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July 15, 2015

The Enduring Appeal of Ostentatious Loafers.

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By the eighties the Gucci loafer came to represent the pretentious bravado of pastel wearing undesirables.
From a sartorial standpoint, the shoe sat dormant for a decade plus (although to be fair, it never did lose it’s ironclad influence on unwavering preppy hotbeds like the UES, Palm Beach, and the Cape) before it was embraced by neo-trads who were infatuated by anything that once graced the pages of Take Ivy. While today the Gucci bit loafer is not as ubiquitous as it once was, it still remains a favorite of those men that could argue for hours about their favorite Whit Stilman movie, and are forever in search of a girlfriend named Muffy. | A Continuous Lean.

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In high school mine had tassles.

Posted by: ghostsniper [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 15, 2015 2:25 PM

In Vermont, boots.

Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 15, 2015 3:44 PM

Queers like them.

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 16, 2015 6:59 AM

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