Lusting After: Crockett & Jones Brown Suede Lowndes

Getting double monks in the US is hard. Getting Crockett & Jones double monks in the US is even harder. Getting Crockett & Jones brown suede double monks in the US was downright impossible.  But holdup, Barney's has just stepped in to make impossible nothing (I hope Adidas doesn't sue me like they sued Thom).  For one easy payment of $595 you can now get, quite possibly, the most killer double monks on the market.  This is a big coup for investment bankers and trust funders who also happen to read style blogs.  It's real nice to see someone finally sticking their neck out for that burgeoning, yet highly neglected demographic.  Rejoice!  For anyone seriously considering this purchase (and there's got to be at least one of you out there, right?) the Lowndes comes on C&J's 348 last and has a standard width.

-L.A.S

Crockett & Jones for Start London

If you think the buck epidemic here at Sart Inc had subsided you are dead wrong - shit's back like the zombie apocalypse.  Crockett & Jones and Start of London have released an awesome collaborative suede brogue on a red brick sole for $405 that is both "smart" and "casual".  The shoe, in both a navy and white version, is probably the best RBS shoe I have seen not attached to the Mark McNairy name and despite having to pay the C&J premium is a pretty rock solid option if you are still trying to track down that perfect summer "hard bottom" (not sure if that slang still applies in this case, but whatever).  The broguing on the shoe is in a traditional English style so all you longwing Americaphiles may not be feeling it as much as myself, but that's a risk I'm willing to take.  For anyone who already owns C&J, this shoe appears to be on the Suffolk last.

-L.A.S

Crokett & Jones Double Monk

Shout outs to Ken from Things Is Cool for feeding my insatiable double monk appetite.  I had seen some pretty beat shots of the C&J double monk before, but nothing that really highlighted just how amazing the shoes actually are - impressive shoes deserve impressive pictures, no?  It's late on a Thursday night, a better time than any for a little shoe porn...behave yourself.

-L.A.S

Wednesday Morning Inspiration: The Tasseled Moc Toe Loafer

The more I think about it the more I'm going with the tasseled moc toe loafer as my favorite shoe at the moment of writing this. Wear them with anything and everything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-L.A.S