Derby shoe

A derby (UK: /ˈdɑːrbi/ ⓘ DAR-bee, US: /ˈdɜːrbi/ DUR-bee; also called gibson[1]) is a style of boot or shoe characterized by quarters, with shoelace eyelets, that are sewn on top of the vamp.

[citation needed] In American English the derby shoe may be referred to as a 'blucher', although technically the blucher is a different design of shoe where only eyelet tabs (not larger quarters) are sewn onto a single-piece vamp.

In modern colloquial English the derby shoe may be referred to as 'bucks' when the upper is made of buckskin.

[3] "White bucks", or light-colored suede or buckskin (or nubuck) derby shoes, usually with a red sole, were long popular among the students and graduates of Ivy League colleges.

[4] By translation, these shoes also became associated with elite law firms in cities of the Eastern United States, especially New York and Boston, giving rise to the name "white-shoe firm" used to describe these prestigious legal institutions.