Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2020 - News, Pictures, Clothing, Accessories, etc.

[madhat]

Will be my first 'tan' shoes. Seem pretty casual. i'm guessing jeans and chinos is the way?

(Appreciate the re-enforcement. After pulling the trigger I saw all of the brown and cognac colors on shoebank for $50 less and and I was second-guessing not going w/ a more 'traditional' color)

Yeah, those will work great.
I also wear with flannels and Tweed, since I don't wear jeans much.

Also, the liner is the same nubuck on the tan pair!

 

[AEfaninTampa]

Shell Patriots today with my new expresso Ostrich belt. This belt is a bit tighter than my other belts of the same size. Most belts are loose on the second hole but this one is actually snug.
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Quarantine fifteen?

 

[mastakebob]

Yeah, those will work great.
I also wear with flannels and Tweed, since I don't wear jeans much.
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Also, the liner is the same nubuck on the tan pair!

Those are much browner, almost a matte walnut, than they look on the AE website. Website pics look almost greyish/antiqued. Hmm, that's a bit concerning.

 

[Shoenut]

My son stopped by today dressed very nice in a suit. I noticed he was not wearing a belt. Of course he ended up in my closet getting the Gator belt in black. I gave him the look. Without missing a beat my 32 year old son says to me, “ mom said that I can have it”. So I turn to my wife and she gives me the look. Then she says, “how would you like to loose your shoe allowance”. Shoenut looses another battle.

 

[stook1]

Love the prima ballerina, who will no doubt have fond memories of hangin' with dad (I assume?) and his great piles of shoes!

Thanks! Yes that's my little one... she's only 2 so not TOO likely to remember the shambles that is my closet currently - for better or worse.

At least we seem to be past the stage of curiosity related shoe damage, like gee wonder what would happen if I pour this sippy cup of milk into this shoe shaped container (yes, this actually happened. my wife, knowing this might be a catastrophe but not knowing what's what called me at work to explain what had happened and ask for direction for what to do. thank goodness it was some old sh-t pair of boat shoes that I haven't worn in years and years).

 

[Shoenut]

Those are much browner, almost a matte walnut, than they look on the AE website. Website pics look almost greyish/antiqued. Hmm, that's a bit concerning.

Never trust an AE picture.

 

[madhat]

Those are much browner, almost a matte walnut, than they look on the AE website. Website pics look almost greyish/antiqued. Hmm, that's a bit concerning.

They're a fantastic color, in my opinion, and definitely not walnut. The other picture is saturated compared to reality.
Snuff, tan nubuck, Walnut

 

[ProfilaBinding]

The final day of the lonely shoe week brings out the brown shell MacMeils. Once it was a rarity, but then became a bit more common when AE went brown shell for everything. That was just before they killed the MacNeils. John 11:35.

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Looks like covid has killed off a lot of shoes this last year (well, to be fair, some of these were clearanced before covid):

-MacNeil
-Badlands
-Bartlett
-Jefferson 2.0
-Leeds 2.0

 

[Shoenut]

Looks like covid has killed off a lot of shoes this last year (well, to be fair, some of these were clearanced before covid):

-MacNeil
-Badlands
-Bartlett
-Jefferson 2.0
-Leeds 2.0

Is AE planning a WFH line now?

 

[ProfilaBinding]

Is AE planning a WFH line now?

That's why they came up with the Strand sneaker.

 

[madhat]

Is AE planning a WFH line now?

I still see some form of WTF when I see WFH... Usually read it as what the fn hell, or WtFH.

That said, they were mostly done with this AExBB collab when BB announced their bankruptcy. So, sadly, I wouldn't hold your breath on these.

 

[Buck McFate]

Looks like covid has killed off a lot of shoes this last year (well, to be fair, some of these were clearanced before covid):

-MacNeil
-Badlands
-Bartlett
-Jefferson 2.0
-Leeds 2.0

What does it say about me, other than the fact that I'm an elder and I came late to the AE purchasing party, that of the five styles listed above I own three (MacNeil, Badlands and Leeds 2.0) and they are my favourites among the paltry (by the standards of this thread, at least) ten AE pairs I own? They're the shoes that feel best on my feet (probably just luck, considering I've never been fitted by an AE professional -- being Canadian and all, and an infrequent cross-border traveler, I have never had the reassuring pleasure). But the demise of the MacNeil has cut to the quick! I'm hoping that by some miracle they may be resurrected, and offered along with a two-brown-tone saddle shoe. Then I can pass, happy!

 

[cw-chesnut]

Is anyone else struggling to get a pair of AEs without large defects from the factory? I just got 2 pairs of Jeffersons delivered and each had black smudges on the shoes. I've attached a picture.

 

[madhat]

Is anyone else struggling to get a pair of AEs without large defects from the factory? I just got 2 pairs of Jeffersons delivered and each had black smudges on the shoes. I've attached a picture.

I received a great pair of olive yesterday, in fact. It does happen. Considering the price you likely paid for them, they're still a good deal. Less than a minute of work on those all they'll look like $500 bucks.

 

[Vincent George]

please disregard...trying to post on the phone...my apologies