The Weejun

These amazing shoes actually don't fit me so in the interests of freeing up wardrobe space these Deadstock 1960s Bass Weejuns are for sale. Email your bids here: Worldwide shipping at cost plus insurance... Hot on the heels (so to speak) of my last lucky deadstock find, the Ivy League donegal … [Read more...] about For Sale: Deadstock 1960s Bass Weejuns N734 Boxed (and the REAL Definitive History of Bass Weejuns!)

Interesting advert showing the late 60s crossover between old world and new world use of Ivy...Great name too. Wren's of Fifth Avenue. Some background info here on the excellent Ivy League Style blog … [Read more...] about The Cakes and Ale Dress Shirt

Yeah I know. First that title sounds like a 1960s stag movie, second it appeared I'd fallen off the map again. Apolgies for the latter but not the former. I've just had zero time to keep up the posting in recent months with travel and work. I will try to rectify that. I know it's another shoe … [Read more...] about Dirty Buck Playboys!

The first of my trilogy of Argentine posts concerns something all readers will know is dear to the heart of The Weejun - desert boots. I've been wearing suede chukkas with crepe soles in various forms from the lowly to the rarified since I was about 13 years old and styles and fashions have come and … [Read more...] about Guido Hand Made Calf Desert Boots

Stop Press 31 May 2011 - John Rushton has a small number of the Loden green playboys now in stock with more to follow after the factory's quaint Whitsun holiday shutdown is over. Be quick as it takes months for re-orders, Sanders being so busy these days... I know this blog is becoming somewhat … [Read more...] about Sanders Playboy Chukkas in Loden Green (From John Rushton Shoes – Now In Stock)

I realise it's been some time since I posted on The Weejun but this has mainly been due to an extended trip to Buenos Aires & Montevideo. The seasons being upside down meant the search was on for classic leather and suede which led me to source some fantastic items that I will be posting on … [Read more...] about Seasonal Confusion! Ivy in the Argentine

Update: The LL Bean Suede Field Coat was too big for me is now on Ebay for 1p! I used to post a regular feature called "What's The Weejun been buying on eBay?" but in the last six months or so I've tried to steer clear of the obsession that trawling ebay can become. Sometimes, however things get … [Read more...] about What’s The Weejun Buying on Ebay? Vintage LL Bean Field Jackets (Now Back on Ebay!)

"Later in the year it may be necessary to furnish some of these garments with buttons instead of zippers" War rationing was heavy on zippers I guess! Still printing in colour though in 1942.... … [Read more...] about Speigel Leather Jackets 1942 Catalogue