Sale at Trickers on Jermyn Street

[matei]

Hello all,

There is a nice sale going over at Trickers on Jermyn Street, so I stopped in over the weekend and came away with 3 new pairs of shoes.

I purchased my first pair about 1 year ago, and they've been the most comfy shoe I've ever worn. No problems, no painful break-in period.

Here is the first pair:

They're lightweight canvas & leather, perfect for the summer (and surprsingly warm weather here).

They had black & white and brown & white spectators on sale as well, but I don't have anything to match them with. The above shoes suit my wardrobe much better at the moment.

Here are the next pair:

A good pair of sturdy, yet light, brown leather shoes. The colour doesn't show up so well in this pic, they're a nice shade of brown - almost honey in colour.

... and finally - these:

Just like the brown ones - but in black!

I like the last that Trickers uses for the last two pairs, I have wide feet and it suits me fine.

 

[DanielJones]

Wow!

Those are some very nice shoes. Enjoy!

Cheers!

Dan

 

[herringbonekid]

those links aren't opening for me.

 

[matei]

Okay - Photobucket to the rescue. You should be able to see the pics now.

 

["Doc" Devereux]

Thanks for the heads-up, Matei. I think I might take a wander down to St James's and pick up the monk shoes I've been lusting over.

 

[matei]

I think I paid about half off of what they usually charge.

I usually wear a 10.5, but on some of their lasts I'm actually a 10 or even a 9.5! It was good that I popped into their shop rather than ordering over the Internet.

The number isn't important - it is the fit that counts!

 

[herringbonekid]

thanks, like the leather and canvas ones !

 

[matei]

Thanks! I was looking forward to wearing them today, but my wife's critical eye stopped me dead in my tracks. Seems that they didn't quite match what I was wearing...

Colour matching has always been my biggest problem.

So - based on those colours... Do they need to match your trousers/jacket/shirt? Can they be a shade or so off?

For example... I was going to wear them with a pair of darker linen trousers and a brown (darkish) linen jacket. [huh]

 

[herringbonekid]

shoes should always be co-ordinated with the trouser since that's what they're closest to.

i reckon they'd look swankadelic under a pale grey trouser or a sandy-brown trouser. cream too. actually it would be harder to pick colours they WOULDN'T go with.



(listen to the missus but trust your own eye too)

 

[herringbonekid]

here's a pair of leather and canvas shoes i bought from crockett and jones, also in jermyn street, a couple of years ago. i wear these a lot in summer...

 

[Tomasso]

here's a pair of leather and canvas shoes i bought from crockett and jones, also in jermyn street, a couple of years ago. i wear these a lot in summer...

Do you use shoe trees?

 

[herringbonekid]

no i've never bothered. not that i wouldn't recommend it. i'm just lazy.

 

[matei]

Nice shoes, 'Kid. I like the detailed, tooled leather caps.

I really should gets some shoe trees, but I haven't got around to it yet. I rotate through my shoes pretty regularly (habit I picked up in the army - alternate that footware soldier) so they haven't had the chance to curl up or whatever it is they are supposed to do.

 

[Salv]

Last time I went to IKEA they were selling a pair of shoe trees for just 99p

Maybe not as classy as some, but better than nothing.

 

[Tomasso]

Last time I went to IKEA they were selling a pair of shoe trees for just 99p

Maybe not as classy as some, but better than nothing.

That's all you need. They make a world of difference.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I can't quite tell what color the canvas is on these. Olive?

 

[matei]

Yes, they're a greenish-olive colour. I didn't use flash, just a wee tripod and 10-sec timer. I hate flash.