Matching your Leather Jacket and Shoes

[OceanBreeze]

I often split the difference between sneakers and leather shoes/boots and just wear a pair of leather converse....

Leather converse! Good idea... wonder how long those last.

 

[shadowrider]

The Fonz didn't match, so I don't either.

 

[Edward]

The Fonz was intended to match, but the NB network point blank refused to have him in a black leather jacket....and at that, for a long tine he was only allowed the leather when the motorcycle was in-scene!

 

[Big J]

Oh, wait, so you guys are all wearing shoes now, or you all been wearing shoes all along and just not telling me?

 

[shadowrider]

The Fonz was intended to match, but the NB network point blank refused to have him in a black leather jacket....and at that, for a long tine he was only allowed the leather when the motorcycle was in-scene!

Really??? Why is that?

 

[handymike]

You'd be amazed at how networks run, and decisions are made. I'm sure it was a battle to get a "Hoodlum" character on the show to begin with.

 

[ProteinNerd]

I never noticed how slim Fonzies jeans were....they seem quite a bit slimmer than today's straight leg jeans?

 

[Fanch]

I never noticed how slim Fonzies jeans were....they seem quite a bit slimmer than today's straight leg jeans?

I noticed that too.

 

[handymike]

STF 501s probably

 

[Edward]

Really??? Why is that?

The execs were afraid of having a hoodlum character on the show, especially one that was seen as a positive character. For the first season, they even made him wear a sky blue cotton windcheater before they'd allow a leather at all.

 

[Edgar Laurel]

Well, after finished my Aero midnight blue order and also given the fact that I'll order a navy board racer the next time around I've started to look for some navy/dark blue shoes or boots around the web.
Hope it doesn't get too hard to find.

 

[El Marro]

Well, after finished my Aero midnight blue order and also given the fact that I'll order a navy board racer the next time around I've started to look for some navy/dark blue shoes or boots around the web.
Hope it doesn't get too hard to find.

Both White's Semi Dress boot and Alden's Indy are available in navy CXL. Be careful, this could get very expensive very quickly!

 

[Fanch]

Both White's Semi Dress boot and Alden's Indy are available in navy CXL. Be careful, this could get very expensive very quickly!

I don't know that I would go to that extreme. A midnight blue jacket should match well enough with black shoes. I always match my shoes and belt, but jacket and shoes ... I dunno.

 

[zebedee]

Yeah, I'm more towards the shoes and belt matching. A handy trick is to get really dark brown stuff, especially belts. They go with most anything. The real trick, however, is not to care too much.

 

[Edgar Laurel]

With that dark tone of blue/forrest/ black should do the trick....but with the navy BR..just to have something different from black at times.

 

[Seb Lucas]

The execs were afraid of having a hoodlum character on the show, especially one that was seen as a positive character. For the first season, they even made him wear a sky blue cotton windcheater before they'd allow a leather at all.

Yep - I remember when Happy Days came out and parents were deeply suspicious of kids treating a "greaser" as a hero. Fonzie had to earn his keep on the show and needed to be more righteous than anyone else just to stay on air.

This doesn't quite work, does it? On Steve McQueen, yes. On the Fonze... not so much. Is it a McGregor Drizzler?

 

[Big J]

I'm lovin' Fonzie's pale blue windbreaker!
That's really neat!
Can anyone identify it?

As for the OP, right now, matching my socks is the limit.

 

[Edward]

This doesn't quite work, does it? On Steve McQueen, yes. On the Fonze... not so much. Is it a McGregor Drizzler?

Looking at it again, it could well be. Perhaps a nod to the troubled Jim Stark, to give him a sense of rebelliousness in the absence of leather.

 

[handymike]

Well, after finished my Aero midnight blue order and also given the fact that I'll order a navy board racer the next time around I've started to look for some navy/dark blue shoes or boots around the web.
Hope it doesn't get too hard to find.

I like the Wolverine Evans boot in Navy.

 

[Gromulus]

Yep - I remember when Happy Days came out and parents were deeply suspicious of kids treating a "greaser" as a hero. Fonzie had to earn his keep on the show and needed to be more righteous than anyone else just to stay on air.

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This doesn't quite work, does it? On Steve McQueen, yes. On the Fonze... not so much. Is it a McGregor Drizzler?

His testosterone level probably rose at least a couple hundred moving from that metro-sexual thing to a leather jacket!