Guys: How Many Shoes?

[SamMarlowPI]

like 10 or so...4 or 5 get regular use. however none are "dress"...Adidas, Nike, Osiris, Vans, PF Flyers and hiking type boots are in regular rotation...

 

[Fletch]

I'll bet I have...43 shoes.

(based on an idea by Steve Martin)

 

[Mark from Plano]

I'll bet I have...43 shoes.

(based on an idea by Steve Martin)

I remember that. Except it was 57 and...well...something else that comes in pairs.

 

[MB5]

Black Boots-daily
Brown Walking shoes-occasionally
Black "Mickey Mouse" boots-when weather requires it
Black cap toe-rarely
Ratty tennis shoes-exceedingly rarely (When I don't want to destroy another pair of shoes)
Clean tennis shoes-I don't know when I last wore them

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Only one pair of Blucher's? How is that possible for a guy from the UK? I always thought that the UK was the home of the Blucher? Are they too informal?
Marty Mathis

Interesting; I hadn't heard that before. Would you believe that I was so ignorant when I bought the bluchers* that it took me months to notice how they were different from my other shoes? As it is, I keep them for the colour (which is also why I bought them) but, if I were replacing them I would buy shoes with closed lacing.

*first or second year of university, so 19 going on 20

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Anthony Jordan, that is a very impressive display of taste level. I'd love to see a close up picture of your Formal Pumps. Thanks for sharing.
Marty Mathis

Here you go:

 

[cookie]

Shoes

My middle name is Imelda .... my wife agrees what me worry[huh] [huh] [huh]

 

[Curt Dawson]

Shoes

1 pair ratty work sneakers worn very day to the factory
1 pair nice sneakers
2 pair steel toe boots that I alternate at the factory
1 pair White's 12" Cowboy Packers
1 pair 12" cowboy dress boots(HS graduation present)
1 pair Nun Bush black cap toe dress shoes
1 pair black dress slip on loafers

 

[Marty M.]

The Tux Pump.

Here you go:

Thanks for the post. These are far superior to the lace up formal shoes. Bravo.
Marty Mathis

 

[D_wegan]

I have this many:

(Well, actually a few more now.) The light ones tend to only get worn occasionally in the summer, as also the vintage black and brown Oxfords and the patent shoes, and the double-soled shoes, and the cheap pair I keep for snow and slush.

I'd say about ten pairs will see wear in a typical month.

Please tell me what those white ones are and where can I get some.

 

[jgilbert]

Dress 4 pr toe cap and 4 pr slip on's 1 pr clog great for getting the mail in the winter. 2 pr driving shoes, summer only. Need house slippers.

Then there are the running shoes, one to run, the old pr becomes my car washing pr.

 

[Patrick Murtha]

I fully subscribe to the view that there is no such thing as "too many shoes."

Well, me too,and I'm as much of a shoe queen as Governor Schwarzenegger (clearly an uncloseted metrosexual). Current count, about sixty pair, check with me in a few months.

I try to wear them all regularly. Some are seasonally or situationally specific, of course.

No wife (or in my case it would be a partner) to answer to, which is kind of nice because I never have to defend what I want to spend on. I just calculate my own desires in the matter. (Maybe I should start a "Confirmed Bachelors" thread. )

 

[NonEntity]

24 Pair

That counts athletic shoes:

*New Balance 992 running, gray
Converse leather basketball, white
K-Swiss Classic leather tennis, white
Reebok leather walking, white/navy
Timberland Eurus water shoes, gray/orange

Boots:

Vasque Super-Whitney hiking, dark brown smooth leather
Timberland Gortex-lined Classic Trekker, medium brown Nubuck

Plus very casual casual footwear:

Eddie Bauer canvas deck, tan
*Sperry Topsider Cutter 2-eye, rust
Timberland High Performance Sailing, medium brown
*Timberland Echo Bay 2-eye canoe, dark brown
Timberland Altamont Fisher sandals, tan
*LL Bean double sole shearling-lined moccasins, dark brown
Cole-Haan driving moccasins, medium brown
Rockport World Tour walking, dark brown

And nice casual/somewhat dressy:

Rockport Dressport wingtip, cordovan
Timberland nubuck wingtip, rust
Seebago penny loafers, cognac
*Cole-Hann penny loafers, cordovan
*Cole-Haan Santa Fe Tie, medium brown
*Cole-Haan kiltie/tassel loafer, medium brown
Ecco Century Tie Boot, black

Finally, strictly dressy:

Cole-Haan cap toe oxford, cordovan
Johnston Murphy Crown Aristocraft wingtips, black

I wear them all fairly regularly, but the ones with the "*" I wear the most.

Whatever happened to the days we had three pair of shoes, "tennis" that we played all sports in, the school/work shoes worn every day, and some dressy ones reserved for church, weddings, and going out to dinner and the movies?

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Please tell me what those white ones are and where can I get some.

They are Church's "Bamford" Oxfords in white cape buck; I'm afraid I'm not aware of a current source (I bought mine on eBay from a shoe seller who appears to have bought a number of pallets of assorted Church's shoes ten or twenty years ago and be selling them off piecemeal - they also sold me the pumps) but you might ask Church's direct. For a similar effect (albeit without toecap) for less money you might try Sanders/Regent, who make uniform shoes for the Royal Navy?

Here's another picture:

 

[jjl5000]

Hello all. I thought I would share my current shoe rotation with the good folks here.

Apologies for the poor quality pics...

 

[Brian Sheridan]

Wow....those are beautiful though it must take FOREVER to polish them all.

But I :eusa_clap your collection!

You have all inspired me - I just order a pair of the Brentano's Spectators today.

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Hello all. I thought I would share my current shoe rotation with the good folks here.

Apologies for the poor quality pics...

Sweet collection. I have a major thing for shoes, in case no one had figured out from my avatar.

 

[jjl5000]

Sweet collection. I have a major thing for shoes, in case no one had figured out from my avatar.

Me to. I have twice as many shoes that haven't made it into the rotation yet.

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Me to. I have twice as many shoes that haven't made it into the rotation yet.

You are my buddy from now on. Post a lot.

 

[Patrick Murtha]

Wow....those are beautiful though it must take FOREVER to polish them all.

But I :eusa_clap your collection!

You have all inspired me - I just order a pair of the Brentano's Spectators today.

Brian, is your avatar a shot of Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin? You and I both have spectators in our avatars.