Word: cordovan
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...small man arrived cognito in Rome recently. Nobody recognized him despite the distinctive white-on-white shirt and the pale grey glistening tie. But within a few days he had turned the deep eyes of Vittorio De Sica from cordovan brown to a fatigued Chinese...
...four Justice Department aides out of bed to accompany him, the Attorney General and three dogs set out at 5 a.m. along the towpath of the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Where the path was not slick with ice, it was gooey with mud, but Bobby's scuffed Cordovan oxfords never faltered...
Dressed in his three-piece suit and heavy cordovan shoes, Mr. Rondelle sizzles in the Cambridge summer. The sweat and heat of his Harvardman's body, however, are nothing compared with what goes on in his button-down mind. The Harvard tradition from which he descends is that of narrow-minded, straight-laced New England Puritanism, with its inane and unhealthy repressions...
...appeared suddenly at the door, sleek and jolly, a friendly flabby hand extended, and announced that he represented a clothes manufacturer which was making a survey of college styles. We took the hand and then made our own survey of its bearer, who was wearing brown--from cordovan shoes to a brown print (very tasteful...
...loafers and Dacron hose have retained their popularity. The most practical shoe is still the Cordovan with plain toe. Contrary to common belief, Cordovan is not a brand name, but refers to any shoe made of horse-hide, the toughest of leathers used in shoemaking...