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John Lobb - Yet another shoe report (let me know if this is boring)...

I once told a friend that I could never wear anything other than black shoes. Boy! Is he going to make me eat my words, especially after the Berluti and Bemer.

After a 6 month wait, and while I was in Florence, I got a call for the JL boutique informing me that my MTO had arrived. When I got back, I rushed straight to the boutique only to find that it was shut for refurbishment (a few typhoons ago, all of Central Hong Kong was flooded ankle deep).

Anyway, I really like the modern look of a two eyelet derby and the John Lobb Luffield really fit the bill. I also wanted something rather dark but not black, so I settled on deep grey museum calf. They turned out rather well and I love the way that they look elusively black until they are paired up with either a navy or grey suit, when the deep grey takes on some nice character.

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Thanks for reading. The photo quality wasn't as good as I hoped since they were hastily taken early one morning when the natural light was not as good as I hoped. I also didn't get to cover all the angles.

Gaz

I'm not sure if this pair has it, but if you ever go into a John Lobb store, notice the curved area on the bottom of some of the shoes, it is just in front of the heel but before the rest of the sole (in the middle), that curvature is much harder to make ...

John Lobb Paris makes has two ranges...

By: Gaz : January 31st, 2009-05:22

One is called the Classic line and the other is called the Prestige line. What you are referring to is the beveled waist. The Classic line does not have the beveled waist while the Prestige line does. The Luffeld is part of the Prestige line and you shoul...

Very Informative

By: patrick_y : January 31st, 2009-12:57

Santoni

By: hlukiman : December 1st, 2010-01:56

Sorry to kick up a relatively old thread, but I'm also a shoe fanatic and wanted to make one correction to your otherwise very informative post: Santoni does make full goodyear construction shoes in their "fatte a mano" line - in fact, I have several pair...

Great shoes, high price

By: sten : December 1st, 2010-09:04

I remember the first time I walked by the John Lobb store in South Coast Plaza and was immediate attracted by the shoes on display. Only then did I find out how much the shoes cost. I never thought man's shoes could be so costly. (Isn't that a woman's thi...

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