The Official Artisanal "streetwear" footwear (boots, shoes, sandals) thread (Guidi, CCP, Augusta, M.

[KitAkira]

Some Ann D from LN-CC.

Scamasciato Boot in Ink Blue

Not sure why no one came in to address this, but these AnnDs are beautiful. Not a fan of the super wide vamp, but that leather is gorgeous.

Quote: Don't you mean Adiciannoveventitre‽

Quote: Zips bother me because they're unadjustable. My little ankles don't tend to fit zip boots unless I size down which has its own gaggle of problems

 

[eckblk]

Nope, I meant Augusta

 

[Abraxis]



hey guy, despite what my join date says to the left I've been here a bit longer than you and I know how he operates.

he said he does like zips, but only on MMM boots which I believe he owns . this is just another instance of him glorifying his personal taste. look at his signature for heaven's sake.


it's his schtick and we love him for it

I didn't even look at your join date because imo making any sort of generalization based on join date is doomed to fail. I think every human glorifies their personal taste to some degree. That was kind of my point. That what he said was merely reflective of his own taste rather than some sort of contrarian move.

Basically all I'm saying is if you read his post: "Hate zip boots, only good ones are non-goth margielas." as "I hate zip boots, the only ones I like are non-goth margielas." Then there is nothing objectionable to what he said in the slightest. Unless you make it a habit of taking issue with one's personal opinion.

My brain makes that sort of translation automatic now when I read forums. It makes me less upset all the time. Up to you how you wanna roll and how upset you like be though! Personal preference, amirite? Or maybe that's the sort of realization one can only make leveling the **** out of one's join date like I apparently have?

Hrm, eckblk. For whatever reason the non reversed way kills all boners I have toward that style. Baby jesus weeps, but my wallet is pleased.

 

[jet]

Hate the look of back zips and they look too smooth on a goth boot unless the objective is to be a smooth lookin boot a la margiela side zips.

The reason kent thinks I'm a contrarian is because I voice my opinion about stuff I don't like, I don't voice my opinion when everyone likes something and I like it too unless I have something to add. If everyone said they love lace up 5 hole boots I wouldn't post "yes I love those too". Therefore, I only post when I disagree and in this case I now offered an explanation for why I do not. I couldn't give a **** about ease of taking on and off I don't do that constantly and the look of laces on a carpe type boot is superior in my opinion.

 

[norcal_indy]



Hate the look of back zips and they look too smooth on a goth boot unless the objective is to be a smooth lookin boot a la margiela side zips.

The reason kent thinks I'm a contrarian is because I voice my opinion about stuff I don't like, I don't voice my opinion when everyone likes something and I like it too unless I have something to add. If everyone said they love lace up 5 hole boots I wouldn't post "yes I love those too". Therefore, I only post when I disagree and in this case I now offered an explanation for why I do not. I couldn't give a **** about ease of taking on and off I don't do that constantly and the look of laces on a carpe type boot is superior in my opinion.

I appreciate the perspective for sure. To be honest, I'm close to purchasing and I hadn't read much in this thread about the tradeoffs among styles with respect to laced vs. zipped and hadn't really considered any downside until you voiced your opinion. I don't necessarily know if I agree with it, but it did sort of wake me up from "I must have any of these boots" daze I've been in since this thread started. For $2K+ I would hope that the boots are as close to perfection as possible and it would suck to end up with something I don't love just because I didn't think through the purchase.

 

[aether]

when I refer to zip boots I don't just mean zip-only boots. Boots that have zips and laces are ace too.

 

[the shah]

how contrarian of you !

 

[dmash]

Yeah, not fond of zip only, but the lace + side zip combo on combats looks fantastic imo

 

[Earnest Hemingway]

I like backzips on sneakers or boots with laces as well, but sidezips, esp. not on the instep, kinda bother me when combined w/ laces.

 

[DLester]

Either zips or laces are good for me; depends on the style of boot and what is appropriate. I will continue to wear and buy both.

 

[dmash]



pics please

Yo man i posted a pic a couple of pages back, they're from the guy I bought them from, but they're way better than what I can do with my simple point and shoot

 

[hurhur]

What would be a good price for a new mint Guidi back zips?

 

[eckblk]

From a stockist? 1050usd shipped to the USA. (mid height, not ankle versions)

the the classifieds- 6-7 hundred usd, Guidi's have no resale value at all, from my experience.

 

[jet]



Either zips or laces are good for me; depends on the style of boot and what is appropriate. I will continue to buy and sell both.

fixed that for you big homie

 

[Lane]



From a stockist? 1050usd shipped to the USA. (mid height, not ankle versions)

the the classifieds- 6-7 hundred usd, Guidi's have no resale value at all, from my experience.

err, I usually see them around 900 or so used.