Vintage Spectator Shoes

[Wash In Lux]

Ha! Nice to know that the old memory is still good. That's cool. It was probably around that time that I sold mine. Deadstock as well. They were cap toes though. Went to Japan. I think about those shoes on a regular basis.

They certainly are. I bought them deadstock on eBay about 5 years ago.

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[mike]

These blow my mind.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It was probably around that time that I sold mine. Deadstock as well. They were cap toes though. Went to Japan. I think about those shoes on a regular basis.

Did yours look like these? http://cgi.ebay.com/1930-EDWIN-CLAP...QQ_trkparmsZalgo=MW&its=C&itu=UCC&otn=5&ps=63


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[Marc Chevalier]

These blow my mind.

These were custom made by a shoemaker in Malta, of all places! From the '30s, I'd say. Here's a side view:

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[Marc Chevalier]

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More of my vintage shoes, past and present:

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[BinkieBaumont]

"These are "ever so me", Clapp or no Clapp"

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"These are "ever so me", Clapp or no Clapp"

These are 1940s 'Alan McAfee' shoes for Saks Fifth Avenue.


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[Marc Chevalier]

And these are also 'Alan McAfee' shoes, made exclusively for Oviatt's haberdashery in Los Angeles.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"I have copies of Esquire from the late 1930's with advertisements for Shoes that I can not imagine any chap wearing in the street without ridicule, were these shoes purchased and never worn or worn in very sophisticated night spots"

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"Just that I bumped into the Lady Mayor of the Swan River Colony, the Honourable Lisa Scaffidi and she said "Binkie, what groovy shoes, her "Handler" just said "Hello Binkie"

 

[Marc Chevalier]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

and these Crosby Square are one of the best black and white specs ever...so sleek...

I'm afraid that they're not 'Crosby Square'. Here's the label:

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[Marc Chevalier]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

More shoes of mine.


These are from the 1920s. Black leather and grey flannel!

 

[djgo-cat-go]

Marc,

all the shoes you showed are in pristine condition, do you ever wear them? and how do you find such breathtaking footwear on e-bay? I cannot remember ever seeing fine dress-shoes from the 30s (like the edwin clapps) on the bay..

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[Marc Chevalier]

All the shoes you showed are in pristine condition, do you ever wear them?

Thanks! Yes, I wear them -- but not in heavy rotation. I keep them well maintained: shoe trees, regular polishing and conditioning, etc. Most of my shoes have come from eBay over a 12-year period. And as you might have guessed, I have an "emergency supply" of dozens of vintage deadstock flat cotton shoelaces.

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[Dr Doran]

You'll have a chance at 12, but 13..............might as well be 15.......

Try this one on for size, Smarty Pants .... .... not cap toes, but overspecificity is the quickest path to not getting anything, I suppose ...

I just won these size 13 VINTAGE 1950s wingtip J. Murphy Aristocraft spectators for all of a miniature 56 dollars:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300376007234

And thank you for the Brooks Bros. link, there are some gorgeous items there! But even at those sale prices, they are a bit hard to deal with on a graduate student budget. You'd be amazed, astonished, and wowed at how little I presently earn.

 

[Guttersnipe]

Wow Doran, size 13? Those are some snazzy gunboats...er....shoes you just won!

Try this one on for size, Smarty Pants .... .... not cap toes, but overspecificity is the quickest path to not getting anything, I suppose ...

I just won these size 13 VINTAGE 1950s wingtip J. Murphy Aristocraft spectators for all of a miniature 56 dollars:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300376007234

And thank you for the Brooks Bros. link, there are some gorgeous items there! But even at those sale prices, they are a bit hard to deal with on a graduate student budget. You'd be amazed, astonished, and wowed at how little I presently earn.

 

[Guttersnipe]

In a last minute gut shot I was outbid on these the other day, probably the coolest pair of ventilated spectators I've ever seen (eBay sure can be a wicked mistress ):

 

[Feraud]

Those are nice!