Allen Edmonds Manchester Loafer in Walnut, $7.99
The great thing about Allen Edmonds is that they rarely discontinue a successful shoe model and always have incredible quality. The Manchester is a part of their Timeless Classics collection and is still available here, for those of you entreated with acquiring the above shoe without the patience to thrift. Since they're made in the USA, you can all rest assured that your money is helping to keep honest Americans in business.
The tassel loafer is the perfect shoe. After being used on wall street in the 80's and 90's by the grown up Ivy crowd who popularized them in the 50's, they became a business staple, the tassel made it a more formal offering and a getaway from the oxford. Yet, their roots, both of the loafer in Norway in the 1930's and the tassel loafer at the hands of Paul Lukas and Alden in 1948 were in creating a more comfortable, less formal shoe. From informality to formality, the tassel loafer can walk it all. This hasn't escaped the eye of many current designers who are beginning to offer their own take on the classic jack-of-all-trades slip-on.
The tassel loafer is the perfect shoe. After being used on wall street in the 80's and 90's by the grown up Ivy crowd who popularized them in the 50's, they became a business staple, the tassel made it a more formal offering and a getaway from the oxford. Yet, their roots, both of the loafer in Norway in the 1930's and the tassel loafer at the hands of Paul Lukas and Alden in 1948 were in creating a more comfortable, less formal shoe. From informality to formality, the tassel loafer can walk it all. This hasn't escaped the eye of many current designers who are beginning to offer their own take on the classic jack-of-all-trades slip-on.