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Originally Posted by JLibourel
I am wondering if A-E's chili-colored sole and edge dressing would fill the bill. I thought they had a chestnut-colored one as well, but I can't find it on their website.
That's the way I went when I discovered that A-E doesn't have anything lighter (and that no one else does either). It's certainly not perfect--a little too red for some tans--but works pretty well with my English chestnut-colored shoes. Mind you, what the Brits call chestnut has definite reddish tones in it and is not to be confused with A-E's version of chestnut. On some shoes, I like a lighter edge dressing because it allows the layered leather in the heel to show to advantage. However, one can certainly get by without edge-dressing by simply applying polish (tan in this case) to the sole and heel edges--being careful while doing so not to get it on the bottom. When I follow that drill, I usually end up by giving the bottom of the soles and heels a rub-down with ordinary isopropyl alcohol before wearing the shoes.
