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I Need a Black Shoe
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niidawg3
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I shelled out 8 large for my Midforts (worth every penny) and am currently ducking UPS on the customs dutiesOriginally Posted by bigbris1
The black Coombe are currently ~$450 and a steal (if they weren't a blucher, would kop)
you are so undecided brah ... its just shoes ... pick a pair and live with it!!!
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Allen Edmonds Park Avenue Seconds
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Originally Posted by bigbris1
I Need a Black Shoe
No, you do NOT.
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Perhaps this will be convincing enough - those are ugly ass captoes for your one black shoe, and I don't give a crap if they are EG.
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I really, really dislike captoed bluchers. But I like bluchers. In black, my choice for a blucher would be an Alden ptb in shell. My choice for one black shoe would be my old Alfred Sargent OneShoe:
But if I wanted a pair with broguing, as you do, I'd get the AS Hughes. For the same price as a pair of EGs, you'd get leather stiffeners, a fiddleback waist and various personalized features. A slip-on would work well from jeans to tux. Of course, you could also contact DWFII for something bespoke at just a little more than that.
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EG Berkeley:
Oxford and restrained brogueing...
I too would rather have the 202 in stead of the 888 in the picture.
MtB
Oxford and restrained brogueing...
I too would rather have the 202 in stead of the 888 in the picture.
MtB
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No, you do NOT.Originally Posted by SuitMyself
Yes, he does.
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Based on my experience with Sargent they are definitely on my future list, but I will reserve them for one-off styling which will not include a basic black shoe. The EG Berkely may be a winner. I did like the MacKay/Asquith in black 888 and wish they'd fit. I'd be set.
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this is actually Edward Green?Originally Posted by lee_44106
the stitching job is TERRIBLE.
Acceptable on Allen Edmonds, definitely NOT on EG.
I am missing the point here, can you elaborate on the stitching problem ?
@Bigbris: +1 on Berkeley in 202 or 82, I like also the Cadogan, Canterbury and Asquith.
I would definitely keep away from the one you pictured: derby -> casual, black -> formal: they dont fit the black shoes need (Some may argue the same about the Cadogan: brogue -> casual, I dont know why but they are wrong).
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I'm with Vox. St Crispin model 215 in black. http://saint-crispins.com/215_single.html
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