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I think this is my favorite post of the year so far! I have no idea about the boots. I doubt there's anything specifically flamenco about them (I mean, not dance shoes) so: have you tried asking on a shoe maker forum, assuming there are any, or a fashion/style forum?
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According to Wikipedia Paco didn't move to Mexico full time until 1998, but surely he toured there. I mention it because the boots look to me like they might be Mexican.
And there are several boot makers in Texas who could make you a pair like that for a few hundred bucks. You might have to show up at their workshop to get you feet measured.
I didn't aked because i thought they were something flamenco but because they are so great looking !
Yeah I understand. I just meant that you might have more luck finding someone with a good eye for that sort of thing on a forum specializing in shoes, but you never know!
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Yeah I understand. I just meant that you might have more luck finding someone with a good eye for that sort of thing on a forum specializing in shoes
Now we are getting very close to justifying the title of this thread.
Bill
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"Anything you do can be fixed. What you cannot fix is the perfection of a blank page. What you cannot fix is that pristine, unsullied whiteness of a screen or a page with nothing on it—because there’s nothing there to fix."
They look like regular day-to-day leather boots, they are not for dance nor for horseback riding. I believe in English these are called chelsea boots. Generally these kind of boots go a little above the ankle and have an elastic fabric on both sides. However these ones appear to be slightly higher so they need to have a zipper on the inner side instead of the elastics.
As Richard suggested, try to find an experienced artisanal bootmaker and show him what you want.
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