Brown is the Kingsway you will actually wear. The black pair gets kept for occasions; the brown one gets worn on a Tuesday. It sits warmer under grey and navy, it does not have to be immaculate to look right, and it shows the small variations in the hide that black flattens out. John White describe the colour as an Amazon Rosewood blend of reddish brown, which is more use than the word brown on its own: there is red under it rather than flat chocolate. It is also the harder colour to buy badly. A brown Oxford a shade off your intention still works, where a black one that has gone dull simply looks neglected.
Grey flannel, navy wool, olive cotton, dark denim at a push. The single place it will not go is a strict black-shoes dress code, and there are fewer of those every year.
Six sizes, UK 7 through 12, whole sizes only and no halves in the run. the Kingsway is listed as a Standard (F) fitting, which is the width their guide describes as standard across the range and the one that fits most feet without argument. The last carries a name of their own: the True Gentleman's Last.
What else they publish is a high grade brown calf upper and a leather sole. On construction they say nothing, so neither do we. John White's own guidance is plain that Blake stitching and Goodyear welting are two methods rather than two rungs, so a shoe without a published construction is not automatically a lesser shoe. Three models in the range are Goodyear welted — the Foster, the Sergeant and the Turner; the Kingsway is not among them, and we will not decide the question on the maker's behalf. What is certain is the design work, done in Northamptonshire as it has been since 1919, with the making handled by partner factories. Its formal counterpart is the Kingsway in black.
Care: A brown cream to feed the leather every few weeks, then wax on the toe and counter if you want depth there. Match the cream a shade lighter than the leather rather than darker; you can always build colour, but you cannot take it off. Trees between wears.
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Brown is the Kingsway you will actually wear. The black pair gets kept for occasions; the brown one gets worn on a Tuesday. It sits warmer under grey and navy, it does not have to be immaculate to look right, and it shows the small variations in the hide that black flattens out. John White describe the colour as an Amazon Rosewood blend of reddish brown, which is more use than the word brown on its own: there is red under it rather than flat chocolate. It is also the harder colour to buy badly. A brown Oxford a shade off your intention still works, where a black one that has gone dull simply looks neglected.
Grey flannel, navy wool, olive cotton, dark denim at a push. The single place it will not go is a strict black-shoes dress code, and there are fewer of those every year.
Six sizes, UK 7 through 12, whole sizes only and no halves in the run. the Kingsway is listed as a Standard (F) fitting, which is the width their guide describes as standard across the range and the one that fits most feet without argument. The last carries a name of their own: the True Gentleman's Last.
What else they publish is a high grade brown calf upper and a leather sole. On construction they say nothing, so neither do we. John White's own guidance is plain that Blake stitching and Goodyear welting are two methods rather than two rungs, so a shoe without a published construction is not automatically a lesser shoe. Three models in the range are Goodyear welted — the Foster, the Sergeant and the Turner; the Kingsway is not among them, and we will not decide the question on the maker's behalf. What is certain is the design work, done in Northamptonshire as it has been since 1919, with the making handled by partner factories. Its formal counterpart is the Kingsway in black.
Care: A brown cream to feed the leather every few weeks, then wax on the toe and counter if you want depth there. Match the cream a shade lighter than the leather rather than darker; you can always build colour, but you cannot take it off. Trees between wears.
You can ask any question about this product.
Our specialists will answer you shortly!
