[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[ Short, pithy, concise phrases are best in most cases. [/quote]
“There’s not much to be said about the period except that most writers don’t reach it soon enough.”
Apparently Ben Franklin improved his writing by taking a page out of a well written book and rewriting it sentence by sentence in his own words. Weeks later, after forgetting what was written in the book and what he had rewritten them as, he would rewrite his own words once more. Then he would compare the original page in the book to his second rewrite and see if they both portrayed the same idea.
I did a “writing skills” workshop thing for the psych office on campus and while preparing for it, I came across a brilliant idea. It said “your job as a writer isn’t to put words on the page, your job is to transfer the thoughts in your head into the heads of your readers.” Just seemed like one of those things that’s so obvious yet still has to be said.
Does anyone have any recommendations on good quality shoes? I’m starting to build up my wardrobe and my next purchase will be a pair of light brown dress shoes. I wouldn’t mind spending ~$250 if they’re high quality and will last a while.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations on good quality shoes? I’m starting to build up my wardrobe and my next purchase will be a pair of light brown dress shoes. I wouldn’t mind spending ~$250 if they’re high quality and will last a while. [/quote]
As far as I am concerned, nothing compares to tailored suits or shoes.
Now, depending on where you are, that could be managed at a reasonable price with a short trip over the border or a 12 hour flight, though sometimes, those guys make a tour in Europe/America to take orders.
Its of course all somewhat taxevady and illegal if one cares about such things.
If one careth not some googling about ones specific geographic and legal situation might be time well invested.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations on good quality shoes? I’m starting to build up my wardrobe and my next purchase will be a pair of light brown dress shoes. I wouldn’t mind spending ~$250 if they’re high quality and will last a while. [/quote]
Allen Edmond in that price range.
But I would get black as an initial shoe. Start with the cap toe and work from there.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations on good quality shoes? I’m starting to build up my wardrobe and my next purchase will be a pair of light brown dress shoes. I wouldn’t mind spending ~$250 if they’re high quality and will last a while. [/quote]
The $200-$300 range for dress shoes is a tricky range. A lot of times those are the shoes that are the same as some of the $150ish range shoes but tote a brand name markup without the quality, unless its an expensive shoe on sale. Johnston and Murphy make a good shoe for under $200. Break over $300 and you jump up in quality to Allen Edmonds up to Alden.
As far as shoes you can have a complete set of dress shoes with 4 or 5 pair.
A black cap toe.
A dark brown cap toe with some minor brogue styling at the edge of the cap.
A tan/light brown either wingtip brogue or cap toe brogue
A burgundy shoe (Wingtips, brogues, Chelsea boots, Moc or cap toe, Monk straps, just pic something interesting)
Then either get another black shoe to put into rotation if you wear black shoes a lot, something in suede for a more casual shoe if that’s what you wear the most, or a dress shoe in a different shade of brown.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations on good quality shoes? I’m starting to build up my wardrobe and my next purchase will be a pair of light brown dress shoes. I wouldn’t mind spending ~$250 if they’re high quality and will last a while. [/quote]
I don’t know what you intend to wear them with but some brogues go really well with certain sports jackets. Irish thornproof with leather patches is a traditional hunting style worn by British landed gentry / aristocrats. Some have a patch on the breast to protect it from your shotgun stock. They make faux copies in many clothing stores in the British Empire / US but I think you can only get the authentic material in Northern Ireland, England, probably Scotland. Mine is from Northern Ireland.
Orion, my brother just got fitted by a guy from India who made his rounds in the US to sell custom made suits. I didn’t realize you could do that for shoes, though. I need them in about a month, so I’ll have to skip the custom made route for now.
Jewbacca, I’m getting light brown/tan because I’m part of a wedding and he wants us all wearing brown/light brown shoes. Black will be my second purchase.
JB, thanks!
SM, I’ll be wearing 'em with a light gray suit, white shirt, and a navy tie. Real aristocratic stuff.
You can’t go wrong with Allen Edmonds, my favorite, or Alden
for mid range high quality shoes in the 300-400 range. Higher
English or Italian, Ferragamos, will run in the 1000 range and
up. Florsheim imperials are a good choice in the 200 range. Either
way, look for goodyear welting and calf skin full grains leather
uppers.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
I also have a strong sense of chronology in my head. Without ever having written down anything in this regards I can tell you my exact location for every single month clear back to 1982 and can come pretty close to every month clear back to my childhood (and I moved around a lot).[/quote]
This is extremely remarkable and would be an asset to a writer. Not so much the chronological aspect, per se, but the fact that your activities were such that they created an indelible mark in your memory bank.
It is hot in Alabama so I wore a white, short sleeve, Ralph Lauren dress shirt to work today. The ladies love it and I am probably at least 9 degrees cooler than my longer sleeved colleagues. I stepped up the awesome by not wearing an under shirt. I wish I had went ahead and gotten the chinos with the pony’s all over them to go with it.
[quote]Axel44 wrote:
You can’t go wrong with Allen Edmonds, my favorite, or Alden
for mid range high quality shoes in the 300-400 range. Higher
English or Italian, Ferragamos, will run in the 1000 range and
up. Florsheim imperials are a good choice in the 200 range. Either
way, look for goodyear welting and calf skin full grains leather
uppers.
Hope this helps.[/quote]
I tried on some Ferragamos and wondered if they were shoes for boys. Seriously, you need to have feet like Pee Wee Herman to fit into shoes that skinny.
Clothes do not make a man manly.
Manliness comes from his fighting the weights, training, body hardness and definition. A naked man that’s muscular and fit exudes manliness.
Manliness comes with how he interacts with others. There’s an appropriate behavior in every situation, and a manly man instinctively reacts accordingly.