G. J. Cleverley's Glasgows, senior and junior, are travelling about the United States currently and that is always a good excuse to spend an afternoon around shoes. My personal favorites these days are the understated blind brogues of the late Baron de Rede, which are so perfect as to make me think seriously about wearing black shoes more often.
Cleverley is known for its exotics, and they were showing several new samples that will get a lot of play in Asia, including stingray evening shoes in a glittery dark blue and the hippopotamus in the photo.
More down to earth, the well-known Russian Calf captoe is the kind of thing that would get some stomp around this man's grounds. And that, dear reader, is the danger of spending time around the Glasgows.
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4 comments:
what did you think of the hippo leather?
What is a blind brogue?
A blind brogue has the punches directly in the shoe leather instead of into a strip that has been placed atop it as in a conventional brogue. The blind brogue is more refined looking.
Hippo has so much character that it demands a very plain shoe, which may or may not be to your taste.
John, it is the curve of the inside arch that separates a bespoke shoe from its machine-made relations and that is why I tend to prefer photographing it.
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