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April 15, 2013 By Nick Joelson 2 Comments

Dead Man’s Shoes Part 1 – J. M. Weston Black Monkstraps

Dead Man’s Shoes Part 1 – J. M. Weston Black Monkstraps
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It’s been a while since I have written about shoes. Not since last year when I bought my pair of Pembroke Country Brogues by Crockett & Jones. Even though I may not have written much, a lot has happened to my shoe collection since.

Not only has my collection expanded via a few purchases and a birthday gift, but a number of pairs have been gifted to me out of the blue (as a stroke of “pure manifestation genius” according to my partner and blogging inspiration, Laura) by my lovely aunt.

It started when I received a call from her saying that she was clearing out some old unwanted boxes of clothes from a friends storage unit and that she had found a number of interesting looking shoes in a box. My aunt, who was made aware of my passion for shoes one birthday when I asked for a pair of shoe trees that cost £60, thought of me as some of these shoes had similar looking wooden trees in them.

Obviously I said that I was very interested and not to do anything with them until I got there. I had no idea what to expect and the only description I got was one pair had some buckles on them and the other were a type black brogue.

I arrived to be greeted by the strong smell of musty clothes that had been in storage for over a decade and among other things a pair of J.M. Weston Black Monkstraps.

Here they are after a quick clean. I have to point out that these shoes are at least 10 years old were totally unworn. Amazing! I would not be one to buy monk straps and have never previously owned a pair, but the fact monkstraps have made a comeback this year makes them all that more a appealing.

Anyway, here they are in the full glory, enjoy…

J M Weston Black Double Monk strap cap

J M Weston Black Double Monk strap close

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It’s worth noting that J M Weston have recently opened a brand new store at 60 Jermyn Street
London SW1Y 6LX.

I’ll write a follow up post shortly for the other 2 pairs so stay tuned…

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Filed Under: Men's Style Tagged With: Dress Shoes, JM Weston, Monkstrap

Comments

  1. Antoine Becaglia says

    May 30, 2013 at 9:09 am

    Nice article. Being French I had my first pair of Weston at my 16th birthday…never really rated them highly and soon preferred British handmade shoes – although Bowen and John Lobb still are my favorite brands.

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    • Nick Joelson says

      June 16, 2013 at 11:56 pm

      Hi, thanks for the comment. You can’t beat a pair of British made shoes and John Lobb’s are very special.

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