Buchanan bespoke shoes

**rir179** · 14th November 13, 05:17 AM

Has anybody had a look at this "Footwear" site?

http://www.buchananbespoke.com/

**Guinness>water** · 14th November 13, 06:04 AM

Wow! Those are fancy, I kinda like'em. I think the tweed and brown leather really looks good.

I think I'll get me a pair..........................................afte r I win the lotto.

**Chas** · 14th November 13, 06:12 AM

How do you polish them without getting polish all over the tweed?

**Lime** · 14th November 13, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by Chas

How do you polish them without getting polish all over the tweed?

Carefully!

**Chas** · 14th November 13, 07:10 AM

Thanks for the link rir179, but at £300, I think that they are too much like hard work.

**BCAC** · 14th November 13, 06:18 AM

I'm sorry but I don't like them at all. When would it bee deemed "correct" to wear shoes with tartan or tweed on them (no matter how "bespoke" they are). Besides that, did I mention that I don't like them at all?

I suppose you could get exactly what you wanted by having a pair of bespoke shoes made by this company and leaving out their fashion touches like tweed or tartan.

**piperdbh** · 14th November 13, 06:25 AM

I do like them, and I'd wear them any time I wanted to "cut a dash" as Jock says.

**BCAC** · 14th November 13, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

I do like them, and I'd wear them any time I wanted to "cut a dash" as Jock says.

I think that they are more suited to "cutting a dash" in saxon dress than in Highland Dress. They are neither suitable for Highland Daywear nor Highland Evening wear. To me they would just seem a bit "out of place".

**Lime** · 14th November 13, 06:58 AM

I love the Slippers! They also have the added advantage of not being incorrect... I might get a few mutters from Jeeves though and would probably end up "donating" them to the bell boy after a hilarious concatenation of circumstances whereby Jeeves rescues me from an unsuitable marriage and earns my undying gratitude... but until then.... and if I had £150 to spend on slippers... count me in.

**RockyR** · 14th November 13, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by BCAC

I think that they are more suited to "cutting a dash" in saxon dress than in Highland Dress. They are neither suitable for Highland Daywear nor Highland Evening wear. To me they would just seem a bit "out of place".

I don't know... since we have lots of "matchy matchy" type people on Xmarks (I'll include myself in that group to a degree), I could see someone wanting a pair in tweed to match a tweed jacket / vest. Would it be 'traditional'? No, but I can see the appeal. At $500 (£300), I'd likely take a pass though. I could have another kilt or another jacket / vest for that price.

Originally Posted by Chas

How do you polish them without getting polish all over the tweed?

Maybe put masking tape over the tweedy bits and / or polish them VERY carefully. Agreed that it would be a challenge.