Comments on: The Shoes for the Navy Blue Clothes http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: La BellaDonna http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-442731 La BellaDonna Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:23:21 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-442731 Yet the Christian Dior paired the navy with the black accessories (including shoes), most successfully - also, the brown with the black accessories. Oftentimes, La BellaDonna finds, It Just Depends. She is partial to a medium or pale grey with navy; red with navy; white with navy; burgundy with navy. If she were feeling daring (which she does not often consider with navy), she would be tempted by green with navy - even the lime green with the navy. Yet the Christian Dior paired the navy with the black accessories (including shoes), most successfully - also, the brown with the black accessories.

Oftentimes, La BellaDonna finds, It Just Depends. She is partial to a medium or pale grey with navy; red with navy; white with navy; burgundy with navy. If she were feeling daring (which she does not often consider with navy), she would be tempted by green with navy - even the lime green with the navy.

]]> By: La Petite Acadienne http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-439035 La Petite Acadienne Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:37:57 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-439035 Oxblood -- the deep burgundy red - goes lovely with navy as well. Oxblood — the deep burgundy red - goes lovely with navy as well.

]]> By: abby http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-438136 abby Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:13:13 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-438136 huh, you learn something every day! i'd always heard that the no-navy-and-black rule was because it made you look like you were trying to match and failing. huh, you learn something every day! i’d always heard that the no-navy-and-black rule was because it made you look like you were trying to match and failing.

]]> By: Jamie http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-438108 Jamie Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:49:26 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-438108 I just finished writing a 3 part entry on the unwritten though commonly known fashion rules called "Pre-emptive White Pants Wednesday." This notion was prompted by a few of us ladies in the office wearing white pants on a wednesday prior to Memorial day, hence the title. Let me tell you, everyone had an opinion from my mother, to co-workers, to boutique owners. You can read it at www.shoeflyer.com. If you click on the "In Jamie's Shoes" banner on the right you will be taken directly to the writing. It was a fun piece to write! And who knows, maybe it will stir more fashion faux pas's and farces banter. What fun! I just finished writing a 3 part entry on the unwritten though commonly known fashion rules called “Pre-emptive White Pants Wednesday.” This notion was prompted by a few of us ladies in the office wearing white pants on a wednesday prior to Memorial day, hence the title. Let me tell you, everyone had an opinion from my mother, to co-workers, to boutique owners. You can read it at http://www.shoeflyer.com. If you click on the “In Jamie’s Shoes” banner on the right you will be taken directly to the writing. It was a fun piece to write! And who knows, maybe it will stir more fashion faux pas’s and farces banter. What fun!

]]> By: Renée http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437752 Renée Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:52:43 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437752 ... I like red shoes with navy. This comes from my Catholic upbringing in which nuns always told us that little girls who wore red shoes were very naughty.Not only naughty but nautical as well.It's a perfect combo. … I like red shoes with navy. This comes from my Catholic upbringing in which nuns always told us that little girls who wore red shoes were very naughty.Not only naughty but nautical as well.It’s a perfect combo.

]]> By: Bridey http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437655 Bridey Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:31:46 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437655 Comma Queen said: "However, I must say, you should have asked, 'Should she not be lying on the tropical beach,' instead of 'laying.'" You're forgetting the cabana boy :) Comma Queen said: “However, I must say, you should have asked, ‘Should she not be lying on the tropical beach,’ instead of ‘laying.’”

You’re forgetting the cabana boy :)

]]> By: Toby Wollin http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437298 Toby Wollin Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:19:52 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437298 Poochie - do you mean to tell me that some poor horse is going around rump-less because of two pairs of shoes? Egad. The reason I don't wear navy shoes with navy clothes is that I can't seem to find a "navy" that matches. They seem to either be too grey or too black or too something else. So I end up wearing brown or ahem, cordovan. But cream...I'm going to have to investigate that. Poochie - do you mean to tell me that some poor horse is going around rump-less because of two pairs of shoes? Egad.
The reason I don’t wear navy shoes with navy clothes is that I can’t seem to find a “navy” that matches. They seem to either be too grey or too black or too something else. So I end up wearing brown or ahem, cordovan. But cream…I’m going to have to investigate that.

]]> By: Poochie http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437135 Poochie Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:30:38 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-437135 Cordovan is a soft, smooth leather originally made at Córdoba of goatskin but later made also of split horsehide, pigskin, etc. It is regarded as one of the most luxurious and durable leathers available. The cost of this leather is high due to its limited supply. Made from the rump of a horse, only two pairs of shoes can be made from a single horse. With proper care, a well made pair of cordovan shoes can last a lifetime, with improving patina and luster throughout its life. The term "Cordovan" has come to describe a color when talking about cloths and leather in particular, so to communicate that an article is in fact made out of true Cordovan Leather, a seller will usually advertise as "Genuine Cordovan" or "Genuine Shell Cordovan" It is a very dark burgandy brown. Pantone defines it as CMK 30-80-60-30 which corresponds to RGB 137, 63, 69 and #893f45 Cordovan is a soft, smooth leather originally made at Córdoba of goatskin but later made also of split horsehide, pigskin, etc. It is regarded as one of the most luxurious and durable leathers available. The cost of this leather is high due to its limited supply. Made from the rump of a horse, only two pairs of shoes can be made from a single horse. With proper care, a well made pair of cordovan shoes can last a lifetime, with improving patina and luster throughout its life.

The term “Cordovan” has come to describe a color when talking about cloths and leather in particular, so to communicate that an article is in fact made out of true Cordovan Leather, a seller will usually advertise as “Genuine Cordovan” or “Genuine Shell Cordovan”

It is a very dark burgandy brown. Pantone defines it as CMK 30-80-60-30 which corresponds to RGB 137, 63, 69 and #893f45

]]> By: Nadine http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-436976 Nadine Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:39:42 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-436976 I'm so sorry, what's cordovan? (It's not my fault, I'm from New Zealand.) I’m so sorry, what’s cordovan? (It’s not my fault, I’m from New Zealand.)

]]> By: Tailypo http://shoeblogs.com/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-436574 Tailypo Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:42:46 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/23/the-shoes-for-the-navy-blue-clothes/#comment-436574 Oh Manolo, I must confess a certain disappointment with the brevity of your discussion of the great Navy Suit Shoe Controversy -- which in my mind rivals Nature v. Nurture in its endless permutations, vehement opinions, and ultimate unprovability. The rule I learned at my shabby-genteel mother's knee was: Black Shoes With a Navy Suit Make You Look Like The Postman. It was cordovan or go barefoot, as far as she was concerned. I was shocked to discover (through a co-worker's comment at my first post-collegiate job) that for many, back shoes are considered the only proper choice with a navy suit, and that my cordovan shoes were considered 'brown' -- the depth of footly faux pas when it came to navy. Oh Manolo, I must confess a certain disappointment with the brevity of your discussion of the great Navy Suit Shoe Controversy — which in my mind rivals Nature v. Nurture in its endless permutations, vehement opinions, and ultimate unprovability. The rule I learned at my shabby-genteel mother’s knee was: Black Shoes With a Navy Suit Make You Look Like The Postman. It was cordovan or go barefoot, as far as she was concerned.

I was shocked to discover (through a co-worker’s comment at my first post-collegiate job) that for many, back shoes are considered the only proper choice with a navy suit, and that my cordovan shoes were considered ‘brown’ — the depth of footly faux pas when it came to navy.

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