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Alden Tassel Loafers - Opinion Please
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fantastic shoes! I receive some slack for tassel loafers since i'm in my mid 20's, but i really like them.
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The tasselled loafer is purely American. It was invented by Paul Lukas and Arthur Tarlow of Alden in 1948, the very model that is pictured here.
Like all classics, it will always be fine. The ones that are not made by Alden (or the version that Alden altered for Brooks Brothers in 1957) never look right to me.
So, yes: they are fantastic.
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Like all classics, it will always be fine. The ones that are not made by Alden (or the version that Alden altered for Brooks Brothers in 1957) never look right to me.
So, yes: they are fantastic.
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The tasselled loafer is purely American. It was invented by Paul Lukas and Arthur Tarlow of Alden in 1948, the very model that is pictured here.Originally Posted by voxsartoria
Like all classics, it will always be fine. The ones that are not made by Alden (or the version that Alden altered for Brooks Brothers in 1957) never look right to me.
So, yes: they are fantastic.
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lobb makes tasseled loafers (foxtons?) that look fine, sw1 USED to make nice tasseled loafers (and still does for rubnnaci (sp)), the loafers that lilbris is trying to sell off also look nice.
But the aldens are classic and the standard, specifically the cordo ones. Lets see if mine fit.
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lobb makes tasseled loafers (foxtons?)Originally Posted by ThinkDerm
I don't know if I would call those tassel loafers
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lobb makes tasseled loafers (foxtons?) that look fine, sw1 USED to make nice tasseled loafers (and still does for rubnnaci (sp)), the loafers that lilbris is trying to sell off also look nice.Originally Posted by ThinkDerm
Euro-trashy.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
But the aldens are classic and the standard, specifically the cordo ones. Lets see if mine fit.Originally Posted by ThinkDerm
Mine are No. 8. But your post reminds me that I'm in a rare dry spell without a pair of the BB version with the heal foxing in black calf...I'll have to rectify that ASAP.
Thank you for the prompt.
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Great shoes but in shell cordovan.Originally Posted by forex
Very classy. But shell cord is the only way to go.Originally Posted by Bellison
While cordo is great, so is the reverse calf.
They're all great.
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I have those in cigar shell. They are hawt.
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