[Mike Petrik]

I've got to a stage in my life where I'm bored of good taste ....

Lord, please spare me that stage of life.

 

[Mike Petrik]

If you ... think they will last anywhere close to 15 years you have been conned.

All a matter of appropriate shoe care. For these shoes to have a fair shot of lasting 15 years appropriate care would simply be a single annual wearing.

 

[Mike Petrik]

Lord,
Spare me that stage in life where I become cranky and let someone else's shoe buying decisions lead to insult.

Are you seriously implying my simple comment was an insult? There is a difference, you know, between a disagreement and an insult.

 

[Mike Petrik]

It's fine to hold an opinion about a particular brand or entire subset of clothing, ie. Italian fashion brands. Fine.

But to go beyond that and start to call someone a troll or to say that such choices reflect some projected lack of taste ....

But didn't the OP actually say he was "bored of [sic] good taste."? So why are you criticizing Roger for agreeing with our troll friend? And are you going to psycho-analyze me too? Go ahead, but kindly don't send a bill.

Seriously, to arrive on a forum that discusses the meaning and boundaries of tasteful menswear and pronounce that you are bored with such things is a precious definitional example of trolling.