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"How its made" Italian shoes-wow
High end Italian shoes have over 200 manufacturing steps! but they sure look nice. Anyone like them high class shoes? Were talking men's shoes.
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01-03-2010, 01:17 AM
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Once you have worn a pair of shoes from Italy, you are spoiled. Used to buy most of mine there as we traveled there often. Simply wonderful and lasted forever.
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I saw that, it was very impresssive, so is the episode where they make Stetson hats!
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About the show, is it me or does that show put you asleep faster the any medicine available? I can watch it in the middle of the day and I'm knodding off. Must be the combinbation of the narrator's voice and the images of repetitive machining. I do like it, at least until my eyes close
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You don't have to go to Italy to get them. I have some Bruno Magli shoes that are the most comfortable I have ever owned. Some of my Johnston Murphy shoes were made in Italy and they are also like a second skin. Quality shoes are really worth the money. Most will last nearly forever, with the occasional new sole. I've had some pairs going on 30 years.
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01-03-2010, 06:12 AM
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I have an Italian cousin, and I was very surprised to hear that one of the reasons he came to the States this year was to go shoe shopping. --a bit counter-intuitive, eh?
I'll preemptively add; he is a very wealthy, accomplished, brain surgeon with very discerning tastes. ...no, he doesn't have webbed feet. ...I think. Anyway, apparently we have higher-end / higher quality builds here, than in Italy. I will note, that we (US) seem to fuss more over the foot-bed of shoes, than do the Italians. Oh, and he doesn't like frilly elements, so common in Italian shoes. (they do seem more focused on style than substance. ....think Ferrari 308 vs Porsche 911. )
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