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Will do after the niners game today. And bought the 403sreally said I wasn't spending any more money but too hard to pass up.
Yes, I'm waiting for the Pats and Denver...
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Will do after the niners game today. And bought the 403sreally said I wasn't spending any more money but too hard to pass up.
BBBF Black Shell LWB today:
Natural Cmxl Indy's came in from Shoemart today. Pics to come.
Mac, treatment on Chromexcel leather work the same way as your method for shell, or are there other special considerations?
my wife and 2 kids all have strep throat. We are stuck in the house all weekend. I just spent the last 5 hours brushing, polishing, and venetian shoe cream'ing 7 pair of Aldens.
Ahhh, the sweet smell of shoe care fumes in the basement.
Naturally, I've identified my next purchase!
The Alden x Leffot Ravello PTB with commando sole is really talking to me. They're scheduled for delivery in mid-2012. Those are next, unless, of course, some other beauty works her way into the conversation. It's good to hear from you, NYR. It turns out you and I share two nasty habits: Alden and Epaulet Walt trousers.**** man, hope you guys get better soon, and that you don't catch it...strep is a biatch.
and that will be???
New forum member and new Alden fan here. Here's my story. So this holiday season I resolved to retool my wardrobe. I'm a 40 year old humanities academic who never really stopped dressing like an impoverished grad student. I have some nice things, but they're all performance gear related to hiking. For instance, smartwool baselayers, Limmer hiking boots, Arc Teryx goretex jacket/pants. But I don't have any nice office clothes, and nowhere is this more obvious than with shoes. In the last 15 years, for instance, I can count up purchasing and discarding 17 pair of ill-fitting, ugly, cheap "dress shoes". This includes many, many pair of Camper shoes that I got on sale and which all fell apart after a year or so.
So in my wardrobe makeover everyone says start, or at least concentrate, on shoes. I learn that if I spend $300 instead of $100, I get get sewn on soles that promise multiple resoles and many years of use. I knew this in terms of hiking boots, but for some reason never made the connection to office wear. So I go to Allen Edmonds in Boston and check out my first nice shoes. Allen Edmonds, from the friendly and super helpful staff in their store to their all around famed customer service, is a company and brand I immediately like. But many of the shoes I see in their store look like factory seconds. There are scuff marks on the leather in many models I see, and weird creasing, coloration in other models. Yes, I'm being more picky than usual, but for $300 I'm underwhelmed by their offerings. (And I say this as someone who went into the store really, really wanting to like Allen Edmonds and who really liked the staff I worked with!) Alas, I'd rather pay $500 for very good quality control than $300 for shoes that have obvious blemishes.
So I go to Shoemart which isn't too far from where I live and check out Aldens. I don't love the price point and reading about the company their customer service is not so well regarded as Allen Edmonds (see young clay b's story on Ask Andy). But I reluctantly try on several pair and boom, done . . . I'm hooked. I buy a pair of color 8 PTB and after a week of wear I love them. I find the white creasing to be beguiling on the color 8 and I want more. Plus, I need a full rotation so I dont prematurely wear my shoes out. So the next week I pick up a pair of color 8 cordovan chukkas and a pair of suede chukkas (which I think are gorgeous in the snuff color). But I want more cordovan, and the next day I pick up a pair of cigar chukkas. At this point, my wife is about to kill me, though what she doesn't know is that I've already placed orders for cigar longwings and a pair of whiskey ptb. So at the moment I have a pair of color 8 ptb, a pair of cigar and color 8 chukkas, and a pair of suede chukkas. That's four pair in a month with two more on order. Glad to have the obsession. And no, none of you here have helped me control the symptoms. God help us all. P.S. I wear an 8.5 D in the cordovans on the Barrie last, and I bought a 9D in the suede chukkas on the leydon last. I think I need a 9E on the suede chukkas, if anyone is interested in a trade. I've worn them only once, but I know they're tight.
The Alden x Leffot Ravello PTB with commando sole is really talking to me. They're scheduled for delivery in mid-2012. Those are next, unless, of course, some other beauty works her way into the conversation. It's good to hear from you, NYR. It turns out you and I share two nasty habits: Alden and Epaulet Walt trousers.