Mr Hare shoe pornographer.

The first luxury brand that I ever really got interested in was Mr Hare. There was something about that first collection, titled Purest Form, that had made a category of shoes - black dress shoes - suddenly the most rock n roll, badarse things on the planet whereas before my experience was that of arguing over what my school shoe would be in Clarks with my fiery haired mother. They never had originals in Derby but admittedly I didn't know what that was then. I definitely wasn't about to rock up to school wearing wallabies and quoting Ghostface but still. Nah mean!?

Anyway to continue my adventure of shoe discovery I quickly ate up everything I could about the brand and the man (Marc Hare is the big guy with dreads who runs the label) and it quickly became a firm favourite. I looked on with respect, excitement and the kind of lustful inspiration that maybe I could do something like that one day. He has a shop in Mayfair around the corner from DSM so he's #livingthedream.

But in recent seasons there are two or three models that have been brought in to the collection that I actively dislike. The first is the trainer. Why? Leave trainers to companies that create classics and leave the Prada sport to Prada. The trainer comes in a couple of designs one of which is a German Army Trainer and the other one is an original design which looks like an air max mated with a square ended lace up. 

The next is the sandal. These I don't mind so much but I am not sure anyone should ever be that comfortable. Where would you rock these anyway? Am I jealous I don't have a yacht? Yes. Aqua Riva is the only place to wear these.

Don't misunderstand me though the rest of the collection is beautiful and full of. my favourite shoes that I can't afford. Nice.

Here are my three favourites and where/how I'd wear them:

 Blue leather Freud boots - would wear these day to day to just walk in the room and create a presence. Wouldn't necessarily have to wear anything with them because you'd be creating a presence... right?

Genet black and python - fucks with these because of the absolute badman nature of the shoe. Mad tassle game yo. You could be ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND FEEL LIKE RICK ROSS WOULD FEEL LIKE IF HE WAS REAL.

Arno slipper in black suede: <<< suede slippers. In black. Rabbit fur lining. I don't need any other words to justify this choice. Black suede rabbit fur lined slippers. Luxury Ninja.

Seth.