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Looks pretty damn grainy to me!But is this full grain leather?
I don't because of toe pinch, but I wish I could for volume (these have way more than 65 and even feel longer as a result despite not being so). Hell, I can't even make them work except in boots, and that's a compromise fit. Some go down a width, some go down a length. Depends on how the 65 fits you.Serious question for those of you with shoes in both the 65 and 201 last do you change your size for them? If so which way do you go from your current 65 size?
Serious question for those of you with shoes in both the 65 and 201 last do you change your size for them? If so which way do you go from your current 65 size?
Serious question for those of you with shoes in both the 65 and 201 last do you change your size for them? If so which way do you go from your current 65 size?
Thanks, the struggle is realThis is a question with more than one answer. For me, the 65 last fits as a shoe or boot and blucher or oxford in 10.5D. However, this is not the case for the 201, which has such a full instep that my foot cannot fit it properly, and my heel pops out when worn in a shoe version. So here is how I wear each:
65 Oxford shoe: 10.5D
65 Oxford boot: 10.5D
65 Blucher shoe: 10.5D
65 Blucher boot: 10.5D
201 Oxford shoe: Doesn't fit in any size
201 Oxford boot: 10.5D
201 Blucher shoe: Doesn't fit in any size.
201 Blucher boot: 10D
Below are my merlot Randolphs, bought in a clearance sale as a sizing experiment (I had no AE loafers then) and subsequently polished only with Hermes Red in an experimental attempt to differentiate them from my (subsequently acquired) burgundy shell copy of the same shoe. The effect is hard to capture in an indoor photo, but they're basically a ruby red now and that has let them keep a spot in the closet.I use Mahogany on my Merlot Jeffersons. I have no shoes where I have used Hermès red exclusively. I usually rotate the red with other colors.
Me too — from snuff suede chelseas to chocolate mad dog goat cowboy boots to brown shell Patriots. The other advantage of gator is that it has enough visual interest to stand up to interesting shoe leathers like shell or ostrich or whatever without looking too matchy-matchy. The AE alligator belts are awesome and an incredible deal when on sale, like recently.I wear my brown Aligator belt with any brown shoe.
When not in a suit or a tux...
In the late spring/summer:
I wear lots of khaki/stone*/british-tan* chinos with navy/light blue/light pink/forest green/white polo shirts.
Other times:
I wear lots of navy/olive/british-tan* chinos with white/blue/blue stripe/pink button down dress shirts.
So, I would probably not have many occasions to wear a white suede Leeds.
I have this image of myself in clothes (very dapper) and then the current reality (boring but classic). When I was younger, 20s and 30s, working in Advertising Corporate IT wearing suits or jacket/tie most days, I was a very smart dresser and often complimented on my suit/shirt/tie/shoe pairings. Since most work environments went (business) casual, I went more boring and classic. For me, I simply can't pair a dress shoe (i.e. PA, 5A, Strand) with chinos because IMHO they should be worn with wool trousers.
* I have no idea why a chino lighter in color than khaki is called stone or why there is a color called british-tan when khaki was worn by the British military but that is a conversation for another day.
Uh oh, Strand King...
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That's hot. The silver laces are a bit silly, but who cares?!? Is this another Jewish festive (or other, sorry for my ignorance) model? I know there was a previous shoe that was black/blue as I recall as an alternative festive shoe to the red/green.
...I think I'd rather have these than my navy shell Strands...
I would go with whatever size best fits you with the unlined 65 balmorals. My Hopkinson fits fairly similar to my Strandmoks in olive. I wear the same size in 65 and 201 shoes and speaking only for myself, I don't feel and see much difference.
@stook1 Were these the ones you were looking at?
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I hope people are up for another version of "What would you choose and why?"
(I wish there was a way to put a poll in an existing thread)
If you could only have 2 Allen Edmonds dress shoes that needed to cover all of your dress-up wardrobe occasions (tux, suit, sport coat and tie for work, weddings, funerals, etc.) what would they be?
The first shoe is a given: black Park Avenue
What is your second shoe, in what color, and why that one?:
- Park Avenue, Fifth Avenue, Strand
- Cigar, Coffee, Dark Chili, Mahogany, Oxblood, Walnut
Personally, I am very torn. Limited to 2 shoes Walnut is out immediately because it is the least versatile color IMHO. I really like Oxblood but think it may be more limited than Chili or Mahogany or even Coffee so its a pass as well. I like the Strand but it is too casual if I can only have 2 dress shoes. Maybe a Fifth Avenue when I am only wearing a sport coat (or when I am not wearing a navy or gray suit). My choices would be:
Safe choice:
Not as safe choice:
- Park Avenue - black
- Park Avenue - coffee
Fun choice
- Park Avenue - black
- Fifth Avenue - dark chili
- Park Avenue - black
- Strand - Cigar