Image credit: ercwttmn / CC BY-ND 2.0 The C. & J. Clark shoe company started life in the English village of Street, Somerset in 1825. In those days it was a sheepskin rug business owned by brothers Cyrus and James Clark. It was the latter of the two who, in 1831, first turned his hand […]
Image credit: Kevin Mueller on Unsplash Putting on a hat before leaving the house can these days feel like just about the riskiest move you can make, sartorially speaking. In most cases, you might well be alright if the headgear in question is a baseball cap or maybe a bucket hat, though even then there […]
Image credit: Charles Deluvio on Unsplash Bucket hats are a strange garment to get your head around — or, maybe more accurately, to get around your head. This is mostly down to how goofy they look. Regardless of their styling, who made them, or how they’re worn, bucket hats are inherently silly, and therein lies […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved It used to be the case that I would ditch any and all socks when the warmer months rolled around. A lifelong love of short shorts and sandals (not to mention a barefoot phase that we needn’t dwell on) meant that I had little use for them […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved Sperry shoes (which I wrote about earlier this week) are all but synonymous with the iconic, best-selling boat shoe design that is the leather Top-Sider. But while the brand’s invention of the modern deck shoe is pretty well known, there is another Sperry shoe design that hasn’t […]
When I open my Instagram account and look at the people I follow, the name that appears right at the top of the list is that of Liam Jefferies. While I don’t know for sure why this is the case, it feels entirely apropos. See, I click through the list of people I follow more […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved If ever there were an unlikely success story in footwear, it would be that of Birkenstocks. If the Birkin bag represents the high point of desirability in fashion, the Birkenstock is regularly cast as its nadir (Although, a sense of irony and some very deep pockets did […]
Image credit: Laura Thonne on Unsplash The 1930s in the United States saw the emergence of a new type of shoe that would quickly snowball into becoming a quintessentially American style. Its origins, however, can be traced somewhat further afield. Penny loafers — that adaptable staple of American preps, punks, and even the occasional president […]