I'd Wear That...

[WayneK]

What do you think? I'd love to get a pair of Playboy's chukkas but they're a little expensive, so this is the cheaper alternative, a new spanish brand named The Seeker.

They pop a crepe sole under a playboy sole?

[greenstreet]

Very fast, Wayne & you're right, it's an odd detail, think I'll go down to the store and see them in the flesh

[Red Steve]

Clarks do something similar and without the "odd" looking sole:

http://www.stuartslondon.co.uk/footwear-c67/casual-boots-c71/clarks-originals-desert-earl-cola-suede-boot-203558626-p14567

Cheaper too...........

[Spike]

With the seekers, as I scrolled down I was seeing a beautiful pair of boots. Then that abomination of a sole. What were they thinking of ?.

This is a pet hate of mine when designers take a classic and decide that it needs a twist, and that they have the vision and style to pull it off.

Classics are classics for a reason and these add ons are invariably awful.

Now I'll take a sedative and go to bed.

[Lurker]

I'm liking this jacket but don't know much about this company - anybody?

http://www.bosidengmenswear.com/uk/jackets-coats/casual-jackets/wool-mix-padded-casual-jacket-24016

[Corduroy Underground]

Delicious Junction do a Playboy version in a few colours they have called "The Bullitt" - costs  a little more than the Clarks one , though -haven't seen them in the flesh  http://www.adaptorclothing.com/products/del-junction-bullitt-tan----delicious-junction-60s-thick-crepe-sole-suede-mcqueen-playboy-chukka-boot-sand.html or http://www.deliciousjunction.co.uk/Bullitt--Brown%282926751%29.htm

[markrulesok]

I'm liking this jacket but don't know much about this company - anybody?

http://www.bosidengmenswear.com/uk/jackets-coats/casual-jackets/wool-mix-padded-casual-jacket-24016

they were briefly discussed previously in the thread but i dont think anyone had first hand experience. I saw them in a GQ feature, and they have a london flagship store so I would imagine it isn't complete crap... but only one way to find out!

[BB Sedgley]

Delicious Junction do a Playboy version in a few colours they have called "The Bullitt" - costs  a little more than the Clarks one , though -haven't seen them in the flesh  http://www.adaptorclothing.com/products/del-junction-bullitt-tan----delicious-junction-60s-thick-crepe-sole-suede-mcqueen-playboy-chukka-boot-sand.html or http://www.deliciousjunction.co.uk/Bullitt--Brown%282926751%29.htm

fitzgeralds closet on facebook have some playboys in stock going well below RRP

[greenstreet]

Clarks do something similar and without the "odd" looking sole:

http://www.stuartslondon.co.uk/footwear-c67/casual-boots-c71/clarks-originals-desert-earl-cola-suede-boot-203558626-p14567

Cheaper too...........

Steve, thanks for the tip, Stuarts didn't have my size (british 6, eur 39), but I've found them, even cheaper, in the Clarks website. I've seen the Delicious Junction boots too (thanx, Cord), but the Clarks ones have a stronger resemblance to  the Playboys, not just in the sole but in the 2 eyelets or the whole silhouette of the boot.

[Red Steve]

You're welcome Greenstreet...glad you found what you wanted..always better than a compromise.