[Pictures courtesy of Steve McQueen Style.]
Apparently, the boots seen above are Hutton Original Playboys. Hutton went out of business in the 1970's, but licensed the style and name to a Swedish brand. Over the years the license changed hands a few times with the shoes being sold in the USA under the name "Players" due to legal issues surrounding the use of the term "Playboy" - seems Hugh Hefner wasn't a big fan of desert boots. Today you can buy an almost exact copy of the original style from Sanders who have been producing their own model for a few years. While the construction of the Original Playboy and Sanders' suede chukka boot does differ, stylistically the two shoes are nearly identical. I swear by my Clarks (I am actually wearing a pair as I type this), but for anyone trying to stay ahead of the ubiquitous McQueen style curve Sanders looks like the way to go.
-L.A.S
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Does Sanders produce Mark McNairy's New Amsterdam line as well?
ReplyDeleteBen- I think the answer is pretty obvious.
ReplyDeleteSome stripper shoe lookin' ass desert boots.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see you finally maned up and bought a dark brown DB.
ReplyDeleteRachel- I'm not sure what you are referring to sine I've had a pair of brown Clarks DB's for about 4 years now.
ReplyDeleteGotta love the super clean break in the second photo, right leg.
ReplyDeleteThose look like crap. Just because some actor, who barely made it out of H.S., wore them, doesn't make it a great look. If your teacher wore them, you'd rightly mock him.
ReplyDeletelollll. My only issue with them is the thick sole. That being said, they take care of the issue I have with Clark's and most DB's—that being the too-round and consequently kind of stubby looking toe.
ReplyDeleteOh, really? What colors do you have? I thought you only had the sand suede model.
ReplyDeletefor many years the speculation was that mcqueen was wearing Tod's in the movie.
ReplyDeleteLSA - i think the fact that you're a douche is pretty obvious
ReplyDeleteAnon @10:12- I agree. This LSA kid seems like a real asshole. Guys like you and me need to stick together against guys like him.
ReplyDeleteriffing on typos is worse than being jake davis. your writing is atrocious and the image you try to convey to "the blogosphere" is pathetically contrived.
ReplyDeleteL.A.S you are losing fans quick! You might need to hire some PR son!
ReplyDeleteAnon @3:43- I got called a douche so you have to excuse my behavior. Also, I was unaware I was trying to convey a particular image, but "pathetically contrived" seems a bit rash.
ReplyDeleteP. Kicklighter- More like gaining haters. I guess I've officially arrived, eh? Though I liked it better when it was just you shitting on stuff.
Lawrence,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you also have a pornstar reading your blog (Rachael Roxxx)
You really have arrived! Sweet post btw- I've wondered for a long time about these- as to how they would translate to anybody other than Mcqueen, I think these would be much better judged in person
look, J.Crew is drinking the KoolAid! https://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/JCrewingoodcompany/Sanders/PRD~A9460/A9460.jsp?Nbrd=J&Nloc=en_US&Nrpp=48&Npge=1&Ntrm=sanders&isSaleItem=false&color_name=DARK%20BROWN%20SUEDE&isFromSearch=true&isNewSearch=true&hash=row0
ReplyDeletelooks like huttons back + making the steve mqueen chukkas under the name "playtime" - https://huttonboots.com/products/playtime-by-hutton
ReplyDeleteprobably because like you said, legal issues around using "playboy"