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You mean suggestions to clean the belt or for a belt to wear with those shoes or in general? For cleaning, proceed like for shoes. The advantage of the belt is that you can lay it out flat and really go to town in terms of pressure and rubbing.

Some shoe manufacturers also make belts from the same leather but for Frye's and RW I'm not sure. Might be worth asking them. I think it would be a good business idea for them. Of course, you know all about the IH belts and Tanner and the other SuFu faves. You probably also read what I said about the manufactum ox leather belt from Germany. I love that thing. It's about 9-10mm thick, a single leather layer. Ages beautifully, too. I'm very happy with it. It's a great value at around 100 Euro. Manufactured by Bernd Kreis of Germany. He also makes REALLY nice custom belts that would be worth looking into.

Should we start a belt thread?

Till

DougNg

Actually, I was hoping for a tip on the color of belt I would pair with grey suede shoes…

Ok. Well, if you don't have a grey belt (I just got one but it wasn't so easy to find) I think a black belt would be good when you wear the boots with black jeans and a tan or light brown belt (like the leather piece between the shoe and the sole) with blue jeans. At least that's what I would do.

Till

Till
Here is a short video I suspect you will appreciate.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/video/2010/mar/09/john-lobb-shoes-london

Awesomest! Thanks, Stewart! They make the thread themselves. Jeez. That explains the price. However, I was surprised how few measurements they take for the last. I'd have thought they actually make a mold of your foot and then work on the cast from there. Still impressive. Thanks again. I put it on my twitter right away.

Till

DougNg

@tfar:

Ok. Well, if you don't have a grey belt (I just got one but it wasn't so easy to find) I think a black belt would be good when you wear the boots with black jeans and a tan or light brown belt (like the leather piece between the shoe and the sole) with blue jeans. At least that's what I would do.

Till

That was a great idea! I wound up going with a Dry Bones belt because it matches the brown that goes around the sole of the shoe! Thanks!

Cool. Glad you found something. Did you have to buy one or did you have that laying around anyway?

DougNg

No, I made a snap decision and went over to SENY…been in love with this belt forever and saw a good reason to pick it up!

Congrats on the new purchase then.

Alright. The posting thing works but from Flickr it involves quite a few steps. Which brings us to boots.

Here are the boots so far in my "collection" of shoes. Nothing like Lando's or Pete massiv Imelda level, though.

The first pair are some Ferragamo Jodhpurs

Then we got some J. Crew Desert boots (chukkas). These are made in Italy and are even simpler than Clarks but of slightly higher leather quality:

Then some Bally Chukkas, shearling lined, Goodyear welted rubber sole. Great for the winter and they have a nice polish right now:

Finally, my pride. A pair of JM Weston Beaubourg Chelsea boots from a single piece of leather (the polish of these is not quite fresh but anyway I prefer not to make them military):

I wear all of these with jeans but they also work with other kinds of pants. The Ferragamo and Westons (and even the Ballys in the winter) can be combined with a suit quite nicely.
Enjoy.

Till

fobsquad

beautiful choices in boots, Till. i like your style in shoes

Thanks for the compliment. I would love to get a nice pair of Alden boots. Ideally some whiskey shell indies. Who wouldn't like those…? But resources are finite and clothes are not my only costly interest.

Till

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Here is a post from Dexter on Style Forum. I thought it was very helpful to have the Alden Indy Series laid out like this…

Ok back on topic.

I actually created this compilation on the various Indys that are out there on my PC. I have to thank zippyh and amlai for this obsession. :devil:

Figure i'd post it here so everybody can check it out.

Alden of Carmel:
AF76 Black Shell Indy

Black and Tan Indy

J.Crew
J.Crew Indy

J. Gilbert:
#8 Cordovan Indy

LeatherSoul:
Tan Suede Indy

Snuff Suede Indy

Ultimate Indy Brown Chromexcel

Ultimate Indy Black

Ultimate Indy Kudu

#8 Cordovan Indy

Black Cordovan Indy

Cigar Cordovan Indy

Whiskey Cordovan Indy

Repro Indy

Vintage Indy

Leffot
J.C. Indy

The ShoeMart
40514H

40517H

I probably missed a few here and there. There are also new makeups coming out but I didn't include them in the list. I find it quite interesting that demand for the Indy boot would create this much variation.

My favorites are the Snuff Suede Indy, Ultimate Indy Brown Chromexcel, Ultimate Indy Kudu,
Repro Indy, and Vintage Indy.

Beatle

all my favorites on one page*

malibuboy

great resource!

i had no idea that there were that many iterations on the indy.

yow, there are couple of must haves in there for sure.

simon

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Just thought everyone might like to know (Especially Simon-Malibu) that LeatherSOUL will be opening in Los Angeles @ 9513 Santa Monica Blvd. on the corner of Rodeo. They are shooting to open in early May!!!

http://www.lsfootwear.com/

Beatle

ur post made me realize that the roy boot got lost in the last data glitch

Giles

Damn you Beats. I'm gonna have to dod a pre-order. They do E's.

Beatle

yes , they do,,, and yes , you should…check out evo

http://allplaidout.com/2009/09/ryan-hubers-alden-context-roy-boots/

malibuboy

thx for the info Lando!

i will have to come up with a reason ( i know,i know… SHOES ! ) to get over there as soon as they open.

heck, i was planning on trekking over to alden as soon as i am up in the city. i ALMOST bought a set of cordovan chukkas a couple of months ago, but held off until i could get a set of indy's in black.

wow, leathersoul !

simon

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