Monthly Archives: June 2009

Testimonial

I wanted to share this letter I received from our client who lives in Singapore. He contacted me via email and placed an MTO for a pair of Corthay Arca’s in Black, which we sent on to him in Singapore. Dear Steven, The shoes were in last week and I was trying them on.  Excellent [...]

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What’s More Important?

I was recently asked the question, “What’s more important a shoehorn or shoe trees?” That’s like asking what’s most important for your car motor oil, or gasoline. In my humble opinion if this where a stranded on a desert island scenario I would say you are best to have a pair of shoe trees. I [...]

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Father’s Day VI

Father’s Day is June 21st. This week we will be posting gift suggestions from Leffot to help you show the Dad in your life how much you appreciate him. The Alden unlined suede chukka boots on the leather flex welt soles are extremely soft and chic. They look great with jeans, shorts, or khakis. They [...]

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Father’s Day V

Father’s Day is June 21st. This week we are posting gift suggestions from Leffot to help you show the Dad in your life how much you appreciate him. Borsalino has been producing quality hat wear since 1857 when Giuseppe Borsalino opened his first shop in Italy. These hats are a great way to keep the [...]

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Father’s Day IV

Father’s Day is June 21st. This week we are posting gift suggestions from Leffot to help you show the Dad in your life how much you appreciate him. These Edward Green polish rolls are a great gift. They’re great for travel, home, or work and are a great way to bring up the luster of [...]

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Walk Don’t Run – Bob Bogle

Bob Bogle who you may ask. He and his friend Don Wilson were co-founders of the Tacoma Washington band The Ventures, forerunners of the “surf sound” in the early sixties. It makes you wonder if there would have been a Dick Dale or The Beach Boys if it weren’t for that Fender Stratocaster played by [...]

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Father’s Day III

Father’s Day is June 21st. This week we are posting gift suggestions from Leffot to help you show the Dad in your life how much you appreciate him. What can be more Father’s Day than the gift of a tie? These Psycho Bunny Tartan plaids are my favorites. They are a lot of fun very [...]

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Father’s Day

Father’s Day is June 21st. This week we are posting gift suggestions from Leffot to help you show the Dad in your life how much you appreciate him. Today we offer these exquisite shoehorns produced in the U.K. by Abbeyhorn, which has been producing horn products sine 1749. We now have in stock shoehorns hand [...]

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Yogi’s Words Inspire Me

Yogi Berra, the great Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees has given us many quirky quotes, but last nights wild ending of the game between the Yankees and the Mets was a testament to one of his best, “It ain’t over till it’s over”. I liked the way A Rod slammed his [...]

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A Suitable Wardrobe

This week I had the pleasure of meeting William Boehlke the author of the widely read blog “A Suitable Wardrobe”. This is a wonderful blog, in which Will writes about all areas of men’s style and dress. I noticed he was photographing our front window and when he came into the store we had a [...]

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Corthay Eye Candy

Always a treat to behold a couple of Pierre Corthay shoes. The Wilfrid 002 Last The Cocteau 002 Last I just noticed I’ve posted a lot of suede this week!

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Bamford 2 MTO

It just so happens that after yesterdays post about my Edward Green Bamford’s in Coffee Suede we received this pair in Black Suede that was a special order for one of our good clients in New York. Perfect timing… The Bamford in Black Suede on 84 Last

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