Square Toad Blog

Ask Andy About Clothes - he's not a fan of square toed shoes

Just found this forum post on Ask Andy About Clothes, a cool website  that "is devoted to men's clothes -- what to wear, how to properly wear it,and the history of why we wear what we do.

But, it appears that Andy is not a fan of square-toed shoes:

"[Andy went into a store and] stopped in and spoke to Reggie, who wasn’t in such a great mood! I don’t blame him with all those ugly sweaters and square toed shoes to sell. Poor guy."

To be honest, I don't know if a square toe is in or not anymore.  I have 2 pairs myself and like how they look, and they are plenty comfortable...

Kenneth Cole New York - Living ON Edge (Cognac) - Lifestyle Departments

Kenneth Cole New York - Living ON Edge (Black) - Lifestyle Departments

Weighing in on the square toed shoe debate...

Just read this post on The Coherent blog regarding  a nice discussion about men's fashion and whether or not there can be any major changes in men's fashion trends if retailers don't help push the frontier.  And how same retailers "play it safe" in order to attract a mainstream audience. 

I like the overall discussion, and should probably do some more thinking about it, but, as usual, my immediate focus is on square toed shoes... and the post on The Coherent uses square toed shoes as an example of a mainstream fashion that retailers are not pushing out of the mainstream. 

I don't know, I am rambling because I spent 12 hours and $1,500 at Mohegan Sun last night and I am a mess...

A sad prediction from March 2006

Just read this post from blogger Anthony Bradley where he references a Cargo Magazine piece in March 2006 about square toe shoes for men being phased out as a fashion statement.  Of course we hope that is not true! 

Cargomag.com no longer exists, so maybe they didn't have all the answers...

Shout out to The Manolo

Should have started this blog with a shout out to The Manolo.  Obviously the pre-eminent shoeblogger out there.  Love the Gallery of The Horrors!

The Celebrity category is pretty funny too...