Proper Trees–The Shoe Collectors Must Have
Clothing, Stuff | (1)
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You may have deduced that I’m a collector….From esoteric cars, to vintage sport watches—more on that soon, to Buddy Lee Dolls.
But, without being a nut, I tend to make my clothing, suits/ties/shoes last a really long time. As a UCLA student in the 80’s, I was lucky enough to work at what was SoCal’s epicenter of preppy/trad, At Ease. With outposts in Westwood, Newport Beach, Pasadena and Tokyo, At Ease carried the best in American made Trad clothing—Norman Hilton, Southwick, Gittman shirts and Alden shoes. While this ...