Thrift Couture
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Your pair inspired mine. Lbvs!Your pair reminds me of mine.
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Your pair inspired mine. Lbvs!Your pair reminds me of mine.
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Not sure if this is a good thing or bad, but over the years Loden has represented almost the entire spectrum of greenish colors. My Loden Strands are a very bright green with no hints of grey or brown. It is a color that you need to see with every introductionLoden suede finally picked up. I absolutely love love this color. I need more Loden in my life.
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With it's TS19.2 sibling.
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If you're looking for oxfords, Alden's Hampton last cures the large v gap for @smfdoc . He's able to get pretty good closure as I recall if her sizes correctly in Macs and Leeds.Aaaaah. Thank you. I have "bad" closure on all my shoes, which I assign to just being a 3E and/or having high insteps too. Do any 3E's here have good closure to report, as in not a wide "V"? Thanks.
If you're looking for oxfords, Alden's Hampton last cures the large v gap for @smfdoc . He's able to get pretty good closure as I recall if her sizes correctly in Macs and Leeds.
Thanks. I really just am curious to know if any 3E's wearing AE's experience good/appropriate closure or if instead, the majority do not. Like me. ☺If you're looking for oxfords, Alden's Hampton last cures the large v gap for @smfdoc . He's able to get pretty good closure as I recall if her sizes correctly in Macs and Leeds.
Thanks. I really just am curious to know if any 3E's wearing AE's experience good/appropriate closure or if instead, the majority do not. Like me. ☺
I think you find this across all sizes. My foot is narrower but I get good closure on a Strand. But if the Strand is made from suede, it is quite a large V gap. I have a decent arch on a very flat foot. In the 65 last a 9.5B is a great fit at the ball but tight across the top of the foot. In a C width, top of the foot is perfect but their is excess leather across the vamp. My more formal pairs in this last are B width and I try to go with a C width in weaves and suede. In the 201 and 1943 a B width fits great all over. Not as many options in those lasts though.It really depends. Some pairs I get good closure and some are not quite there. They do get better as they break in, but some pairs just never quite make it there and some are there right from the start. Most of my pairs are on the 65 last, so this isn’t really a difference in lasts either.
Loden suede finally picked up. I absolutely love love this color. I need more Loden in my life.
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With it's TS19.2 sibling.
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I’m right behind you. Love that green shell. If not 1st ave, hopefully something. Maybe MacNeil...Green Shell 1st Ave. I really wish I picked up a second pair. *Fingers crossed for TS20.2.