Bally of Switzerland

I have reviewed a lot of the lux brand retail stores of the Austin and Houston largely have been very impressed. That general attitude of the overconfident fashionista seems to have gone away from the Texas stores. I am from the Northeast, so I saw it a lot when I lived there. In Dallas, I definitely could come across it more readily, but there is something about the Austin and Houston stores … that expected snobbery just does not exist in a store such as Bally.
You don’t go to Bally to find a bargain. In fact you go to Bally to find the best and to be ready to pay for it. The question remains, what is special about a brand that it needs to charge $ 495 for a pair of shoes when I can find a similar style at a mid-​level retailer. I think two components allow Bally to be considered worth the money: the quality and the innovation. The loafers I am considering have probably the most polished «look» of any other shoe I have seen — and I have a lot of shoes. The leather is pristine, firm, and thick. It almost seems a crime to allow them to touch the ground. The other component I loved is this dissolved finish they are doing. In other words, you have a cordovan colored shoe. Then, at the tip and to the side of the heel, they design the item with this lighter color or a slightly spotted finish in a color called «raisin.» I had to ask the manager if that was intended, which he assured me it was. I thought it looked cool, and he agreed that most of their customers really like the look.
Another item that caught my attention was a killer pair of sandals — again fine leather throughout with a cornsilk-​colored stitching on the bottom. They retail for over $ 200. I was tempted.
My goal in life (other than staying out of the editorial pages) is to own a Bally suit. The materials are made out of butter, I think. The twill of the fabrics on the blazers et. al. are so smooth and tightly woven that you’d think you were wearing the finest fabrics to hit Europe. There is no irony in stating that you probably are.