Show us your SHOES !!!

[Short Balding Guy]

Colin Johnson is the artisan who makes my shoes. https://www.colinjohnsonshoes.com/ Having seen Eric's grey/green I just loved the silver grey.

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Colin is in the process of creating a pair of grey & white spectators for me, this is what they will look like:

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Sir your inbound shoes are looking sharp. Congrats on an upcoming New Shoe Day.


Cheers, Eric -

 

[GHT]

Sir your inbound shoes are looking sharp. Congrats on an upcoming New Shoe Day.


Cheers, Eric -

Thanks Eric, looking forward to the arrival of my new shoes.

 

[GHT]

Sir your inbound shoes are looking sharp. Congrats on an upcoming New Shoe Day.


Cheers, Eric -

Did I show you the second pair that I bought? What am I like? One pair in grey & white not enough?



The originals being more of a brogue pattern.

 

[Monte]

Ordered these brogues last night.

 

[Crown Royal]

My Bass Burlington black and white saddle shoes.

 

[GHT]

My Bass Burlington black and white saddle shoes.
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Got yourself an unusual and most attractive pair of shoes there. Keeping them clean though, might prove a challenge. All the same, they really are a striking pair of shoes.

 

[Crown Royal]

Got yourself an unusual and most attractive pair of shoes there. Keeping them clean though, might prove a challenge. All the same, they really are a striking pair of shoes.

Thank you, you have quite the collection of shoes yourself. I think these pair go well with my usual guayabera/fedora attire. Cheers!

 

[Monte]

Ordered these brogues last night. View attachment 627956

Came in!... Paired with a light brown suit as hinted at. These are a departure for me, seeing as nearly all my closet of shoes are my favored oxblood color, with a few deviations of course. I can see now that I probably won't wear these for anything too formal. However, I really like them as they are comfy, well- made, a good value. I recommend the brand, TLB Mallorca.

 

[Monte]

And the light brown suit with my TLBs again. This suit reminds me of

Michael Douglas’s Taupe Suit in Basic Instinct.​

 

[The Shooman]

My new shoes. All made by Silvano Lattanzi.
Extremely rare shoes that were buried in the ground for years in order to get a natural patina.


Buried shoe and a norvegese monk.






A handmade longwing

 

[The Shooman]

Buried shoe patina





The burial process my shoes went through

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Buried shoe patina

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The burial process my shoes went through

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Crazy fascinating way of acquiring patina. I have never heard or read about the method shown in your pics. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats on the new Silvano Lattanzi shoes. Your shoe rack has an abundance of fine shoes.

Cheers, Eric -

 

[The Shooman]

Crazy fascinating way of acquiring patina. I have never heard or read about the method shown in your pics. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats on the new Silvano Lattanzi shoes. Your shoe rack has an abundance of fine shoes.

Cheers, Eric -

Thanks Eric, whenever l receive a new Lattanzi it is always a special occasion worth celebrating. Since your words are so kind l am going to give the forum a treat, l will post my László Vass and Silvano Lattanzi collection here, exclusive only to Fedora Lounge. I had some time up my sleeve today (first time in ages), so I spent a coupleof hours organising photos, so here we go. All shoes presented here are all handmade by some of the top shoemaking houses in Europe. The shoes are completely different to the usual factory made shoes, and these are all works of art. I haven't bought Vass in many years, I only buy Silvano Lattanzi shoes these days because nothing else compares in my eyes.

My Vass brogue collection. Most of these are between 12 and 17 years old.

My more fancy Vass P2 and F last collection (F last at back and P2 last at front)

My total Vass collection. Note - one black captoe oxford is in shell cordovan while the other is in boxcalf. The shell cordovan shoes are for winter.

 

[The Shooman]

My prized Silvano Lattanzi collection thus far. I will probably get a few more and then finish buying them.

The comfort and style is unparalleled imo. They also use special sole and heel leather that only a few makers have access too, and the leather uppers are a special high quality leather that antiques naturally over a short period of time. That burgundy shoe at the end was sent to me by mistake - it is not my style, and it does not fit me, l will send it back one of these days.

 

[SnowyViking]

Got some new Very comfy autumn/winter shoes today
I tried to find some that looked a tiny bit like indy's Alden 405 this one does not look so much but I still love them

 

[Drzdave58]

A recent thrift find for $28. Vintage John McHale shoes.

 

[The Shooman]

Fallen off the shoo wagon lately and have been buying up.

My new one, Silvano Lattanzi.

 

[GHT]

A beautiful design and such a striking colour.
Fabulous, just fabulous.

 

[The Shooman]

Been building up my Silvano Lattanzi collection of late. These are wonderful shoes.

 

[GHT]

What an elegant shoe, so attractive. The reason you don't see any of my shoes, without laces, is because my left foot is a half size bigger than my right. I buy shoes to fit the bigger foot, the laces keep the other shoe firmly in place.

That's a poor excuse really because Colin Johnson has made my shoes bespoke, from scratch, for many a year. He makes them to fit, meaning that one shoe is bigger than the other.


Just after Covid I met up with Colin, he asked if I liked these shoes. I did, but would one of the shoes be a poor fit? Colin replied with a reassuring smile: "You are not the only customer whose feet are not a match," he replied. Trying them on they felt so comfortable, and so did I knowing that I wasn't the only oddball with different size feet. Colin let me have them at cost price, how could I say no?