Well, I took a short holiday. Turned out to be about 18 months. I didn't really have time to keep the blog going. In that time a lot has happened. The whole Ivy League Look has gone seriously overground. Not necessarily a bad thing by any means, as we're currently in one of the rare phases where the …
JSA Goes From Strength to Strength
Yesterday I was in town in the morning with some time to kill so I thought I'd drop in and see how John Simon's new store at Chiltern St was doing. This was only my third visit since he's opened a couple of weeks ago and the shop is getting ever more stock and slowly taking on an appearance of an …
Get Down To Eaton’s Before 9pm Tonight
Aquascutum were up there with Burberry's and Grenfell once upon a time. Here's a lovely ad from 1965. Better get down to Eatons before 9pm tonight, then. …
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Clarks Desert Boots: Loden Green
Alongside the classic sand suede the other colour long available in the USA (at least since the mid 60s) has been Loden Green. This has to be one of my favourite colours. in 1983 I bought a pair in the sale from K Shoes next to Tottenham Court Rd tube station (now a hole in the ground for …
What’s The Weejun Buying on Ebay: London Fog Maincoat
From this side of the Atlantic there has always seemed to be an allure to the London Fog brand - a classic name in American clothing. For many years I thought the company was based San Francisco - not sure exactly why. In fact they were (and still are) based in Baltimore, MD. In the 1980s …
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Weejun Wearer of the Week: Unknown 1940s Couple
Weekend Looks: The Paul Newman
Paul Newman Walking on the Beach in 1957 It's a wet weekend in Weejunland, winter not yet shrugged off. A simple post today. Just an iconic image, a new series for those days when a picture tells a thousand... …
What’s The Weejun Buying on Ebay? Maple Sportswear Windcheater!
The Weejun has been on a bit of a shoe spree recently on Ebay, but searching through tons of listings last weekend I found this little gem. It languished at $9.99 until yesterday when it ended whilst I asleep. I think I had competition from someone in Korea so I had a feeling it might go fairly …
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Norwegians: The Original Bass Weejuns Or Is it a Myth?
Update: Thanks to Anon Trad and Nick in the Comment for pointing towards the answer! Sorry if you clicked on this post looking for a photo or something, but this morning I was reading the one millionth slightly different version of who / what / where loafers and weejuns were invented and …
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What’s The Weejun Buying on Ebay? Walk-Over Bucks!
Had my eye on these off white bucks for the last week, and having had a pair of Walk-Over dirty bucks in the dim and distant past from John Simons (circa 84), and of course now that there is no longer the option of buying Walk-Over shoes new, I determined they should be mine. Although it's easy …
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