Cool shoes

[Tony in Tarzana]

It looks like fun, but from my very limited experience in the outer fringes of Hollyweird, it's a pain in the butt, too.

How's your experience been in dealing with Hollywood types, BigSleep? No names, of course.

Oh, and have you ever done anything at Glendale Studios? That's where I work.

 

[BigSleep]

It looks like fun, but from my very limited experience in the outer fringes of Hollyweird, it's a pain in the butt, too.

How's your experience been in dealing with Hollywood types, BigSleep? No names, of course.

Oh, and have you ever done anything at Glendale Studios? That's where I work.

Like anyother business you find people who are "Regular Joes" and those who are... eh... not. Most everyone I've worked with have been great. there is always that little jerk in a postion of power that pops up now and again but you find that in any business.

The people that I find the worst to deal with are people who will do ANYTHING to be on screen. People with screwed up values. People who think there is no training or natural skill involved. The ones who just want to "be sombody". They give the rest of us a bad name and make the "Gatekeepers" (Casting, Agents, etc) put up thick walls. It's MHO that if you gotta have your feet on the ground before you get in this business. It's not a business that is easy on the ego.

Never worked at Glendale Studios. But I live right near the border of Burbank and Glendale.

What do you do over there?

 

[The Wingnut]

Acting's a rough life if you decide you're going to use it as a primary source of income or a career. The way things are now, few actors actually have contracts, they move from job to job wherever they can find them, sometimes working multiple shoots in one day.

In the bit of film work I've done, I've met actors that are simply there as bodies to fill a costume, and those that actually went and researched / developed their character before they showed up for the call.

I do it for fun. It may turn into something, but it probably won't. It's just another feather in life's cap, but I get into it when it's time to get in front of the camera.

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Never worked at Glendale Studios. But I live right near the border of Burbank and Glendale.

What do you do over there?

I work at a little TV shopping network that's based there. I answer phones, fill in in the control room on the Chyron and the camera switcher, and I've been on-air once or twice.

 

[Indy Magnoli]

I've just finished these pair of shoes based on Gittes' for a Lounger:

Kind regards,
Magnoli

 

[Benny Holiday]

Indy, you've done it again

Outstanding work yet again. You've even got the contrast stitching on top down pat! :eusa_clap My Lelands are getting plenty of wear and more than a few comments. I'm trying to encourage more people to order your wares rather than just buy the awful dance shoes they sell here, that are flimsy and totally unsuitable for real wear outside a dance studio.

Buy Magnoli shoes today!

 

[Canadave]

...After this thread was started I placed an order with Indy Magnoli.

I'll post pics when I get them.

Ja get 'em yet? Spill!

Hey Indy, did you take Spatterdash up on his offer re: making spats?

David

 

[reetpleat]

I've just finished these pair of shoes based on Gittes' for a Lounger:

Kind regards,
Magnoli

Love those. And at a reasonable price. I might want a pair when I get a little money together.

Can they be done with white thread stitching the bottom soles to the upper part? Do you know what I mean?

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Can they be done with white thread stitching the bottom soles to the upper part? Do you know what I mean?

Absolutely, each pair is bespoke and can therefore be customized any way you like (and at no extra charge).

I'm still looking into spats... just got to find the best way to make them at the right price. Will keep you posted...

Kind regards,
Indy

 

[Canadave]

...Can they be done with white thread stitching the bottom soles to the upper part? Do you know what I mean?

You mean the Doc Marten kind of look?

David

 

[resortes805]

Yes! Fairstiching! The majority of vintage shoes I see have fairstiching...it looks awesome. Stacy Adams is the only modern shoe company still doing fairstich. Why on earth did everybody else give it up?

 

[Canadave]

Yes! Fairstiching! The majority of vintage shoes I see have fairstiching...it looks awesome. Stacy Adams is the only modern shoe company still doing fairstich. Why on earth did everybody else give it up?

I don't think I've seen that in anything but Docs. Do you have a photographic example?

(What's up in your avatar?)

David

 

[resortes805]

 

[Veronica Parra]

 

[reetpleat]

I suspect the light stitching got too hard to polish in a brown or black shoe.

Love the last pair in the photos, the blue suede.

That diamond shape is my favorite. That is why I am not a big fan of the Allen Edmunds. They curve with the foot instead of that straight look or diamond look.

ANyone ever heard of a style called the Philly Spade?

I read an article on it. It was a regional style from Philly in which the last was extremely wide and pointed like a spade. Go figure.

Mainly a black hipster thing. I have always wanted to find a pair.



Mateo

 

[Veronica Parra]

Anyone ever heard of a style called the Philly Spade?

See the photo directly above your post. That suede shoe has a modified spade sole. Modified, since the toe is not extremely pointed.


Philly spades had various names. In the '30s, Florsheim and many other shoe companies made their own versions. Usually, the spade was referred to as a "custom extension sole". It's very rare to find sources from the '30s that actually called it a spade shoe, much less a Philly spade. The style lasted for dress shoes until the 1950s, then petered out.


Take a look at the sole of any fancy cowboy boot made today. That's right, cowboy boots have spade soles.



Another example of a shoe with a modified spade sole:

 

[Fletch]

Love the Nunn-Bush ad. Woody Herman's father was a master shoemaker with Nunn-Bush. He used to make every pair of shoes Woody wore.

 

[Will]

Edward Green Colonials, from a ten year old catalog.

 

[Indy Magnoli]

You can see this type of stitching on the soles of my Adventure boots. Also, I haven't advertised this much, but I do have a source for exotic skins as well (alligator, snake, etc), so I could do a pair like those Nunn-Bush ones above (though those are textured calf from the sounds of it). I also have a textured cowhide (alligator or tight weave pattern, only in black).

Now, since these shoes are bespoke and made-to-measure, there is no reason why we can't do the spade/extension sole. The price wouldn't change ($275 shipped) unless you went to the exotic skins.

Kind regards,
Indy

 

[reetpleat]

Indy, you just keep upping the ante. NOw I am going to have ot buy something sooner or later.

I had always thought that type of sole could not be done unless you had a proper last for it. Is that incorrect?