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The Oxford Shoe The OXFORD Shoe This is where the vamp (the top of your foot) has a V shaped slit to which the laces are attached. This is also known as 'closed lacing' Examples of the Oxford Type Shoes are : Cheaney - CAINE (*pictured) (from their Signature Collection) : Plain Toe-Cap Oxford or John White - OXFORD (from their Classic Collection)

The Derby Shoe The DERBY shoe This is where laces are tied to two pieces of leather independantly attached to the vamp, also known as 'open-lacing'. They are not stitched to the tongue at the bottom which provides more flexibility. Examples of the Derby Type Shoes are : the Cheaney - NEWMAN (*pictured) (from their Signature Collection) or the John White - SALISBURY (from their Classic Collection)

The Monk Shoe The MONK Shoe This has a buckle fastening instead of the traditional Lace-ups. It can be decorated with toe caps, brogueing or left plain. It can be a dress shoe or a casual shoe. Examples of the Monk Type Shoe are : the Barker - JOSEPH (from their Professional Collection) or the Trickers - MAYFAIR (*pictured) (1829 Collection)

The Slip-On Shoe The SLIP-ON Shoe This type of Shoe has no fastening laces - moccasins, loafers, boat shoes and driving shoes can all come loosly under this heading. It can be either a dress shoe or a casual shoe and can have tassles, buckles or coin-holders (penny-loafers) for decoration. An exmple of a Slip On Type Shoe is the Loake - 1379 (*pictured) Moccasins are made out of one piece of leather and usually feature hand stitched aprons and sometimes lacing design or tassels attached. It is a casual shoe with a thin, flexible leather sole. Penny Loafer are set apart from the other loafers by it's decorative cut out leather bar across the front - a penny used to be slipped between the bar and the upper which is where the name came from. It also has an apron front.

Decoration : Plain Plain This is where there is no pattern - no brogueing or added bars etc... just the plain expanse of smooth leather or suede. An example of a plain shoe is the John White - MALVERN - a Plain Derby Shoe

Decoration : Full Brogue Brogueing - just means holes punched in the shoe uppers for decoration. Full Brogue The Full Brogue is where you have the brogueing on it's winged toe cap as well as it's seams. The Wing Tip is the rounded W you can see at the toe cap instead of the straight lined toe cap. On the toe cap the brogueing is usually arranged in an artistic geometrical patterns of varying sizes. The perforated panel extends either side of the shoe. The John White - WOBURN is a typical example of a Full Brogue Oxford Shoe. The full Brogue can come in the Oxford or the Derby Type Shoe aswell as in a Boot.

Decoration : Semi-Brogue Semi-Brogue The Semi-Brogue, or the half-brogue, is where the seams of the upped are usually decorated with brogueing and there is a straight toe cap at the front of the foot, with less brogueing than the full brogue style. A typical Example of the semi-brogue style is the John White - WINDSOR - a Semi Brogue Oxford Shoe

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