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    great photo, looks like he has red shoe strings

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    Quote Originally Posted by SFCRick View Post
    great photo, looks like he has red shoe strings
    Yes, red shoe laces were usually worn with evening dress, sometimes with gold tassels at the ends!

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    Red Laces

    Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
    Yes, red shoe laces were usually worn with evening dress, sometimes with gold tassels at the ends!
    I seem to recall you were looking for a source of suitable red laces in a previous thread. Did you have any joy?
    "O, why the deuce should I repine, and be an ill foreboder?
    I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, I'll go and be a sodger!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fougasse View Post
    I seem to recall you were looking for a source of suitable red laces in a previous thread. Did you have any joy?
    I did not, actually!

    Good memory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
    I did not, actually!

    Good memory.
    Maybe, you could dye a current pair that you have. The gold tassels are another matter.

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