A derby (UK: DAR-bee, US: DUR-bee; also called gibson) is a style of shoe or boot characterized by large quarters with attached eyestays (or facings, which hold the shoelace eyelets) that are sewn on top of the vamp. This construction method, also known as "open lacing," contrasts with that of the Oxford shoe's "closed lacing." In American English, the derby shoe may also be called a "blucher," although technically the blucher has a one-piece quarter-vamp.
A derby (UK: DAR-bee, US: DUR-bee; also called gibson) is a style of shoe or boot characterized by large quarters with attached eyestays (or facings, which hold the shoelace eyelets) that are sewn on top of the vamp. This construction method, also known as "open lacing," contrasts with that of the Oxford shoe's "closed lacing." In American English, the derby shoe may also be called a "blucher," although technically the blucher has a one-piece quarter-vamp.
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