Spectator Shoes

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This is another mock up version of the Windhalls that never went into production....the usual AE knucklehead approach.

I misspoke ...they are in the latest AE cattledog....

 

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AE Tulanes - One of their great designs...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...ndexURL=1&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Missed these with too low a bid....wanted a pair for years..:rage: :rage:

 

[reetpleat]

I have tried my hardest to locate a pair of shoes like these. I've searched high and low. I even searched for months on here with no luck. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction? Any help would be greatly appreciated!


I think I may have nicked this photo from eBay once.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/ChazVanEyck/IMG_5678122008.jpg

Shoot, if you are in LA and want some kind of largish spectators, check out Remix. They look like that but even cooler in my opinion.

http://www.remixvintageshoes.com/index3.html

Anyone know how these hold up? Considering the source, i imagine they are decent quality.

I wonder why he doesn't make a more 30s style cap toe or anything like that?

 

[BinkieBaumont]

Are these a bit too caddish? they had them in Red Also

 

[Feraud]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...ndexURL=1&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Missed these with too low a bid....wanted a pair for years..:rage: :rage:

Those are interesting. What kind of leather is it?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

What kind of leather is it?

Sharkskin. Really. Might be imitation, though.

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[Marc Chevalier]

I wonder why he doesn't make a more 30s style cap toe or anything like that?

I asked Paul about that once. He replied that his customers saw wingtips as more "bada**" than cap-toes.


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[reetpleat]

I asked Paul about that once. He replied that his customers saw wingtips as more "bada**" than cap-toes.


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I suppose a big part of his market is actually LA style people, who would like the bigger lug and wing tip style, as well as the latino Rock and Roll crowd, for lack of a better description, who are more fifties than forties, but not rockabilly.

I like them, and can appreciate the large double stitched lug, and they are a cool look. But not very authentic as far as any shoe of the past looking like that. I may get a pair sometime.

I imagine if he is making shoes anyway, though, and selling worldwide, he would find some demand for a nice buck or off white body with a nice brown or black cap toe.

Didn't he used to do the light leather in a slightly off white or tan?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Paul's biggest markets for his men's shoes are Europe, New Zealand/Australia and Asia. The double-lug sole is aimed at the Japanese market.


For his women's shoes, the market is much wider. He told me that a young lady in Vietnam ordered several pairs. She's forming a swing dance club in Ho Chi Minh City.

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[bigshoe]

Not shark. Shark has long deep ridges Most likely embossed cow. I love the blue and white specs.
Tom

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Not shark. Shark has long deep ridges.

Not always that deep. Look here: http://images.google.com/imgres?img...rg.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&start=126&um=1


And here: http://images.google.com/imgres?img...rg.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&start=144&um=1


True, the shoes are probably cow leather embossed to look like sharkskin.


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[Fletch]

Pretty Impressive pair of shoes for the "Gels"

I weep thinking what heels that high do to a woman's legs and feet.

Of course, nowadays, I'm the fetishist, and super high heels appeal to the "normal" male eye.

 

[bigshoe]

Another pair for myself I finished today with a wood pegged heel there are no nails and a fiberglass shank for airports.

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[Michaelshane]

Do you make any with mesh for summer?

 

[bigshoe]

I have not found any mesh that would work. When I have tried to explain what I need to fabric supliers you can hear their eyes glaze over on the phone. Any sugestions would be great.
Tom

 

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Mesh treatment to vamp....50s style

All the 50s mesh nylon shoes (I have two pairs) were made by the same company with badging for all the firms that sold them like Florsheims. I think it was a company called O'Sullivans who made them. They are fantastic in summer as they act like a bellows sucking in cool air as the foot moves up and down.

 

[Tomasso]

I would prefer perforated leather over plastic mesh.

 

[beaucaillou]

I would prefer perforated leather over plastic mesh.

My husband has a gorgeous pair of Allen Edmonds that are leather wingtips with the upper (inside the wingtip cut) being natural canvas. They are stunning. I always want him to find another pair because he can wear them three seasons here, though perforated leather would be sweet too. Here they are

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[Pip]

These are my latest little purchase...

 

[Lefty]

The poster doesn't seem to want to say who made them, but these are pretty nice.