your daily shoe porn

For some reason, they call it the "Bicycle Toe Tie".

this post is not about clothes

Run a key word search on the YouTube home page for "She's A Mod" and you'll find a few cover versions.

field jacket

do a google search on "field jacket".  these have been beyond trendy (in fact the sort of trendy that boring mainstream people accept as "fashionable" because those people are good at following directions and doing what they're told) for about four or five years now; before that they were an edgy but well-known couture staple in some exclusive style cult communities (what's that you say??  can you, uh, give me an example of...one of those?  heh heh heh.)  and before that, they were virtually unknown or unthought of unless you went back to the 80's, when emporio armani had a very nice one.  they've come and gone in european fashion circles since the 60's and can be seen in advertising copy and film from that era.  the first ones we know of appeared in the "Great War" and were subsequently imitated in the sort of "country gentleman's weekend wear" one found on hoity-toity types on the continent.  (if you were a gatsby era american you might go for that edwardian look but usually you'd just wear good old fashioned hunting gear that actual hunters used.)  during the postwar era beatniks and outcasts adopted cast-off military garb as a statement of their rejection of ordinary, polite society; and of course, no hippie worth his salt would be caught OD'd without his alpha m65 (with or without the peace sign badge).  those were a bit naff for the mod and punk crowds though, who (especially during their crosspollinating/interbreeding period) would tend to prefer the standard "service uniform" blazer, usually seen with chevrons, medals, and a marksmanship braid over the shoulder.  the m65 remained the provenance of drug dealers and Grateful Dead fans until that, uh...whole sad business in the 90's we shan't discuss because...well....flannel.

so don't worry pet.  find a field jacket if you want to, buy it, wear it, love it.  you can't go and take them off the bankers and the frat boys and the trust fund hipoisie.  shoplift it and tailor it yourself if it makes you feel better.  or do like i do and get one off the back of a deer hunter and never wear it in public, just on long walks in the woods.

when i come out with mine, that's the one you'll want.  i'd stake someone's startup capital on it.

"Retro Blues" label, striped LS knit shirt

This is one of those labels about which it is next to impossible to find anything out about online, except for an occasional random website posting.  I forget what I got this for @ VV -- I think it was under $5 US.

Your daily shoe porn

UPDATE:  Now proud owner of a pair in black as pictured!!

Giving my foot-torturing dress oxfords with chisel toes a bit of a rest -- behold, The Clark's of England Touareg -

Get from point A to point B with durability and sporty good looks in the Touareg shoe from Clarks. Dual curved stitch lines add interest, while boosting the tenacious build of the shoe. Burnished leather upper is crafted in a bicycle toe design that is both modern and unique. Lookout casual wardrobe - there’s a new player, with the Touareg.

 Mine are in a lovely honey-toned brown with the top racing stripe a little darker.  A comfortable walking shoe that actually looks cool is a rare find, and this one beats out the cheaply made Nordstrom's knockoffs I'd had to settle for previously.

Oh, and the real kicker?  Shoe Station has them for about $80 US; I got mine for $15 at Value Village.  PSYCH!!!

well it took long enough

they seem to have made a movie about us again.  correction, looks rather like a film.  i believe we now say "w00t"

100% texturized polyester

No other identifying tags or markings.  Found @ Goodwill for $5 US. If you recognize this and can identify it please leave a comment.

the summer cut

summer seems to have finally come to the northwest corner of yankistan, and so it's time once again for the summer cut, which is about 1/2 inch all around with a wahl electric hair trimmer. and what goes right with a summer cut? let's see...


That's right folks. It's the venerable all-cotton Munsingwear Golf Pro short sleeved button-down stripey. Worn with a pair of Donna Karan fitted gray slacks and some vintage Sears black brogues, plus my prescription green glass James Bond specs with the chrome frames, I feel fit for showing myself in public once again. And with weather like this, who knows, I just might.

your daily shoe porn

yikes! keds brand nod to the desert or "chukka" boot! WANT WANT WANT

lots of good pics

Google image search for "suedehead"

Google image search for "lock stock and two smoking barrels"

Google image search for "munsingwear penguin"