Just over a year ago my friend Patrick introduced me to Jeffery~West, and these were the shoes I began to covet immediately. Unfortunately they were soon discontinued in this colour, and I wasn’t really interested in a black pair.
But thank goodness for Ebay, factory stock clearance and having small (for a man) feet! Thirteen months later, a pair of these beauties turned up in my size, and they’re winging their way to me as I type. Hopefully they’ll arrive next week.
This style, Rochester Timothy, are made on the same lasts as my red crocodile boots, and also made in Italy. Hopefully there’ll be a few days of fine weather when they arrive – I need to make absolutely certain that I wear them on dry pavements for a time or two, to make sure I don’t damage the toes!
Then I just need to find a black or grey suiting fabric with a purple pinstripe, so that I can make a lovely pair of trousers to go with them.
He has a lot to answer for, that Patrick person (he only has two pairs himself).