If the hall was originally built on a shoe-string (the total cost of £175,000 a mere fraction of what any comparable building has cost), the aim this time has been – to use Peter Pears's phrase – "a rather better quality shoe-string".
"Not if you know quality shoes," Mr. Malkemus said, affecting a garmento accent.
"This is the only place to make quality shoes, thanks to generations of shoe-makers passing their trade down.
If you want to buy high quality shoes that are a little fancy, but not insanely fancy, it's very unlikely you'll find an Australian pair.
So if I look at it from a price per use basis, spending more money for the higher quality shoes has saved me money, time and aggravation.
Even our very own style gurus have learned a lesson or two about polished summer dressing: Victoria Beckham, the Duchess of Cambridge and Samantha Cameron have taught us the value of a good dress and quality shoes, or the power of well-chosen, properly-fitting separates.
All these ualities allow the manufacture of good quality shoes [3].
