Published by Swiss James on 18 Nov 2008
Shoe Tuesday: Movember shoes
Quick recap for anyone who only checks in here once a week:
- All November (AKA “Movember”) I’m growing a moustache
- It’s for charity - with the money going to Prostate Cancer research
- f you donate to me you get a password to view a special post where you’ll see how the moustache looks today
Now admittedly, growing a moustache isn’t hard- no harder than growing nose hair in fact- but it is very very annoying.
When I eat soup I have to wipe the thing down after every spoonful, it tickles my nose when I’m asleep, and more than anything I have to really watch what kind of clothes I wear with the damn thing.
There doesn’t seem to be any reason to it, but when I wear certain shirts or jeans I look either like a Spartak Moscow fan, or Mr Gay UK 1985.
[N.B I'm not talking about new, cool, "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" / Tom Ford / Toby Maguire kind of gay, but oldschool Freddie Mercury / "The Blue Oyster" bar kind of gay. Not a good look.]
It’s a minefield, and I’m struggling to get through it to the end of the month.
Luckily though a young man called Nige has come to the rescue.
Nige writes:
Dear James,
I was recently strolling through the backstreets of Shinjuku when I saw a familiar Italian Plumber: (Super) Mario.Knowing that his bushy moustache is very close to your own personal style, I decided to follow him and pick up some fashion tips.
After a few streets or running and bouncing his head off bricks, Mario dived into a traditional Japanese Onsen to jump on some mushrooms and have a quick soak.
Here is a photo of the shoes he left at the door.
All the hairy chest,
Nige
Thanks Nige.
So now I know which shoes go with the ol’ soup strainer, it’s just a matter of tracking them down in Shanghai.


















