The White Parts Must Be Suede Fashion for Beauty

The White Parts Must Be Suede

Posted June 13th, 2011 by Charlie Iredale No Comments »

The two-toned correspondent or spectator shoe and the American saddle shoe in either brown or black combined with white or cream are staples of summer. And the key to wearing any of these properly is that the white portions of either must be suede, whether Nubuck, reversed goat, hard to find buckskin or some other material and never, ever, white calf.

White calf you see exists only to make either shoe a little less expensive to sell and significantly easier to maintain, giving up as it does the contrast between shiny leather and matte suede that is the essence of the combination. That concession in turn says all the wrong things about the wearer’s priorities. Far better to give up the two-toned look all together, for a shoe made entirely from unlined white or ivory suede, ideally with a red rubber or brown crepe sole, is handsome and seasonally apropriate as well as an uncompromising choice that is significantly easier to maintain.

The white parts must be suede.

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