Costume Suitsupply en laine soie et lin. Mocassin vert Aubercy. #aubercy #shoes #parisianstyle #sartorialist #sartorial #elegance #elegant #menfashion #fashion #chic #classy #dandy #gentleman #gentlemen #gentlemanstyle #suitsupply #gentlemenstyle #menwithstyle #style #suit #classicstyle #stylish #menswear #menswardrobe #mensweardaily #outfitoftheday #ootd (à Aubercy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cex7i7hLd2W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Can't wait wear these beautiful loafers from @aubercy next week ☀️ #aubercy #madeinfrance #loafers #andrel42 (at Geneva, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeHaazGL7Er/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#aubercy vintage https://www.instagram.com/p/CetrSRRoohj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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The Vega loafer, to order from Aubercy in Paris at https://www.aubercy.com/en/the-made-to-measure-loafer/
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@hiroshi_tsubouchi 2021 Spring&Summer collection His various iconic shoes have a classic look, round tie shape with modern twist. Comfortable like trainers. It’s very fun and lively like his outfits yesterday. Thank you Tsubouchi san😊#hiroshitsubouchi #wh #enzobonafe #aubercy #mensshoes #mensstyle #mensfashion https://www.instagram.com/p/CCc8tfpJClx/?igshid=19si93v4s5eqg
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The Aesthetic Shock of Shoes
[English version of the previously posted French article “Le soulier de ville, le banal et l’élégant”]
They say if you want to know if a man is well-dressed you should look down. If so, your eyes may stay locked in the blank stare of banality. Or in the incredulous shock of eccentricity. It’s the same, really, as consumerism can take the form of a wild selfish and adolescent pseudo-rebellion or the form of stale practicality.
Since casual now reigns supreme, the sneaker shoe has become the pervasive norm of casualness. Not as a pleasant and private alternative to slippers, but as an emblem of rejection and distrust against classic menswear.
Sneakers have thus massively replaced classic shoes. Of course, they would. Requiring only limited skills, having the simplest of designs and the cheapest of materials, they can be quite profitably produced.
The marketing of cool can take care of business, promoting a vague legacy of sports and a dynamic outlook. It’s really the epitome of the urban upper class desperately wanting to flaunt their shameful corporate coolness. Hence the ‘sneakers and suit’ oxymoron (emphasis on the second part of the word), claiming sartorial finesse and the arrogance of sheepish transgression.
One can only wonder at the short-term and self-defeating strategy of sartorial shoe brands who try and sell expensive sneakers.
The dress shoe is about leather. And leather is a cultural connection to history and man’s attempts at protecting their feet. Boots may have been all the rage at a time, but their domesticated outcome was the urban and ubiquitous low shoe: derbies and oxfords and loafers, monk and spectator shoes.
The World Championships in Shoemaking reminds us regularly to celebrate the corresponding skills and aesthetic legacy. The geek in us may be fascinated by technical aspects — welts and Cuban heels, channel closings and waistlines — but what makes a shoe a show-stopper is its design.
There’s magic in the mysterious balance of patterns and shapes. It’s actually what makes a shoe something of a live leather sculpture. The enigmatic seduction of a last, the minute details, the infinitesimal punctum of an eagle-clawed toe— it’s all winking at you in the subtlest of ways.
The sure-footed principles of basic models like oxfords and derbies are a foundation enabling a wealth of adornments—brogueing, medallions, Balmoral line— open to interpretation and invention, leading to renewal within permanence. The classic dress shoe is about those patterns that can be transformed into new designs with an infinity of expressions and nuances, of colours and shades. As a common enough accessory, the shoe is thus a strangely unsettling and forever surprising source of subtle shapes.
As for many things, consumerism has replaced maintenance and skills by blind forgetfulness and it would seem — at least in Paris — that not many people still know how to shine their shoes. It explains why high-gloss workshops have been burgeoning like secret Victorian parlours displaying marvels for the initiated enthusiasts to gather after dark (like the wonderful Mes Chaussettes Rouges workshop by @quenteu). It seems to be the last resort to preserve a dying practice.
Still, well-maintained quality shoes quietly shining at the end of your leg add a smiling glow to an outfit, and as a reminder of forgotten craftsmanship, they truly show what they are about, blending authentic practicality and portable aesthetic pleasure.
Shoes by Aubercy, Crockett & Jones, Aubercy et Yohei Fukuda
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Stunning Lupin loafers from Aubercy today 👍 #aubercy #madeinfrance #lupin #loafers #andrel42 (at Geneva, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfD4E-zL92g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#aubercy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg43iAJopVL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Mes somptueux Lupins superbement rénovés ! Merci David @refletsdecuir. Son amour du travail bien fait et son expertise technique font merveille. #refletsdecuir #daniellevychemisier #aubercy #frenchelegance #parischic (à Place de l'Opéra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtY4F3_Bd-Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a3yr7uwd8kov
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