This article highlights the enduring appeal and iconic status of the G.H. Bass Larson Weejuns, a type of penny loafer known for its timeless design and quality.
When you work in an office full of stylish men, and when your job entails sending you to various events with rooms full of other stylish men, you start noticing little things. For me, for a very long time, one of those things were a pair of black penny loafers that I’d see everywhere, and always notice, because they just looked better than all the other black penny loafers. It didn’t take me long to figure out what kind of loafers they were: G.H. Bass Larson Weejuns, of course.
I’m convinced that if you put a handful of people all wearing black penny loafers into a lineup, and asked a stranger to point out the pair that looked the best, they’d point to the Weejuns every damn time. It’s an iconic shoe, and has been for decades. The timelessness isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, so now’s as good a time as any to hop on board the Weejuns train. Your footwear game is about to get so damn good. They look goodHere’s a good rule of thumb when it comes to loafers: If they’re good enough to be worn by guys like Paul Newman, JFK, and Michael Jackson, they’re good enough to be worn by you. And, yes, those are all men who actually wore Weejuns. Join their ranks.The Weejuns are less than £200, and in my book, their looks easily match or surpass loafers that cost ten times that much. That’s not really a surprise, I supposed, when you consider the fact that all penny loafers are technically iterations of the Weejuns. A brief bit of history: Back in the 1930s, well-heeled Englishmen started traveling to Aurland, Norway to fish for the area's legendary salmon. While there, they grew fond of the leather slip-ons favored by the locals and exported them first back home, and then to ritzy vacation spots around the world. In 1935, Esquire's own editors noticed them being worn in Palm Beach, Florida. Deciding to expand the shoes' reach in America, they teamed up with G.H. Bass and retailer Rogers Peet to get it don
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