John Fluevog Men's 205 Pine St. Oxford

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In 1985 john opened his first US store, steps away from the seattle pike place market. Among the antique dealers, comic book sellers, fishmongers, local farmers, and small family-owned head shops operating in the covered arcades, john felt right at home in his new store. With just enough money to refit the space, john had to sell his car a 1973 periwinkle blue e type jaguar to stock his new location and its stockroom across the street With fabulous fluevogs. Almost 15 years later, john moved the seattle fluevog store to 205 pine street, right around the corner from the first us john fluevog store. Continuing the fluevog heritage by using classic partial blake construction with soles and uppers made from hand-polished, high grain italian leathers and suedes, the 205 pine street is a gentleman's monkstrap with two buckles, and an instep panel, ideal for any classy, modern man. John and his longtime friend and ex-partner, Peter Fox, go waaaaay back. Before they founded Fox & Fluevog in 1970, they worked at Sheppard's, a venerable Vancouver shoe emporium, albeit a tad on the conventional side. As you can imagine, John and Peter felt a wee bit constrained, selling brogues all day to businessmen in suits and servicing only the occasional hipster. Then one day the miraculous happened, and it was followed by the inevitable: an old warehouse full of turn-of-the-century footwear (men's & women's, in mint condition, no less) became available at a ridiculously low price. In a nanosecond, John and Peter were out the door and into their own store, fully stocked with brand new fifty-year-old shoes that, in 1969, were right in style. Fox & Fluevog immediately became the very coolest place to treat the feet, and has remained so ever since. Around 1980, Peter heard the siren song of New York City and moved there to open his own store, specializing in design of ladies' (particularly wedding) shoes. John took over the business and built it into the multinational mega corporation it is today, along the way forging his undaunted reputation for the world's most distinctive shoes.