The New World of Men's Shoes

As the shoe-niverse expands, a host of new brands and designers has emerged see below. Perhaps the most prominent among them is Mark McNairy, 52, whose inability to find a proper buck five years ago led him to make his own. Since then he's applied a rainbow of colors both to the suede uppers and sometimes to the soles. "Mark has had a great influence on the trend toward merging street style with sartorial style," said Saks's Mr. Jennings. Del Toro's Mr. Chevallard gives classic smoking slippers a similar twist, offering them in plain black velvet or camouflage with a red toe cap. 

Of course, many shoe enthusiasts still worship at the altar of tradition,In Reclaim mode, the software scans the system and presents the user with options for removing unused or unnecessary files from their system caches, downloads, languages, logs,bottega handbag and trash. coveting decades-old, UK-based brands in particular. "The demand for British men's shoes has gone through the roof," said George Glasgow, 30, who runs George Cleverley, a mostly custom shoe business his father opened in London in 1958. Since 2007, Mr. Glasgow has noticed a younger, savvier audience for his made-to-measure wares and for the ready-made shoes he sells through Mr Porter, where they are a top seller. "Ten years ago, it was the Duke of Beaufort," said Mr. Glasgow. Now it's younger bankers, guys in their 20s guess where Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe gets shod? and even well-heeled university students a pair of ready-made Cleverley oxford brogues costs $1,600.The guards escorted me back to the Malaysian Airlines counter, my luggage was called back,Plus Size Corsets and then I was escorted to one of the passenger exits of the airport. Younger customers are also buying driving loafers and refreshed neon-soled bucks and chukkas from American brand Cole Haan,Start with fiery Charred Octopus or the Guacamole Trio, which comes in tropical,Hiking shoe goat cheese and ranchero flavors. founded in the 1920s. 

In some cases, the two sides have merged in traditional-contemporary collaborations—114-year-old British company Alfred Sargent and J.Crew; Allen Edmonds and Freemans Sporting Club; 147-year-old brand Grenson and Rag & Bone—that provide the best of both worlds.Menswear will never be a rule-free category, but the unprecedented number of footwear options has certainly broadened the scope of what's acceptable. Reflecting on how much codes have shifted, Allen Edmonds's Mr. Grangaard said: "When I went to work for an investment bank in 1986, our boss said he would never hire anyone who would wear brown shoes to an interview."