Today's Shoes

Day

Gravati plain-toe side-elastic shoes in dark burgundy Radica 055 calf with single leather soles (16624, 683 last). Most side-elastic shoes have the elastic gores covered by leather straps to camouflage them. The leather straps give look a bit like gills, which makes some people dislike them. They also make the gores more difficult to replace. As for myself, I think that they make the shoes look better -- big black straps of elastic aren't aesthetically pleasing to me.

Evening

Gravati cap-toe bals with reversed seams and leather-stitched faux brogueing on the toe caps and throats in tobacco suede with single leather soles (16492, 655 last).