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    ALLEN EDMONDS APPRECIATION THREAD 2021: News, pictures, clothing, accessories, etc.

    A question for you all: why is the color range so much less complete under Caleres than previously? There are still, admittedly, a good range of colors for the major styles (especially the Strand and Park Avenue). However, many styles now come only in black, walnut, and chili/dark chili...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    Back in the day, you really couldn't wear the charcoal suit to funerals (and either the navy or the charcoal suit to weddings)? Was a black non-tuxedo suit really necessary?
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    Really? Why? I wouldn't have thought there's much in it, but I would have thought that coffee being basically a neutral medium-dark brown would make it a bit dressier than chili, where the reddish hues would make it slightly less formal (but not much).
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    Yeah, I don't know what happened there that I saw them as Strands. Just a brief brain malfunction.
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    You apparently have five pairs of Strands, so I can't work out which ones those are. They are not the calf weave Strand, obviously. (Incidentally, are your weave Strands in chili like mine are? Or are they walnut? Copper? Olive? Black?) And they're not suede/nubuck, either. So they must be your...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    There’s definitely green in it, to be sure. I was exaggerating for effect. But I had only seen the stock photos before, and they’re not so green as your photo. (Even in yours, it’s at least a brown-adjacent green, wouldn’t you say? There is way less difference between them and a brown shoe than...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    That's because they basically are a darker brown shoe! @gv7123456: agreed on this one? Or no?
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    Yes, I'm talking about calf. I agree that the shell is much redder than the calf. Also, I think that the weatherproof calf has less red in it than the regular calf - I ordered and returned a pair of the weatherproof chili Higgins Mill recently and it was almost plain medium-brown. And it...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    It could be, but I don't think so. For one thing, I've discussed it with store associates, and they've all agreed that chili is more brown than it is red. But as they are men, too, I'll note that I showed my pair of chili shoes (the chili weave Strand) to my wife and asked her what color she...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    I think it's worth clarifying, given that "red-er" is a comparative term, that chili is indeed "red-er" than cigar, but is not "red-er" than it is brown. The photos of it do indeed often look more red than brown, but every pair that I've seen in person has looked like a solidly brown shoe. It's...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    If you ask me, oxblood is going to look better than dark chili on any model.
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    I don't get why they discontinued oxblood for the McAllister but kept it for the Fifth Avenue. I think that the classic AE combination for those styles would be this: Black PA Dark brown or dark chili FA Walnut (or bourbon/copper) Strand Oxblood or merlot McAllister Sure, it's not a biggie to...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    I agree that the black sole is an improvement over the white sole, and I know that black accents are a traditional accompaniment to burgundy shoes (e.g. black laces and a black welt), but I think that for a burgundy sneaker, there are sole colors that would be preferable to either black or...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    The photos of that look about as olive-y (or greenish) as does Rancourt's shade of olive; that is to say, not very olive/green at all, but basically a shade of dark brown (in Rancourt's case) or dark grey (in AE's case), verging on black, and with just the barest hint of olive in AE's case and...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    I'm a bit surprised that they advertised them as "only" $275 back in 2012, or even 2014. I got my first pair of AE - cognac McTavish - from Nordstrom in January 2015 and they cost $176.90. I got a good discount, but I think the list price was $275. Perhaps it was $295. I'd have thought the...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    Nice! When was this? Them being $295 makes me think it must have been relatively recent. However, I've been following since late 2014, and I don't remember them during that run.
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    Is there any chance you would ever reintroduce the Strandmok in brighter colors of leather (e.g. blue/green - or something else)?
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    The green/blue Strandmok were on the 5 last. They had a Dainite sole - but to my mind, changing out a Dainite to a half-sole isn't a big enough difference to make it worthy of a new name. You can get Strands with a Dainite sole, a half-sole, or a leather sole, but they are still Strands. Should...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    Seems like this is basically a blue/navy Strandmok but the leather is slightly pebbled/grained (or at any rate has a texture to it). Are there any other differences? Either way, I wish they would just bring back the blue and green Strandmoks year round, instead. I have the green Neumok, so I...
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    Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

    I have 18 pairs of AE, but do not own a Park Avenue in any color, so my wardrobe needs are obviously different than yours. I have owned a black Fifth Avenue since June 2016, but I have worn it three times, I think (perhaps four, but definitely not five). A black cap-toe would thus definitely not...
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