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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I like to wear brogues and old school leather shoes, I'm also old school when it comes to polishing my shoes and wouldn't be seen dead in patent leather or unpolished shoes.
I get this from my Dad and Grandad who were both ex military.
How many guys still do the same as me or is it fading out ?  |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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"I like to wear brogues and old school leather shoes, I'm also old school when it comes to polishing my shoes and wouldn't be seen dead in patent leather or unpolished shoes.
I get this from my Dad and Grandad who were both ex military.
How many guys still do the same as me or is it fading out ? "
I hope its not fading out, I like men who look after their shoes and wear nice ones.  |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
(She/ her) in Sensualityland |
"I like to wear brogues and old school leather shoes, I'm also old school when it comes to polishing my shoes and wouldn't be seen dead in patent leather or unpolished shoes.
I get this from my Dad and Grandad who were both ex military.
How many guys still do the same as me or is it fading out ? "
One thing my boys learnt from an early age....and I guess military background reinforced that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I like to wear brogues and old school leather shoes, I'm also old school when it comes to polishing my shoes and wouldn't be seen dead in patent leather or unpolished shoes.
I get this from my Dad and Grandad who were both ex military.
How many guys still do the same as me or is it fading out ? "
Always keep mine polished as thats the way they are meant to be. You wouldn't go out in a shirt with egg down the front so why messy shoes? It shows a lots as I see it if you don't clean your shoes. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Good on you, love nice footwear on a bloke
A nice pair of Barkers understated and classy "
OH SHOES SHOES SHOES!
Men's shoes - I'm obsessed with them. I keep all mine wiv shoetrees in n wrapped in tissue n in original boxes neatly stacked!! 
My favourite type r Italian wiv long toe points
I used to LURVE Bally shoes til they got bought out by BSC n now ya can't find em at all.
My aspiration is to own a pair of red soled Jeffrey West shoes but I wanna buy em in Prince's arcade,Piccadilly as part of the experience (can cost 600 a pair u gulp! ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have 3 pairs of brogues and a pair of clarks classics brown leather boots which are sooooo comfy.
That said, as I mainly wear them for work, weekends are for trainers or cat boots.
Think I am knocking 30 pairs of footwear in total  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I like to wear brogues and old school leather shoes, I'm also old school when it comes to polishing my shoes and wouldn't be seen dead in patent leather or unpolished shoes.
I get this from my Dad and Grandad who were both ex military.
How many guys still do the same as me or is it fading out ? "
I have a pair of gillie brogues spend hours polishing them , I always polish all leather shoes before going out the the door, |
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By *eorHerCouple
over a year ago
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"Whatever happened to Hush Puppies they were so comfortable .....
You can still buy Hush Puppies. Very light shoes and as you say, really comfortable. "
Didn't know you could still get them ... Will check online .... Cheers |
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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago
In Your Bush |
"Whatever happened to Hush Puppies they were so comfortable .....
You can still buy Hush Puppies. Very light shoes and as you say, really comfortable.
Didn't know you could still get them ... Will check online .... Cheers "
Don't know if you have Brantano's in Edinburgh, but they sell them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I get what ever I can fit my feet in, size 13 there is not a lot of selection that is affordable."
Same here. I only have a pair of boots and a pair of plain black trainers. It's all I need. I'm not one to care about what I have on my feet really |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have 3 pairs of brogues and a pair of clarks classics brown leather boots which are sooooo comfy.
That said, as I mainly wear them for work, weekends are for trainers or cat boots.
Think I am knocking 30 pairs of footwear in total "
Worse than me.   |
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"Mine are always clean and polished the old fashioned way. Shoes tell a lot about a man"
interesting they do do they ? I think we could debate that x
so i could suggest that a man who wears extra shiney shoes , is perhaps a little ocd , has few time consuming interests thus enough time to perform tedious tasks, feels style outweighs content is perhaps a little self obsessed and hold s maybe a more superior than thou attitude x x x
now i would not ever truly make such a foolish generalization, although some of my points will apply to some snappy dressers of both sexes
now i almost never wear polished shoes , far too pretentious for me and not practical , i wear surf pumps , and walking boots , and dull leather work boots x
so please
as you can tell a lot from foot wear , suggest what you could tell from mine . |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is it ok for men to wear flip flops?"
BLIMEY - where u been hiding!!
Guys have been wearing flip flops for years n they look much more 'attractive' than Jesus sandals!!!!
It helps of course if ya got nice looking feet n not loadsa hard skin n damaged nails |
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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago
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"Mine are always clean and polished the old fashioned way. Shoes tell a lot about a man
interesting they do do they ? I think we could debate that x
so i could suggest that a man who wears extra shiney shoes , is perhaps a little ocd , has few time consuming interests thus enough time to perform tedious tasks, feels style outweighs content is perhaps a little self obsessed and hold s maybe a more superior than thou attitude x x x
now i would not ever truly make such a foolish generalization, although some of my points will apply to some snappy dressers of both sexes
now i almost never wear polished shoes , far too pretentious for me and not practical , i wear surf pumps , and walking boots , and dull leather work boots x
so please
as you can tell a lot from foot wear , suggest what you could tell from mine ."
Your extremely judgemental,have an inferiority complex,with a leaning towards a pot kettle scenario,pertaining to being pretentious,with an extremely boring taste in shoes.
Ooooooo I hear you say,that's a scarily accurate assessment with so little to go on.
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"Mine are always clean and polished the old fashioned way. Shoes tell a lot about a man
interesting they do do they ? I think we could debate that x
so i could suggest that a man who wears extra shiney shoes , is perhaps a little ocd , has few time consuming interests thus enough time to perform tedious tasks, feels style outweighs content is perhaps a little self obsessed and hold s maybe a more superior than thou attitude x x x
now i would not ever truly make such a foolish generalization, although some of my points will apply to some snappy dressers of both sexes
now i almost never wear polished shoes , far too pretentious for me and not practical , i wear surf pumps , and walking boots , and dull leather work boots x
so please
as you can tell a lot from foot wear , suggest what you could tell from mine .
Your extremely judgemental,have an inferiority complex,with a leaning towards a pot kettle scenario,pertaining to being pretentious,with an extremely boring taste in shoes.
Ooooooo I hear you say,that's a scarily accurate assessment with so little to go on.
you are right on one count lol that you have little to go on , of course making stuff up about someone you know nothing about , with no basis other than you want to have a pop is your prerogativeo on let me hear how you articulate the reason you suggest im judgmental , i think i made it perfectly clear i do not make snap judgments based on petty things such as shoes
if you were to see my climbing shoes one thing that could not be said is my foot wear is boring x
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
(She/ her) in Sensualityland |
Nice clean and somewhat shiny shoes are cool if you want to present a particular image - does not work for everybody but it does give an impression of the person wearing them.
Now that may be wrong as it is making an assumption about that person but unfortunately that is the way society still works. I have recruited people and yep, it does count.
Privately I dont give a hoot whether the shoes are shiny or not - as long as they are clean and the guy is "tidy" |
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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago
glasgow |
"Mine are always clean and polished the old fashioned way. Shoes tell a lot about a man
interesting they do do they ? I think we could debate that x
so i could suggest that a man who wears extra shiney shoes , is perhaps a little ocd , has few time consuming interests thus enough time to perform tedious tasks, feels style outweighs content is perhaps a little self obsessed and hold s maybe a more superior than thou attitude x x x
now i would not ever truly make such a foolish generalization, although some of my points will apply to some snappy dressers of both sexes
now i almost never wear polished shoes , far too pretentious for me and not practical , i wear surf pumps , and walking boots , and dull leather work boots x
so please
as you can tell a lot from foot wear , suggest what you could tell from mine .
Your extremely judgemental,have an inferiority complex,with a leaning towards a pot kettle scenario,pertaining to being pretentious,with an extremely boring taste in shoes.
Ooooooo I hear you say,that's a scarily accurate assessment with so little to go on.
you are right on one count lol that you have little to go on , of course making stuff up about someone you know nothing about , with no basis other than you want to have a pop is your prerogativeo on let me hear how you articulate the reason you suggest im judgmental , i think i made it perfectly clear i do not make snap judgments based on petty things such as shoes
if you were to see my climbing shoes one thing that could not be said is my foot wear is boring x
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Oops!! Forgot to mention,potentially touchy.
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You see potentially touchy where i see ad hominm which is where a person rather than articulate a contrary point with basis evidence and facts they try to discredit another using insult or offend, by throwing statements which have no foundation in fact .
note, i had no issue with op or his thread about his nice well presented shoes ! ! I made a clear point refering to the post i quoted ,which i thought it erroneous to judge a person based upon their foot wear
perhaps i need to add more smiling emicons at the bottom of my threads so it is understood im smiling and being light hearted x
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I often notice someone like a sales person in a car showroom or shop. Smart suit, nice shirt and tie... And scruffy shoes. I think it does tell you something about Some people, not all though. I reckon that looks like a bit of a 'front' but then again don't we all try to put on a front at some time or other in life. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm with you mates- clean, polished shoes are essential - women ALWAYS check out a man's shoes! I got a positive comment from a lady only last night, as she spotted my Oliver Sweeney's!
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"I often notice someone like a sales person in a car showroom or shop. Smart suit, nice shirt and tie... And scruffy shoes. I think it does tell you something about Some people, not all though. I reckon that looks like a bit of a 'front' but then again don't we all try to put on a front at some time or other in life."
interesting , it might tell you something ,sometimes .what an excellent basis for character assessment ?? So there is this crisply dressed car sales person wearing not so sharp shoes , now excluding personal preferences what exactly can we assess about this person ? And further more if our assessment is relatively baseless , surely any judgment and action made are also technicaly unfounded . The only honest assessment i can make is the person concerned has no worries about how others may judge them , that could be nonchalant arrogance like myself or any number of other reasons , lets please remember that its a harsh environment out there many peoples foot wear are a hard working protective shell ,
again please note , i have zero negativity towards shiny shoes only the suggestion one can assess anything useful about a person based ,ok going to say it , solely aherm , based on them not wearing the worlds sharpest and shinyest shoes
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes, you repeated what I said in your first sentence, it tells you something, sometimes.
Where did I say at any point that it was an excellent base for character assessment? And why is my assessment 'baseless' yet you go on to say that your assessment is honest? Plus if your 'honest' assessment is correct that this person has no worries about how others judge him why does he wear a smart suit, shirt and tie?
Ive never yet witnessed a car showroom or shop where the environment is harsh
You have no negativity about shiny shoes, only the suggestion that anyone can assess anything useful about a person based on them but you've made your honest assessment, unlike my poor baseless assessment. Seems to me that in your self confessed nonchalant arrogance you think everyone else's assessments or maybe opinions are baseless but yours aren't. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it as my old grandad used to say. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh dear this has all dissolved in2 an argy bargy on a subject as innocent as men's shoe preferences lol
BACK to shoes folks!
DUNE currently have a lovely pair lace up long pointed toes in black brown n grey leather - I'm still slathering over them £89 a pair  |
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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago
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The assumptions you make about another person, based on their shoes, says more about you than them.
People are more than their shoes, to insist otherwise is shallow and superficial.
Would you criticise someone with scuffed boots and dirty fingernails - would you re-assess if you knew they were a car mechanic and they'd popped out of work to run an errand?
Obviously, one would not expect this on a meet.
I feel better for my rant |
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"I often notice someone like a sales person in a car showroom or shop. Smart suit, nice shirt and tie... And scruffy shoes. I think it does tell you something about Some people, not all though. I reckon that looks like a bit of a 'front' but then again don't we all try to put on a front at some time or other in life."
very sorry my bad for not being clear enough ! The point i thought i had articulated is, we cannot make a character judgement at any point that we know is accurate . Although our best guess based upon prejudice may happen to be correct it is correct by probability and not because of any useful insist the foot wear gives.now of course i would readly conced that once the person starts talking , the foot wear may at a push be helpful data .the fact you can't know before hand makes the assessment baseless
you are right i was wrong with my honest assessment Aw honest assessment i mean using sure logic and facts and not using opinion or stereo type . I should indeed have said what we know is the person does not care what people think about their footwear
i cannot assess their reasoning
as for showrooms shops and harsh environments , well firstly i was not intending to be specific it was a broad comment suggesting caution for judging foot wear in a negative light at any point. As for the showroom many i know to are connected to workshops ! I can tell you many good car sales people will have dirty hands and scuffed shoes from being lets say hands on (not saying clean non hands on sales people cannot be good too but ,i would rather buy a car from a person who can open the bonnet and touch and show me stuff and will get down onto their knees to discuss a concern under the car)
so back again , person with non shiny shoes what objectively can we assess ? Nothing at any time even though if you judge using a stereo type you will get lucky sometimes ,but i could randomly do that with hair colour ,you could guess more about me from my hair colour than my shoes
i do state opinions but try not to, if you can articulate a fact and not an opinion why my logical position is an untenable opinion and not objective reasoning please do . Note the only way me doing so would be to illustrate how one could always assess a persons personality from their footwear .if that cannot be done the only fair and objective course me action is not to make any assessment x
my ole grandma told me never to judge books by their covers as you may easily be seduced or repulsed which could easily lead to enduring some awful content
the fact we have all used ,might ,maybe sometimes . illustrates again prejudgments like this are pretty much futile and counter productive
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Has anyone noticed how shoe polish nowadays doesn't work as well as it used to. It used to smell of a white spirits /paraffin type smell. Now it barely smells and isn't as good. H&S? |
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"Wow - a pair of humble male footwear is STILL causing so much communication "
i was never gender specific x x my posts were all applicable to judging a lady by her footwear too x x x
my assessment is usually the same as my thoughts on their clothing
my that looks so uncomfortable allow me to remove such restrictive apparel o |
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