The advent of warmer, sunnier, weather is when lighter color shoes come into their own. And when the tan comes out of storage, the first thing that should happen to it is a shine, with cream polish rather than wax.
Cream polish does not give quite the shine of wax, but it restores moisture to leather that may have sat in a closet for half a year. And remember that the polish should be lighter in color than the shoes to keep them from darkening over time.
It is time for tan shoes.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Time for Tan Shoes
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Will, are your shoes being shoes being shined at the Embarcadero Center?
I have not been in San Francisco in 25 years, but I recall its tile flooring.
A possibly relevant quote from P G Wodehouse:
'In the spring, Jeeves, a livelier iris gleams upon the burnished dove.'
'So I have been informed, sir.'
'Right ho! Then bring me my whangee, my yellowest shoes, and the old green Homburg. I'm going into the park to do pastoral dances.'
EG burnt pine shades are out of the closet, not tan yet, but even those only on sunnier days. For the rain this week where I live will delay the lighter colored shoes yet awhile.
Great post: I love lighter shoes - although I can't wear them in the City (London) where the only colour acceptable for shoes is black (no matter what you are wearing with it).
Call me old fashioned, though, but I think shoes should never look too new! In the pictures, they don't look aged enough for me. I wear mine at home or in gardens for quite some time before putting them on in more formal occasions.
Will, those are lovely, summery shoes.
Davidikus said that black shoes rule the day in London. Although New York is not as conservative, I would say that it is a bit early for such light colored shoes. Your tan shoes are summer shoes would be acceptable from Memorial Day to Labor Day accompanied by a light color suit.
Will, is that the Embarcadero Center?
Mark, you have quite a memory. It is Embarcadero CEnter.
Will: Following Clark Gable's example (and your suggestion in a prior post), I shine my shoes every Saturday, using a wax polish. A friend recently recommended that I apply a leather conditioner and let it dry before polishing. How frequently to you think I need to do this? Prior to every polishing or less often? (I recognize that I would not need to worry about this if I were using a cream polish.)
JAL, once or twice a month I would say.
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