perhaps, could enlighten me. My contributions to the list of less used terms is " tooling around".
I agree, I have both versions. The plot is quite intricate, in order to truly follow the story you have to read the novel which explains a lot of things.
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