Brisbane Street Style - Chance Encounter With DeeR customer

I was wandering through the city today when I came across this well dressed young man wearing some DeeR shoes.

I am over exaggerating a little. This was not some random occurrence.  The above photo is of James who is a DeeR customer. He has currently two pairs of DeeR custom shoes. James is studying at university and works part-time at a mens store.

He is a pretty talented kid and quite stylish too and not only due to his choice in footwear. 

The sunglass frames remind me of the ones worn by Robert Deniro's character in the movie Casino. If you haven't seen the movie its the movie where De Niro plays a mob connected Jewish gambler called Ace Rothstein and Joe Pesci plays his psychotic little friend and sidekick.  I wont say much more than that as I would be giving away too much of the plot. Just hire the movie and enjoy it.

I will leave this post with a parting photo of James wearing some DeeR ankle boots.

Boots - Elastic Sided - Part 1

 

I'm posting a design of a boot you don't usually see in ready-to wear designs.  I don't know the exact name for this boot. However I've seen this boot from a few illustrations from the turn of the 20th Century and again from the 1920s and early 1930s. Somewhere along the way it disappeared into obscurity to be replaced by the duckbilled bicycle toe loafer and jester faux reptilian shoes that have become so prevalent in today's fashion.


The design of the boot is essentially the same as a chelsea boot however there is a seam (or throatline) at the area between the upper part of the vamp and where you normally have the show laces (throat).The model pictures is on a wide chisel toed last. But again as it is a custom made shoe this can be produced on a variety of different toe and last shapes.  I will be posting various styles of boots including the traditional chelsea boot which makes like RM Williams are famous for.

The DeeR experience. Mens Shoes

The classic mens shoes. The inspiration behind these shoes is that timeless classic style of the 1930s. I would say that virtually anything worn in that decade you could wear now and not feel out of place. The only thing that would probably make you seem a little bit off would be the fedora  hat.