Junya Watanabe X Comme des Garcons Collaboration with Pendleton and Trickers

Junya Watanabe X Comme des Garcons Collaboration with North Face and Levi’s

Tricker’s have teamed up with Kurt Geiger making these fabulous Brogue boots…  So for all you Men that need a fabulous new pair of boots… Look no further!!

The boots come in Four colours Brown, Black, Navy and White. The Navy has a lovely purple tinge to it! Currently the Navy and White are on sale.

These boots have a Dr Marten feel to them but are slightly more Posh!! Totally love these!

Price.. and they are not cheap at £285.00

Tricker´s  Robert derby shoe in nut brown burnished calf leather. A classic shoe with Goodyear welted, double leather sole. Leather lining and insole. Dark brown leather piping. Dust bag, cloth wrap, polish and extra laces are included.

They are available HERE.

via: Hypebeast

These are lovely shoes and I’ve never heard of the brand. They sit at about 2 inches, which is low enough to wear to class and high enough to make my legs a mile longer.

I bought them at a lovely op shop (thrift shop) on K Road (that place seems to come up a lot on this blog. I must shop there more than I think) for all of $2NZ. That’s an ultimate bargain seeing as the shoes, though pre-loved, are more comfortable than any of my other pumps and are also a perfect fit.

These could just as easily be added to ‘things kelsy can’t live without’, because I honestly can’t think what I did before I had these wonderful shoes.

Med hösten börjar påfrestningarna, och därmed kraven åter stiga på de skodon vi använder. Kyla och nederbörd gör sig återigen påminda. I vanlig ordning skulle jag kunna rada upp en oändlig samling brogues då de ligger mig varmt om hjärtat, men försöker här även ge några andra alternativ.

Gällande skosulor om hösten känner jag att varianter med ett lager gummi i botten är ett mer långsiktigt alternativ i våra nordiska förhållanden. Vägar sandade med stenkross slipar obönhörligen ner och river upp sulor av läder, varpå den slitna ytan sedan förses med den sedvanliga saltsörjan om det vill sig illa.

Givetvis kan man med vård och omsorg komma långt med sulor endast gjorda av läder. Själv föredrar jag dock oftast den gummerade varianten. Alla skor jag presenterar kanske inte passar för en promenas på sörjiga landsvägar. Skor väljs som bekant efter omständigheterna de skall bäras under.

Tanned snörkänga från MOMA, 145euro

David Mayer Naman, 185 euro

Trickers Keswick, £245

Dessa finns även att köpa inom riktes gränser för ca 3900:-

Loake Kempton, £126,99

Loake Higham, £106,99

Church Carlisle, discounted £185 (ord £320)

Church Westbury, discounted £195 (ord £320)

Omvandlingstabell för skostorlekar återfinns bland annat här.

In a follow-up to last year’s special capsule with respected English footwear makers Tricker’s, JUNYA WATANABE COMME des GARCONS comes forth with a new collection seen here. The wingtip derby style comes in two colors, brown and butterscotch with a rich high-quality suede upper.

These shoes are the perfect combination between casual and dress attire, they provide a unique sense of creativity and will definitely catch people’s eyes if you wear them and walk down a busy street in Paris, Hong Kong or London. Maybe even a good combination to go with some of the Ray Ban Summer eye wear collection.

The guys over at Selectism caught the Tricker’s booth at the trade show, Bread & Butter, over the past week. I love the ones featured because it’s a bit of a middle of the road between a fancier suede buck and casual wingtip. Tricker’s is a brand that is constantly keeping to the best qualities of footwear, but always keeping a fresh outlook. Head over to Selectism to see more shots and more from the show.

Blog post from February 2009.

Demonstrative of my thought process in action, on pondering ’70’s crime films, in this case, ‘Charlie Varrick’ and ‘The Friends Of Eddie Coyle’ after discovering that ‘…Eddie Coyle’ – which is a first-rate Boston-based heist thriller with some of the best dialogue of all time (based on a great novel too), is set for Criterion’s lovingly restored DVD treatment in a few months. This is down to a hint in their newsletter. It also means I opted to refrain from watching a bootleg today. I can wait. How such a film languishes in cultdom is a whole ‘nother topic of rant.

This led to a consideration of Mitchum’s ’70’s output, containing a frugal handful of classics, but classics nonetheless, where he was perfect for these world-weary roles. He was the model of grizzled cool then, but in his first wave of success, he was particularly iconic. On his 1948 arrest and incarceration for marijuana possession, one look truly stands out – somehow he wrangled permission to break prison uniform code to wear his fine-grained Cordovan leather shoes along with his regulation prison attire. To those trying to balance authentic utitilarian looks with costly accessorising today, the brutal truth is that you won’t top Bob. And rather than crow about his sartorial accomplishments online, his presumed intent was to retain some of his glitzy status and freedom by way of footwear.

I’ve never been 100 percent as to the original source of the photo below – photographers and journalists were invited in to share Mitchum’s humiliation, and he in return was apparently very civil. LIFE ran a lengthy piece on his enforced stay, but this image isn’t my favourite. In Lee Server’s biography of the man himself, ‘Baby I Don’t Care’, an image of Mitchum sitting in his cell displays a particularly distinctive blend of basics and luxury. Unfortunately a broken scanner leaves me at the behest of Google Images.

This led me to ponder the shell cordovan shoe.

To answer Red’s enquiry, “How often do you really look at a man’s shoes?” A lot. Shell cordovan footwear is something I aspire to wear. With the leather in question taken from an equine source, and having horsey friends I should feel guilty at this aspiration. But I’d sooner see the hide from it’s rump on my feet than going to waste. Plus I won’t pretend I wouldn’t get a kick from telling them that I’m rocking shoes made from Shergar. More dignified than ending up as glue or canine chow too. For a second I even thought prices might drop, with the tragic slaughter of racehorses due to the current economic climate, but I guess the time consuming process of cutting, vegetable tanning and splitting would still remain.

First created in Cordova in Southern Spain – hence the name – and used to bind books and suchlike, shell Cordovan is also known as ‘crup’ in the UK. Dense, soft and well-wearing, it can apparently be applied to goat or pigskin too. But that would be cheating.

As a Brit, and one who thinks we run the shoemaking game, I have to confess that when we’re talking shell Cordovan, I still instinctively think Stateside. I always imagined Bob was sporting a nice pair of Aldens. These are the shoes I would like to own. The pictured wingtips are pretty impressive.

Alden cordovan wingtips

Alden have been in business since 1884, and their shell Cordovan comes from the Horween Leather Company, based in Chicago. I particularly admire onetime company president Arnold Horween Jr’s declaration that, “As tanneries go we’re not the biggest, the fastest or the cheapest, which means we need to be the best. Our business is built on doing things other people don’t, won’t or can’t.” They’re not cheap. But as well as making exclusive pieces for stores like Leather Sole , Alden reputedly make shoes for other brands too, which means if you buy some Cordovan numbers from Brooks Brothers, they’re from the same source.

Shell Cordovan shoes from Brooks Brothers

Florsheim Imperial were apparently makers of ’status shoes’ in the ’50s and ’60s, but nowadays, I’m not sure as to what’s being produced. They seem to have become a big corporate entity. Seemingly, Wisconsin-based Allen Edmonds is still putting out some great footwear, and they’re famous for using the costly leather too. Rider Boot Co. make some interesting pieces too, including a 7-eyelet wingtip boot, incorporating three speed eyelets.

If you can look beyond the comedy corporate music and voiceover, this Allen Edmonds factory tour is a good watch -

Florsheim Imperial Kenmore shell cordovan longwings – picture stolen from Georgia at Style Forum

Allen Edmonds Cambridge in cordovan – stolen from the excellent Indigofan

As with anything detailed and clothing-related, obsessiveness follows, and there’s much debate over Japanese cordovan. The Shinki-Hikaku tannery, in business since 1951 boasts “More than half a century with horse leather”. I think Warmcraft is their in-house brand. World Footwear Gallery has some amazing stock and great imagery. In Japan, there seems to be huge demand for quality formal footwear, with brands like Spain’s Magnanni rightly deified.

Warmcraft x World Footwear Gallery – made in Japan

Can’t forget about the homegrown legends either. While I think the hunger for ‘crup’ might be more prevailent in the US and Asia, British brands have a heavy rep globally so they all make Cordovan pieces. Crocket & Jones, Church’s (as bought then sold, then bought again) by the Prada group and Tricker’s make some good designs. Tricker’s make some crazy variations on their Stow Boot from the material, in off-the-wall shades like green.

Crocket & Jones Shell Cordovan 2007/8

Tricker’s cordovan Stow Boot in green – pic stolen from Thomas7610 on Style Forum

I don’t really understand the appeal of Augusta and Carol Christian Poell’s pre-distressed laceups. While I’ve got a lot of respect for both labels (particularly CCP), given it’s susceptibility to minor marking/welting from rain, I imagine it’s not hard to get your own special effects from sustained wear, despite its reputation for longevity. Their use of oiled Cordovan is interesting though. While it already has high oil content in the leather, it would make them a little more versatile, but at the same time compromising the original aesthetic appeal. Each to their own I guess. Alden themselves offer a thorough maintainence guide to looking after your purchase on their site.

Augusta pre-distressed cordovan lace-ups

Carol Christian Poell pre-distressed cordovan laceups

Somehow, I don’t think Bob would approve of all this fuss.

Footwear.

I can remember going shoe shopping every year before school started. I would pick out a pair of shoes that would last me the entire year. At some point I got sneakers… but have little memory of that.

I can also remember high school. (What a mean set of years and experiences that can be. My father called it character building. I have no positive spin to place on that particular dance in misery). It is a fact that high school made me sit up and take notice of fashion. What I liked, what was popular, and why.

During my sophmore year I would lay awake thinking of ways to save enough cash to purchase a pair of clogs that I had seen in a magazine. I felt that if I only had those shoes… things may be different. I would be different. No longer the girl with only one pair of beat up shoes.

I never got the clogs. My character was built AND I found out I didn’t want to go with the crowd. I found my taste, I found what I like, what I want, my own personal style. It was worth the obsessing and the disappointment. I found that I wanted things that were very well made, and not seen very often.

Years have past since I discovered my passion for all things wonderful, tried and true. No big logos, no big trends. I have found my own way. So now I have explained…

My current chase is for Trickers Shoes from London. Trickers is an old brand, that recently partnered with Ted Baker to create some awesome designs. Trickers are handmade and beautiful. I highly recommend a look. I am attaching a shot of the shoes I would like, they are very different than anyone elses.

Other brands and designs I love (many of these are not new, so forgive me if you find this a yawn):

Old Gringo boots… might I say, these boots are some of the best you’ll ever see. The designs unique and the craftsmenship is awesome.  I saved, and finally own a pair. You will not be disappointed in these boots.

http://www.zappos.com/product/7562383/color/7378

Fiorentini & Baker… same story, amazing.

http://www.barneys.com/Eli/158585078,default,pd.html

Calleen Cadero… Made in the USA. Calleen makes great clogs too… but I love the shoe below.

http://www.calleencordero.com/

CYDWOQ (pronounced sidewalk) they make a ton of incredibly unique styles. These wear forever.

http://www.pedshoes.com/cydwoq_classic/cydwoq_classic.asp?productLineID=1&vendorID=36

Giraudon shoes are amazing quality

http://www.pedshoes.com/giraudon/giraudon.asp?productLineID=1&vendorID=4

Chie Mihara, cherry kitten heel mary janes? Comfort and class.

http://www.pedshoes.com/chie_mihara/chie_mihara.asp?productLineID=1&vendorID=2

Chie Mihara

http://www.pedshoes.com/chie_mihara/chie_mihara.asp?productLineID=1&vendorID=2

I know, these are expensive. I know they aren’t strappy 4″ to the sky heels. They are about feeling amazing, finding your style, and being unique, for a lifetime.

So there you have my rather healthy obsession with shoes. Please include any you think I should know about, or try! I am always, always on the lookout.

This is an incredible interview and review of British brogues by shoegaze master from Jesus And The Mary Chain, Douglas Hart. All in all, the whole piece is great. Gives you a bit of a history lecture as well as a sociological display of where you’re from, what you wear, and what you call yourself. Beyond all that, the things look great. Notice the Tricker Brogues in there that were featured a few weeks ago! Glorious!

This is an unique collaboration by the Japanese brand UCS, who teamed up with Tricker’s from England to produce a different version of a very classic shoe. The colors are new along with the vibrant choice of laces. Tricker’s for UCS will be a great addition to anyones shoe collection.

The two colorways shown above are available at the UCS online store.

Hi It’s Gamezo,With a Big! Post today First of all From now on i will be making a Post every Thursday! Today’s post is on the New Game by BigWig Media and Sweet Tooth Games “The Scruffs” Review and some Hints and Game Help with some new News on Club Penguin oh and That’s not all Fantage has finnaly turned yellow for Autumn! -GameZo

Let’s go to The Scruff’s.

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The Scruffs,a New game About a Little boy(Andrew) Uncover’s his Grandpa’s Secret by Searching Item’s listed on Grandpa’s Note Book,There’s also Many Bonus Item’s for EXAMPLE the Family Photo.

You can Play Mini games by Locating bonus Items,The first Familty Photo is Sticked on the door at Level 1.

There’s also a Dog by clicking him he will Help you find Items on the List,You can only use him 3 Times.

The bones highlighted on Yellow Means how many times you can Use him For example if you use him once a You will only have 2 bones left and So on…

Review:

Gameplay:

5.7/10

Levels:

8.2/10

Lenght:

7/10

Story:

!! 9.2/10 !!

Overall:

34/50

Link: http://www.miniclip.com/games/the-scruffs/en/

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Now let’s get into Club Penguin!

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Tomorrow on Club Penguin is a BIG day! The NEW dojo will be Open a Newspaper and a new Play!

On november 17! wich is tomorrow the new Dojo is going to be Open and many new Things So get Ready for it!

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The trees on Fantage have become Yellow the Leaves have fallen Guess what that means YES! It’s fall on Fantage!

Pretty Cool? Hmmm….

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That’s it for Now Gamer’s!

-Gamezo

Judging by their latest showreel, the Nexus Europe crew are having a crazy good time, travelling and tricking their way into peoples face boxes. The Ideal Home Show, Motorola, Suzuki and even on my own doorstep at the Glastonbury festival. These guys must be the hardest working team out there atm. Check the clip out.

Click through to their site and watch a little more if you wanna – you know its all good:

http://www.nexuseurope.net/

The Top Ten Trickers list is a fantastic list of all those best at the new, up and coming martial sport known as “tricking”. Tricking is defined as: an aesthetic blend of kicks, flips, and twists chained together. The list is based on tricking ability and variety, sharpness of techniques, and amount given back to tricking community. Here is the List

1. John Call (AKA Jujimufu)
2. Anis Cheurfa
3. Steve Terrada
4. Loopkicks Team
5. Sasshoumaru
6. James Yu (AKA Crazy Asian)
7. Antoine
8. Raymond Wu
9. Hans H
10. Banamufu

John Call gets the number one spot because he has flawless technique and awsome power. Not only that, but he has an expansive, if not almost complete grasp of every tricking move out there. Finally, he started Trickstutorials.com in which he shows video demonstrations of all techniques and explains them in detail.

Printed reviews are more credible because they have been paid for by someone who most likely approved the content. However, blogs promote speediness without losing much thoughtfullness because those who take the time to write a blog may find that it is very difficult to put up false information at their own expense instead of putting up meaningful, accurate facts and reviews. Plus, it doesn’t really matter since a blog has to be taken in stride and it has to bee understood that blogs don’t really have any credibility to them because of their easy and online annonymity.