John Lobb Brown Rubber Overshoes
Something new I learn every day. Admittedly I’ve been rather shoe-crazy lately, what with my recent buy of brogues from both Prada and Dr. Martens. To make matters worse, I’ve been trawling online retails sites, blogs and even magazines to see if I missed anything else worth getting.
While going through Mr Porter, I came across these, the John Lobb Brown Rubber Overshoes, which I never knew existed till today. Not technically shoes, but rubber sleeves you put over the leather shoes to protect them from rain and snow, they are specially made for John Lobb shoes which can easily cost from GBP655 and up.
Designed to fit seamlessly, they retail for GBP125 and come in different sizes. All well and good of course, provided you’ve got a pair of John Lobbs to protect in the first place. I guess the bigger question is, do you think they can (and should) be worn alone on its own as a pair of casual loafers?
Image: Mr Porter
I have seen something like this in some Japanese online store. They are not for specific brand of shoes though. It’s more like a “rain coat” for shoes.
These ones are, but I suppose there are general purpose ones.
came across the “rain coat” for shoes again here:
http://www.plazastyle.com/plaza/promo/ch/shuella/index.html
To think rationally, who would wear suede or very precious footwear out if you know it’s going to rain?
And who would bring an extra pair of rubber shoe protector JUST IN CASE it rains?
Most people, I believe would skip the suedes and simply wear boots or those cheerful gumboots when it rains.
I think no one should be wearing these out on its own… For GBP 125, i think you can get shoes wayyy nicer than those!
they can be worn only during emergencies… doesn’t look appropriate on its own in normal situation.
i doubt they would be comfortable…
i will need overshoes if i’m Cinderella trying to get to the prince’s ball while trudging thru snow cos my glass slippers wont hold up and the pumpkin broke down…
on other days, i wont risk getting caught in overpriced crocs lookalike!
I doubt that it can be worn on it’s own. From the picture, it seems like there’s a recess area for the heel to sit in. It’s a clever design though…
There is another profilic producer of “galoshes”. Norwegian brand called Swims. They come in different colors and they also have models for women/high heel shoes.
http://www.swims.com/#/galoshes
Thanks for the tip Tommy! Now you’ve got me looking for a pair online…
http://bagaholicboy.com/2011/09/swims-loafers/