1. thedandygentleman: (via whyred ss - 2012 | ModeMan) Please take note of the two bluchers, the derbies on the right and the boot in the middle.  With bluchers, the laces are tied to two separate pieces of leather attached to the vamp.  Because of this construction, the blucher gives off a more casual feel than the oxford, which itself has a slit in the vamp where laces are to be tied.  Therefore, the blucher should be laced up in a more casual manner. Notice anything weird about them?  In a word, FAIL.  Bluchers are to be laced “open,” in a crisscrossing pattern, the same way you would lace up sneakers.  Oxfords are to be laced “closed,” or flat across, as (incorrectly) pictured above.    Gilt MANual published an excellent article regarding how one should tie bluchers vs. oxfords, but the link seems to be down at the moment.
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    thedandygentleman:

    (via whyred ss - 2012 | ModeMan)

    Please take note of the two bluchers, the derbies on the right and the boot in the middle.  With bluchers, the laces are tied to two separate pieces of leather attached to the vamp.  Because of this construction, the blucher gives off a more casual feel than the oxford, which itself has a slit in the vamp where laces are to be tied.  Therefore, the blucher should be laced up in a more casual manner.

    Notice anything weird about them?  In a word, FAIL.  Bluchers are to be laced “open,” in a crisscrossing pattern, the same way you would lace up sneakers.  Oxfords are to be laced “closed,” or flat across, as (incorrectly) pictured above.   

    Gilt MANual published an excellent article regarding how one should tie bluchers vs. oxfords, but the link seems to be down at the moment.

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    August 10, 2011

  2. (Capsule) After Party Pictures Emerge on Teh Interwebs, Cause Uprising in Shinnecock Indian Reservation

         

    Photographer Omar Leslie has provided photos of some attendees to a (capsule) after party earlier this week.  As you probably already guessed, among the steezed-out dope boys, some real know-nothing disasters lurked.

    Take these guys.  Seems like they’ve answered the age old question of what kind of shoes to wear with multi-colored tribal suits.  Survey says none of vibram soled captoes, bluchers or boat shoes will make those things any less hideous.  My favorite part about this trainwreck is that homeboy on the left is not identically dressed to the three stooges on his right.  I imagine him rolling up to the party, wandering around a few hours, unsure of himself, before finally stumbling upon these like-minded clowns.

    July 21, 2011