Discreet tassels don’t bug me. It’s the gigator, next-step-jingle-bells tassels that cause me concern. I get this feeling they must mean something, like colored laces on 'Docs used to.
[sub]The tassles on my shoes were really rather small. My hunny says I fit right, though…I only wore the shoes for a few months, really![/sub]
Oh, and Creaky, just my little payment back to you for that picture of you and OpalCat together. YOWSA! :: pant pant pant PANT PANT PANT PANT PANT PANT PANT PANT PAAAAANT ::
ugh
tassles are Extremely Bad Taste.
I know, I know de gustibus et coloribis non disputandum
but tassles???
To incontrovertibly demonstrate their utterly boozwha character.
Oooh, a quote in Latin, no less.
According to one’s lack of taste, there must be no dispute!
au contraire, mon ami.
There is no dispute about taste (and colours), but bad taste…?
yes, that is definitely open for debate
My wife just bought me a pair of black, tassel loafers. They are awesome. And they definitely increase my coolness, especially when I wear them with my plaid polyester slacks.
Just kidding about the slacks. I do have the shoes, though, and they’re terrific. Even more so now when I consider the fact that they seem to piss certain people off.
I think tasseled loafers on a man of a certain age are just fine.
I’ve seen tasseled shoes that look like crap (most), and those that look sharp (a few). Seems to me it’s about the shoe and how the tassels integrate.
Generally don’t like 'em, but I do have one pair from Nordstrom with tassels that I’m quite fond of, and have been complimented on a couple times…
Now that really hurt! Er, wait…did you mean a man who was younger? RThat’s what you meant, right?
Hmmm…tassels on loafers aren’t all that bad, IMHO.
It could be worse; these were hot fashion items for manly men at one time. 
Heh. I knew exactly what sort of shoes you were thinking of, even before I clicked on the link.
One of my favorite obscure sixteenth-century plays, Woodstock, has a great scene mocking the new fashion: