Wandering along London's Mount Street in search of lunch the other week, I happened to spy a rainbow of canvas slippers inside the window of Mariano Rubinacci's shop.
Slippers had been one of only two things on a shopping list that readers of Friday's post know has only one item remaining on it now.
The Rubinacci store is a beautiful place that always has more than one thing to tempt the unwary. As a wearer of shirt jackets I was happy to see my taste validated by a rack of unlined versions in interesting fabrics.
A light raglan sleeved topcoat also caught my eye. Lacking a structured collar, raglan sleeved coats can be made to measure with a sewing machine about as well as they can be made by hand. That makes them cost-effective as well as good looking, and these appeared to be made from 14 ounce/420 gram cloth for spring or fall days.
I sometimes wish for a Rubinacci store in Manhattan. But most days I am happy that temptation is half a world away.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Temptation on Mount Street
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Will I like the canvas Slippers. If I wear a standard 11-11 1/2 medium width in an American size and a 10 1/2 E in the English size and a 44 1/2 or 45 in Euro/italian size, what size would I wear in the Rubinacci slipper. Do you ever wear them out to a casual dinner or just in the house.
I will guess a 44. They stretch, so the store recommended I go two sizes smaller than my normal shoe size.
Some women's fashion firm is also making a Belgian Shoes knock-off this season. I guess old man Blendel never bothered to get his design copyrighted...
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