Dr. Matthew Lammi

Stylish Stacy Adams Vintage-Like Shoes

It’s all about the shoes. Forget your Gucci or Farragamo loafers, step inside a pair of Stacy Adams wingtips and consider yourself stylish. Stylish enough for Tom Waites and Snoop Dogg to sing about the vintage-style shoes. “I’m an aficionado of Stacy Adams shoes,” says Dr. Matthew “Matt” Lammi, assistant professor of medicine in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Section of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, as he shows off his favorite shoes that are brown and tan two-tone leather wingtips, with an alligator print on the brown portion. “I bought them on in Philadelphia when I was living in the Italian Market area where I had the good fortune to discover Passyunk Avenue, with its tremendous men’s clothing stores that cater to old school Italian men living there. It didn’t take me long to discover the unbelievable selection of imported men’s shoes and one particular store that stocked Stacy Adams, an American company that makes handsome vintage-looking shoes. Once this particular pair caught my eye as looking particularly slick I was hooked.”

Imagine brand new shoes that look like the unique vintage ones of yesteryear. Well, of course, the history of Stacy Adams shoes began in 1875 in Brockton, Massachusetts, when William H. Stacy and Henry L. Adams started their business, and for 140 years the company has just kept making the same wonderful shoes that now look vintage. “When I moved to New Orleans in September 2012, I knew my Stacy Adams shoes would perfectly fit in,” Matt says. “I do love the individuality and the ability New Orleans offers to be yourself.” 

Matt’s main draw to New Orleans was the music. “Since I was a young, I have been a jazz, blues and early r&b fan,” he continues. “I seek my inspiration from musicians of an older era, and a great thing about New Orleans is that people are still like that here.  I particularly admire the style of Charlie Gabriel, the amazing clarinetist and saxophonist from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.”

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Part of Matt’s job is taking care of many patients through the New Orleans Musicians Clinic. “I get a lot of great comments about my shoes from them,” he says. “Northing makes me feel better than when a musician I admire asks me where he can get a pair of shoes like I am wearing. It’s not easy to find Stacy Adams shoes in New Orleans, but sometimes I get lucky at American Fashions on Canal Street.”

Fortunately, Matt’s wife Monik subscribes to his love of a specific shoe manufacturer. She is a gastroenterologist doctor at Tulane Medical Center and a native of Poland who attended Tulane Medical School. “I am pleased that Monik embraces my admiration of a particular shoe brand,” he says. “She gives me a new pair of Stacy Adams for Christmas each year. A fashion conscious pretty woman, I feel validated that she likes my Stacy Adams habit.”

Monik and Matt met in Philadelphia, where she went to do her residency after graduating from Tulane.  “We bonded over our love of New Orleans,” he says. “We married at Latrobe’s in the French Quarter in 2012, and, no, I didn’t wear any of my stylish Stacy Adams shoes for my wedding; I just wore a simple pair of shiny black tuxedo shoes. However, all of my groomsmen and I wore black Fedoras purchased from Mayer the Hatter on St. Charles Avenue.”

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Now settled in an historic house in the Irish Channel with Troy Robert, their five-month old son, Matt has just the perfect spot for his shoe collection. “Monik designed my closet especially with my shoes in mind,” he proudly explains.

Yes, shoes are important to the busy doctor. “I am not the most expressive person in words, but I like to think that my shoes say something about me,” he says. “I don’t know what they say, but the shoes definitely do the talking. I get comments almost every day about my shoes. I have many patients who say that they always look forward to seeing what kind of shoes I will be wearing that day. For that reason, I tend to wear my best and fanciest shoes on the days I have clinic. My favorite comments are always, ‘My grandfather used to wear shoes just like that.’”

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Matt definitely is a good fit in New Orleans where individuality counts. “I dreamed of living in New Orleans when I was young, and I knew if I never lived here it would leave me with regrets. Little did I know that I would love this city even more than I imaged. Where else can you live and make people happy by wearing funky shoes?”

 

 

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