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Anyone who knows me knows I have a shoe fetish. Yes, a shoe fetish. And no, not a sexual shoe fetish (though a beautiful female is only beautiful if she has on the right shoes). I just love shoes. I don't really know why. Perhaps it was a fun and easy way for me to differentiate myself from 99% of the rest of my sex. Maybe it's just because I've always enjoyed fashion and John Fluevog was just the first shoe designer to really get me. Anyway, I'd say I have about 30 pairs of shoes in active rotation right now. I know, I have a problem. But I love it.
So, naturally I consider myself somewhat of a shoe snob at this point. While I can't seem to stop buying new shoes, I am always observing trends at an even more ravenous pace than my buying habits. Thus, my absolute horror when I came upon this pair of shoes on the Ben Sherman USA site. I am sure my other fashion-conscious male readers out there will agree that Ben Sherman has been on a slow decline for the past year or so and has been replaced in that "stylish but affordable" category by such brands as Modern Amusement or even Original Penguin (who appears to have some staying power beyond the typical "retro" thing that they rode for the typical year or so). But, I still check the BSUSA site every now and then to see where they are headed. And let me tell you, if this shoe is any sign of their future, just hang it up now folks. Just go back to being the trashy clothier you are in the UK and be happy with that. Please don't tell me that tassle loafers are coming back anytime soon. Before a style can become "retro" I think a requirement is that those who are out-of-style have even stopped wearing it. Every blue shirt, khaki pants wearing corporate schmuck still wears the Bass or Cole Haan version of these shoes which really don't look markedly different from this BS version. Ugh.
Just not right. That's all I have to say. Not right at all.
So, naturally I consider myself somewhat of a shoe snob at this point. While I can't seem to stop buying new shoes, I am always observing trends at an even more ravenous pace than my buying habits. Thus, my absolute horror when I came upon this pair of shoes on the Ben Sherman USA site. I am sure my other fashion-conscious male readers out there will agree that Ben Sherman has been on a slow decline for the past year or so and has been replaced in that "stylish but affordable" category by such brands as Modern Amusement or even Original Penguin (who appears to have some staying power beyond the typical "retro" thing that they rode for the typical year or so). But, I still check the BSUSA site every now and then to see where they are headed. And let me tell you, if this shoe is any sign of their future, just hang it up now folks. Just go back to being the trashy clothier you are in the UK and be happy with that. Please don't tell me that tassle loafers are coming back anytime soon. Before a style can become "retro" I think a requirement is that those who are out-of-style have even stopped wearing it. Every blue shirt, khaki pants wearing corporate schmuck still wears the Bass or Cole Haan version of these shoes which really don't look markedly different from this BS version. Ugh.
Just not right. That's all I have to say. Not right at all.
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