Marrying the comfort of sneakers with the elegance previously reserved only for formal shoes, dress sneakers have quickly risen to the top. No longer confined to the gym or a casual day out, dress sneakers are making their presence known in the office, at formal events, and even at some we...
The main difference you need to understand is formal and informal. There are safe formal dress shoes like Derby and Oxford, laceless informal dress shoes, and more decorative pairs of dress shoes like brogues that feature more textures and patterns to choose from. To find the right shoe, you ...
Derby Shoes See Bespoke Unit’s Shoe Reviews Read Now What Is A Driving Shoe? As the name suggests, driving shoes are designing to improve the overall experience when behind the wheel. They’re often referred to as driving loafers or drivers and traditionally have dot-like rubber pebbles on...
He was always referred to in formal style as ‘our Leader, Comrade Napoleon’, and the pigs liked to invent for him such titles as Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheepfold, Ducklings’ Friend, and the like. In his speeches Squealer would talk with the tears ...
When it comes to looking at Gurkha trousers, the answer is: It depends, but they can be made more formal, depending on the fabric that they’re made from. For example, Gurkha is made of silk, linen, and cotton; it really brings out a more casual summertime feel. If you choose a pa...
My shoes are fromCrockett & Jones; they have a wingtip with broguing and a silver buckle, from the Handgrade line. Matching the shoe buckles, I have a white gold ring with a Star Sapphire and baguette diamonds on the side. Today’s fragrance is Derby from Roberto Ugolini, who is also ...
The hat's heydey, however, was a vast period between the late 1920s and early 1950s when the functional hat was the finishing touch on the formal attire that men wore in that era—although fedoras have long been popular with women, too. By 1940, the man who would come to define ...
Franklin Pierce, the country's 14th president, lived here from infancy until his marriage in 1834. Built by his father Benjamin in 1804, the two-story frame and clapboard house in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, is now a state park and a national historical site, and includes a formal ballroom...
I must emphasise though, the fit has nearly always been better on the first pair than most ready-made shoes. So it's still a good fit. It's just not perfect. Perfection comes slowly, because fitting is tricky. You can't see how the foot is inside the shoe (unlike tailoring); you ...
Bow down not once but twice, don’t look into the eyes too much, take things with two hands and of course shoes off when walking into someone’s home. Reading on Japan I envisioned an extremely polite and formal culture, and after a few days I can vouch for this perception as a real...