Evolving Politics

June, 2012

In March you describe the classic loafer as brown ("Style," After Hours). But the Bass Weejun loafer pictured is cordovan—not flat, dull brown.Victor Santiago Miami, FloridaYou're right, though Bass calls it burgundy. There is also a shoe leather called cordovan, or shell cordovan, made from the hide of a horse's rump—one horse per pair.E-mail LEnERS@PLAYB0Y.COM Or write: 335 NORTH MAPLE DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210