Posted on 04/07/2010 6:53:18 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
I still have two pair of ready-to-wear, shined, shoe-trees-inserted, Johnston & Murphy wingtips (one pair black, the other brown) in my closet.
Goes back to the days when I had 17 white shirts and six Tom James suits in the closet as well (Lockheed and IBM).
The old is forever new ... and those (good) shoes never wear out.
Interesting. So women have largely realized they cannot be supermom, etc. But men need to change the oil and a diaper, clean the sink, shoot a gun, etc. Oh well, they will figure it out.
I don’t know but I don’t think a man has to tell me he is manly.
Machine gunnin’, boozin’, boatin’, fishin’, & child rearing
Let this type of glorious multi-tasking be a lesson for us all!
Next up; checkered khakis pulled up mid-chest, with the slightest hint of cameltoe.
Florsheims were made in Missouri for decades.
There was a Florsheim “factory seconds” store in Jefferson City I used to visit.
I have one of those. Today I am wearing a Simms fishing shirt, brown chinos and crocodile cowboy boots.
Personally, I prefer the Fedora, but my 17-year old son prefers the Trilby.
I think on men they are called “moose knuckles”.
“I think of Teddy Roosevelt every day......”
Teddy might very well agree with some of Obama’s agenda. He was a Progressive himself.
Correction: if it’s on men, then it’s moose knuckle
I thought I was the only one to wear a fedora. I do get a bit tired of being called "Indy" though.
LOL.
It’s hilarious to see a “cowboy” get out of his over-accessorized, perfectly clean and detailed, $50K “Professional Grade” “Pickup” wearing these things on a clear, cloudless 75 degree day.
As with anything, the metro-fags have coopted something useful.
Even the guy in the pic is more male model than “cowboy”.
Trouble is, the fake ones these days couldn’t change your oil and probably live with their momma.
Guys’ guys are, as they always were, still around. And, as always, the red-blooded strong silent types continue to work relatively silently ... leaving the drama to feminists and whiners.
I read “The Art of Manliness” on occasion, and find it an enjoyable read, even if I don’t always take fashion or shaving tips (Gilette is fine with me). Even being an attorney, I’m not particularly interested in fashion (”dapper” or otherwise), and generally dress to blend-in, not stick out ... so I’m not really the fedora-wearing-type. I dress well enough that people don’t think I’ve kidnapped my well-dressed wife ... but not well enough that it isn’t entirely clear that I’ve married up.
Nonetheless, I highly recommend the AOM website. Good information about how good men get things done.
SnakeDoc
I think Florsheim imports most of their product from Italy and Spain today.
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