Footwear

I have one pair of black dress shoes, a European-sole Allen Edmonds lace-up, and one tuxedo shoe, a soft patent-leather To Boot New York slip-on.

My everyday black dress shoes are formal Eccos. They need replacing.

I have brown summer loafers (also To Boot New York) and brown Kenneth Cole half-boots for the winter.

I own three pairs of Camper shoes: blue and beige suede, brown leather stitched, and black with tan laces.

With two negligible missteps, my sneakers have been Nikes since I was a boy’s size 1. My most favorite—for both appearance and comfort—were the second-generation Bo Jacksons from the late 1980s. My current pair has green-gray and black leather with bright orange laces and black soles.

My throwaround summer shoes, once the sole province of Top-Siders, are now a form-fitting pair of black Reef flip-flops.

And I have two pairs of Timberland work boots for inclement weather (one comfortable, the other more suitable for the office).

Footwear recently dispatched to Jersey Mini-Storage included the aforementioned Top-Siders, a beat-up pair of basic black To Boot New York military-style dress lace-ups, and Adidas-ripoff slide-on flip-flops with a New York Yankees logo.

I was going to write about the suits I’m having altered but my mind wandered.