When I first saw all of these pictures, I could not believe my eyes! Not because Crockett & Jones does not make nice shoes, but they are usually on the relatively conservative side. If you walk by their shop in the Burlington Arcade in London, you will see a bombardment of black, brown and tan, with a small hint of burgundy somewhere in the trenches, but NEVER have I seen green chelsea boots and blue saddle shoes. It makes me wonder if these, like some of G&G’s factory shoes, are for another market, such as Japan and the Far East? Nevertheless, I was very impressed when I saw them, and I think that I gave C&J a couple of extra points in my book of cool shoe brands. The shame is that I will probably never see these in the flesh, as I truly believe that they will not hit the UK (nor US for that matter) market. And because of that, I still think that when I go to Japan for the first time, it’s going to be like a kid going to Disneyland, with shoes everywhere in blue’s, green’s, red’s etc.
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Today’s Favorites – Crockett & Jones
Yes, it’s another saddle shoe, but the difference between this Crockett & Jones model and the rest that I display is the fact that this is an actual dress shoe model to be worn with a suit as opposed to the casual ones that I have found in the past. That’s what I love most about it. Usually you will find that saddle shoes are generally designed for a more casual model of shoe, since ultimately, that’s what it originated as. But when you find one that is on the dressier side, it becomes a beautiful option in the shoe style world, one that I find to be of the most appealing!! If only it had a different color saddle, how cool would that be……….?
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Interesting post, Crockett and Jones shoes are in very short supply at the moment and stocks for C & J’s will not be readily available again until March or so.
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Johan – Thanks for the info, sounds like the company is doing well!
-Justin, “The Shoe Snob”
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Today’s Favorites – Crockett & Jones
Yes, it’s another saddle shoe, but the difference between this Crockett & Jones model and the rest that I display is the fact that this is an actual dress shoe model to be worn with a suit as opposed to the casual ones that I have found in the past. That’s what I love most about it. Usually you will find that saddle shoes are generally designed for a more casual model of shoe, since ultimately, that’s what it originated as. But when you find one that is on the dressier side, it becomes a beautiful option in the shoe style world, one that I find to be of the most appealing!! If only it had a different color saddle, how cool would that be……….?
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Interesting post, Crockett and Jones shoes are in very short supply at the moment and stocks for C & J's will not be readily available again until March or so.
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Johan – Thanks for the info, sounds like the company is doing well!-Justin, "The Shoe Snob"
Dear blogger,
I believe this collection is solely made for the Swedish market in celebration of C&J’s 25th import year. All models are limited to 25 pairs and sell for around £640.
Please see:
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=201554
and
http://www.manolo.se/artiklar/artikel/20101031/crockett-jones-purple-collection/?page=1
and
http://crockettandjones.se/purple.html
Cordially,
Ville Raivio
Webmaster at http://www.keikari.com
Ville Raivio – Thanks for the information. This does bring back memories that the Swedish market also likes very fun and colorful stuff. If only England and the US could have more capsule collections such as this, that would be great! Thanks for posting!
-Justin, “The Shoe Snob”