Brown is where brogueing earns its keep. The punching reads clearly against a mid-brown ground instead of vanishing into it, the seams that carry the perforation draw lines across the shoe and break up its mass, and the whole thing looks less like uniform than the black version does. Brown also takes polish unevenly on purpose. The toe and the heel go deeper year on year while the flat panels stay lighter, and that gradient is most of what gives an old brogue its character.
Two sizes are left in brown: UK 7 and UK 11. Nothing in between, nothing either side, no half sizes. This one either fits you or it does not, and there is no fallback within the colour.
F is John White's standard width across most of the range, so an ordinary 7 or 11 foot should be well served. If you are close but not close enough, the Duke in black still runs 8 to 12.
During the war the firm's directors and its workforce together raised £5,000 for the county's Spitfire Fund, and White handed it over on their behalf; the aircraft they bought was named Impregnable, after the line of shoes that had made the company's reputation a decade earlier. The name was worth that much to the people making the shoes. It is designed in Northamptonshire today and made up by partner factories. John White publish a rubber sole and a cushioned inner sole for the Duke and no construction type, so we claim none: only three models in the range carry a welt we can verify.
Care: Brown cream to feed the leather and a matching wax on the toe and heel to build the gradient. Keep the wax out of the perforation with a brush while it is still soft. Trees after every wear, and let a wet pair dry slowly and well away from heat.
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Brown is where brogueing earns its keep. The punching reads clearly against a mid-brown ground instead of vanishing into it, the seams that carry the perforation draw lines across the shoe and break up its mass, and the whole thing looks less like uniform than the black version does. Brown also takes polish unevenly on purpose. The toe and the heel go deeper year on year while the flat panels stay lighter, and that gradient is most of what gives an old brogue its character.
Two sizes are left in brown: UK 7 and UK 11. Nothing in between, nothing either side, no half sizes. This one either fits you or it does not, and there is no fallback within the colour.
F is John White's standard width across most of the range, so an ordinary 7 or 11 foot should be well served. If you are close but not close enough, the Duke in black still runs 8 to 12.
During the war the firm's directors and its workforce together raised £5,000 for the county's Spitfire Fund, and White handed it over on their behalf; the aircraft they bought was named Impregnable, after the line of shoes that had made the company's reputation a decade earlier. The name was worth that much to the people making the shoes. It is designed in Northamptonshire today and made up by partner factories. John White publish a rubber sole and a cushioned inner sole for the Duke and no construction type, so we claim none: only three models in the range carry a welt we can verify.
Care: Brown cream to feed the leather and a matching wax on the toe and heel to build the gradient. Keep the wax out of the perforation with a brush while it is still soft. Trees after every wear, and let a wet pair dry slowly and well away from heat.
You can ask any question about this product.
Our specialists will answer you shortly!
