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Vintage Spectator Shoes

Guttersnipe

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Check these out - 30's deadstock from England

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Marc Chevalier

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DapperDuck said:
Purdy shoes and an amazing find Guttersnipe. What size are they? They look narrow, but it could just be the angle.

They're a 9 1/2 A (very narrow). They were on eBay last week, but didn't sell: the reserve price was not met.


Edwin Clapp was one America's finest shoe brands, BTW. That pair is probably from the 1930s.


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Guttersnipe

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Yeah that "A" width is kinda a kick in the side! As always you are a wealth of knowledge Mr. C. That's really interesting that that Edwin Clapp was an American firm - it certainly sounds British!

I think that I assumed the were English because of the crown on the logo and because the first time I ever saw shoes like these was in the 1950 English noir film Night and the City.

Marc Chevalier said:
They're a 9 1/2 A (very narrow). They were on eBay last week, but didn't sell: the reserve price was not met. Edwin Clapp was one America's finest shoe brands, BTW. That pair is probably from the 1930s. .
 

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Marc Chevalier said:
These ones of mine are "Edwin Clapp":


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I've always wondered to myself what marks these specs out as my all time favourites. Is it the proportions? Is it because the spade sole gives it a twist? Is it the pointiness of the captoe?
 

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