Keaton shoes, another Yoox mistery

That hard to use google eh?

http://www.keatonshoes.com/man/good-year/tower.html

There you go. Obviously not shell and pretty obvious from the pics.

Actually, as someone who was looking at the same shoes for quite some time, and I'm very adept at Google, I also had an impossible time trying to track down any info on the brand. Primarily because Keaton brings up a whole host of keaton "type" shoes instead of the actual brand. And Yoox doesn't give any other info. Combining with hand-crafted, laser-cut, etc. just didn't get me any usable results. So, like the OP, thanks for the link (minus the snark). That said, I was very hesitant on them at the $422 that they've been listed at forever. But, in the hopes of seeing them come down in price, I ordered a UK9.5 (I'm a US 10.5+, almost an 11) to test the size and, if it was a really good item, I would have kept it at that price. While they fit fine, the quality just wasn't great. I don't whether they were seconds or something, but there were more little creases in the shoes than what I expected and the brogue'ing just didn't seem high quality, kind of like the detail was ratty at the edgers. Also, the toes were more rounded than I thought the pic looked like and I was hoping for a narrower look. Now that I see the retail is 300UK (~470US) I'd rather try getting them from the source in the hopes that they're of better quality than the Yoox versions. The $50 difference (at current pricing) would be worth it. Now if the Yoox dropped to ~$200-$300 and they had a 10.5, I'd be in - creases be damned. Hope this helps! ps - the link above is to the black version. The site also has a "coffee" version. I don't think either of those are what Yoox had. The ones I received were a very dark burgundy shell-like color but definitely not shell.

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Edited by StockwellDay - 11/22/11 at 11:24am

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