The Derby Shoes and the point does the

and the point does the rest

tape and stitching

no fastening — just two elastic gussets set into the sides and a loop at the heel to pull them on

so it moves rather than hanging straight

water-resistant for everyday wear

The Derby Shoes and the point does theOur notes We should say at the outset that we love these shoes. They're the pair that gets picked up and turned over in the studio, and the naming took longer than it should have not quite a loafer, not quite a derby, and briefly a candidate for just being called The Shoe. The line is the loafer's: an unbroken sweep from the throat over the vamp and out to a long, softly pointed toe, with no lacing, no seam, nothing to interrupt it. What it borrows