Hey all,
I just bought my first pair of AE, the Randolph bit loafer. It's an amazing shoe in looks and quality, but fits much narrower than all other 9.5D size than I'm used to. The length is perfect, but the width is a bit too tight. I tried on a 10 and although they fit nicely, they seem a bit longer and I don't want them to stretch and become floppy later on. A few questions:
1) Can you recommend a good shoe stretcher for this shoe?
2) Do you recommend a full-toe or combination shoe tree from AE?
3) The description for the shoe says it was built in the 2016 last. On the AE link below, I only see 201, is it the same thing?
I've never used either a stretcher or show tree before and I don't want to risk damaging these. I'm moving on up and away from the days of cheap sub $50 shoes 🙂
Thanks,
M
I just bought my first pair of AE, the Randolph bit loafer. It's an amazing shoe in looks and quality, but fits much narrower than all other 9.5D size than I'm used to. The length is perfect, but the width is a bit too tight. I tried on a 10 and although they fit nicely, they seem a bit longer and I don't want them to stretch and become floppy later on. A few questions:
1) Can you recommend a good shoe stretcher for this shoe?
2) Do you recommend a full-toe or combination shoe tree from AE?
3) The description for the shoe says it was built in the 2016 last. On the AE link below, I only see 201, is it the same thing?
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I've never used either a stretcher or show tree before and I don't want to risk damaging these. I'm moving on up and away from the days of cheap sub $50 shoes 🙂
Thanks,
M