Wingtip Shoes

[Mr_D.]

I am thinking of getting some black/white wingtips. Wondering if they would look good with a pin striped suit, and in addition would a pin striped fedora look ok with that or should it be solid black?


Thanks

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Black/white wingtips with pinstripe suits will make you look like a latter-day stereotype of a golden era mobster. Which is fine, if you're going for the look.

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[Richard Warren]

I do not understand this "pin striped fedora."

 

[Yeps]

I do not understand this "pin striped fedora."

Seconded.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Behold: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002QHIYOE...e=380333&creativeASIN=B002QHIYOE&linkCode=asn


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[Yeps]

Behold: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002QHIYOE...e=380333&creativeASIN=B002QHIYOE&linkCode=asn


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I debate the naming convention. But I have seen these.

edit: I do like the idea of black and white wingtips.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Allen Edmunds is discontinuing their spectators for $120. I ran into a Doctor on Newbury Street in Boston who advised me of same. I ended up buying a pair of walnut Wingtips also on sale. [huh]

 

[Edward]

Pin-striping on the hat would, I think, be overkill, and reduce the overall look to one of costume. I'd stick with a good, plain black or grey fedora. I wear black and white co-respondents / spectators a lot. They are something that folks will associate with gangsters, though any colour combination in those shoes will get that. And of you're already wearing a suit and fedora....

 

[dhermann1]

If you look up the Spectator thread, you'll find that spectators are designed to be strictly summer, or warm weather shoes, and should be worn with the same kind of outfit you'd wear white bucks with. In other words, light summer clothes, like seersucker or linen.
As far as the hat is concerned, it's a fabric hat, and nylon, to boot. My understanding of the word fedora means it should be a felt hat.
If you want a pinstriped suit, go for charcoal or gray.
A charcoal or gray pinstriped suit, with black wingtips, and a gray felt fedora can be a definitively classy (if conservative) combination.
The combination you're describing borders on being a caricature of a 30's gangster. But if that's what you want . . . .
Edit: However, if you have the opportunity to get a nice quality pair of wingtip spectators, grab 'em. You'll be amazed the positive feedback you'll get.

 

[Tomasso]

Pin-striping on the hat would, I think, be overkill,

And this from a man with horns on his head.

 

[Geesie]

would a pin striped fedora look ok

No.

 

[Tomasso]

spectators are designed to be strictly summer, or warm weather shoes, .

shakeshead

 

[davestlouis]

tomasso, those are gorgeous...I'd surely make a mess of them if I ever tried to polish them...yikes.

 

[Edward]

And this from a man with horns on his head.

Straddling the fine line between panache and overkill....

 

[cookie]

Straddling the fine line between panache and overkill....

That's the FL way....:eusa_clap lol

An example of same:

 

[Richard Warren]

Allen Edmunds is discontinuing their spectators for $120. I ran into a Doctor on Newbury Street in Boston who advised me of same. I ended up buying a pair of walnut Wingtips also on sale. [huh]

Is there a website or something for this?

Thanks.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Is there a website or something for this?

Thanks.

Allen Edmunds must have a website. I simply wandered into the store.

 

[Vintage lover]

I personally like the look of black and white wingtips with pinstripes. But The pinstripe hat would be a bad idea.

 

[boushi_mania]

Allen Edmunds must have a website. I simply wandered into the store.

It helps if you spell their name correctly:

http://www.allenedmonds.com

 

[Hemingway Jones]

It helps if you spell their name correctly:

http://www.allenedmonds.com

Two lessons for you:
1. No one likes a pedant.

2. Never mess with the man with the delete button.