Today's Shoes

Day

Vass punch cap high-lace blucher boots in tobacco suede on F last. Yes, I know that suede is supposed to be worn in fall and winter and that high-lace boots might not be the coolest footwear in the summer, but I like them. F last is round-toe last that Vass developed for the ready-to-wear shoes that they make for Roberto Ugolini, a Florentine bespoke cordwainer (U last is the square-toe last developed for the same purpose). It is one of the best round-toe lasts out there, along with Edward Green's 82 and Gaziano & Girling's DG70.

Evening

Crockett & Jones split-toe blucher with hand-sewn apron and toe-seam in tan pebble-grain calf (Cornhill model, 330 last). This is C&J's version of the quintessential Edward Green chasse model, the Dover. The hand-sewing isn't as well-done as it is on the Dover, but that isn't surprising: no hand-sewing on ready-to-wear shoes is as well-done as it is on the Dover. These shoes were a very good bargain, but the last doesn't fit me particularly well, thus proving the adage that price is irrelevant once something is in your closet.