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Jazz Shoes for Guys?

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Paris is the land of Repetto, so girls have raided dance stores for white jazzy Oxfords for some time.

But now, guys are getting into them, too!

We really love these black and white ones from French sneaker shop Schmoove , which also makes a white patent leather male jazz shoe.

The website has a good selection of amazing shoes for guys – another indication that men in Europe are much more shoe-conscious than Americans, which is a mixed blessing (pointy alligator dress shoes for guys are like, normal here).

But perhaps the look will get lost in translation and never make it overseas.

Will you let your boyfriend get jazzy?


—ALISON COOL

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posted by Elisabeth in Paris

Jul 27, 2007 10:51AM

Alison, have you been to La Perle yet? Count the jazz shoes is a drinking game my friend and I made up there last summer. Anyway it's something to do while you wait for your waiter to notice you ...

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posted by Phoebe

Jul 27, 2007 10:54AM

I like those pictured a lot. They're sporty and classic at the same time. Can't you just picture them with some nice khaki shorts for the summer?

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posted by Hector

Jul 27, 2007 11:54AM

WTF?! No shipping outside the EU. Ugh. Fist in the air!

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posted by katie

Jul 27, 2007 11:58AM

My boyfriend's idea of fashion is those damn vertically striped shirts.

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posted by Sammyb

Jul 27, 2007 3:15PM

My boyfriend has been wearing them for months and I laughed at his obsession with white pairs and teased him mercilessly...I owe him $$ as I bet him he was the only straight man wearing those...I guess I'm wrong and he is a style guru!

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posted by cl

Jul 27, 2007 5:13PM

Serge Gainsbourg would only wear repetto's and Jane Birkin seemed okay with it--I'm with her.

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posted by MegO

Jul 27, 2007 5:14PM

I wish. I have a hard enough time pleading with him not to buy tevas.

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posted by bart

Jul 28, 2007 1:50AM

Yeah, these were all over every straight boy in London over a year ago. I really like this website because I find it funny but this constant six-months-later trend spotting is a bit dull. Like, rompers? Please.

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posted by guest

Feb 22, 2008 6:18PM

www.schmooveusa.com you can buy Schmoove at Odin, American Rag, Steven Alan, Fred Segal Conveyor, Alter, Oak, Blue Bee, Blackbird and Ian.

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posted by guest

Sep 15, 2008 12:42AM

I'll say this once, AFTER ELEVEN APPAREL check it out, pretty cool.

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