One of the most versatile actors of his generation, he inhabits psycho, soft touch, lover or loafer so convincingly that people often fail to realise it's the same man.
Known affectionately as "PNoy", blending his title, his own nickname and the national one, he is often portrayed as an amiable, rather happy-go-lucky loafer who drifted into Malacanang on a wave of nostalgia and popular sympathy following his mother's death.
Featured in roughly 130 strips in Judy an imitator of Punch magazine and in albums published separately between 1869 and the 1880s, Ally Sloper was a scheming proletarian loafer, the star of rather formless and crudely, even childishly drawn "gag" strips.
The news that former Fenerbahçe star Alex has flung off his wedding band and announced himself to be "out there" has thrown more than a few Brazilian clubs into a frenzy of loafer polishing, cologne dousing, and nostril hair plucking, in the hope of wooing the experienced midfielder back to their particular corner of the motherland.
The Balenciaga block colour loafer is exclusive to us in this colourway, and the stack heel looks great with wide-leg trousers – particularly in camel, as they incorporate some of that shade – and is quite easy to walk in.
Eerily, Gaucher received an order for a batch of Repetto shoes for Michael Jackson on the day he died, and after the singer's death the label's "Jackson loafer" – inspired by him and worn by Kate Moss – sold out in their Paris store and the company had to start a waiting list and increase production.
Heeled loafer, £1,750, Balenciaga 'Dolly Sandalss, £510, Opening Ceremony by Robert Clergerie Trousers, £50, Next , 0844 8448 939Minimal Shift Dress These Dior ankle boots are good for curvy calves because they come in at the ankle to focus attention on them.
Boy's Own Finish an androgynous look with a classic lace-up or loafer – the latter may come with a heel just now, but best perhaps leave that to the fashion victim.
They seem older and could be mistaken for historical nudes until you notice a pair of cheap loafer shoes, or a bulky wristwatch, which shifts the figure into the present.
Outside the UK, Clarks is seen as more premium and fashion-y than inside (think of Liam Gallagher or Hugh Grant in their original desert boots, as famous a world classic as the Gucci loafer).
Anxious to take advantage of every possible shopping second, an Italian man tried on two pairs of Vuitton shoes at once, wearing a white tennis shoe on his right foot and a loafer in gleaming black patent leather on his left.
