About this time of year, the fashion magazines begin showing the “new” Fall styles and, inevitably, I see clothing and accessories that echo many of the wonderful true vintage items in my closets. These oxfords are officially “vintage” from the Eighties, even though they’re styled after shoes from forty years before that!
Just goes to show that everything that goes around comes around and that is so true with fashion. Of course, some decades do it better than others and having some superbly made originals can be the ultimate best. I’m happy with these, because they’re still made of good leather with Vibram soles, and should continue to last as long as the 1940’s originals would do.
My original 1940’s ones are still my favorite, but they’ll come later. I’ve got a ton of shoes to photograph and you’ll be seeing lots over the next few weeks. These are from the ’80’s and look great with suits, pants, dresses and skirts from the 1940’s, as well as many other outfits. There’s nothing more classic than a good oxford shoe. And, if they;re made well and fit well, nothing more comfortable except bare feet.
Especially if you have a lot of walking ahead, from hideout to hideout . . . . . . . . . . .
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Here’s a traditional letter jacket in the perfect colors for this weekend’s activities, of almost any sort. In the past, a letter jacket could almost replace a suit coat (for a student – not his dad). They seemed to have the status that military uniform jackets sometimes do.
Picture this with a shirt and tie, a V or crew-neck sweater at the Irish pub tonight –
This one has had it’s patches removed and looks like it never had many, it’s in such good shape. Although it’s big for me, how could I not buy it when it turned up? It would be fun to know its history, which might be possible to put together from the colors and the location where it was found. Maybe I’ll do that detective work someday. Mysteries are always fun, and you just never know . . . . . . . . . . ..
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