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

[Shoenut]

Raspberry today.

 

[LA Guy]

Hey guys,

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[donkeyhoatie]

Trying to decide if I can be "that guy" who wears suede long wings with shorts. In some lighting, the gray no-shows are closer to the gray of the MacNeils than others. Outdoors at 10:00 in the morning? Not so much. Oh well.

 

[tcbinnc]

Wearing white suede Nomads again today. The last the Nomad is made on is the most comfortable (for my 8EEE feet in a 9EEE shoe) of all the A-E lasts. Still sorry A-E never made a white suede Whitney wingtip, The Whitneys were made on the same last as the Nomads, and had big holes like many British wingtip shoes.

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For fans of "A-E In The Wild" pictures, standing in front of the remains of the Santa Monica CA post office, which has been vacant for many years. Still wondering, since there is such a thing as "creative office space" is there also such a thing as "destructive office space"?

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For fans of food pictures in shoe threads, 68 years on...

On June 2nd 1953 watched the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on television.

Today went to Ye Olde King's Head in Santa Monica CA and had a Coronation Chicken sandwich (Coronation Chicken was invented by Constance Fry and Rosemary Hume for the Queen's Coronation banquet) and champagne with my tea.

Broadcasting the coronation in the United States was a triumph of American ingenuity by the pioneers of television broadcasting in the United States.

The Great Coronation War

In the infancy of television (but not of American royalty-worship) the networks fought their first all-out battle for supremacy over who would get to show Queen Elizabeth II being crowned

www.americanheritage.com

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For fans of random pictures in shoe threads, maybe no one is playing chess becausethey are afraid of being eaten by dinosaurs.

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@Roycru. If you do have a middle name, I would guess it's Dan, 'cause you are just that Dapper. Nice look! ?

 

[tcbinnc]

Trying to decide if I can be "that guy" who wears suede long wings with shorts. In some lighting, the gray no-shows are closer to the gray of the MacNeils than others. Outdoors at 10:00 in the morning? Not so much. Oh well.

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@donkeyhoatie. The look you describe sounds perfectly suitable to me. ?

 

[AEfaninTampa]

Suede with shorts? Absolutely acceptable. FYI, shell long wings with shorts is also acceptable.

Try to unsee that.

You’re welcome.

Happy Friday!

 

[Remington Cashmere]

Suede with shorts? Absolutely acceptable. FYI, shell long wings with shorts is also acceptable.
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Try to unsee that.

You’re welcome.

Happy Friday!

I thought jorts were mandatory for Florida

 

[JFWR]

Carbon strands last night, freshly polished:

 

[dpgaloot]

Thanks guys, I truly appreciate it. I thought I was pushing limits wearing shell loafers with no-show socks and jeans for an outdoor dinner tonight. After some of the photos here today, I'm nowhere near the limits even with my pasty white ankles.

 

[Genericuser1]

Happy Friday gents.

Snuff Pattons today.

 

[wasmisterfu]

You probably won’t like the break that this shoe will have. Not acceptable for that style. I would be ok if it were a Leeds that I could wear with jeans. But this style is too much of a dress shoe for that.

Even if it were possible for the shoes to have received my recommended pre-wear conditioning (which I’m pretty sure would have minimized the initial creasing on the left shoe, which I’m also pretty confident was a result of being tried on), those shoes are a light colored plain-toe so they’re gonna crease, and their creasing and wear will show. IMHO, it goes with the territory.

The bend in that leather looks okay to me. I used to be super neurotic about this stuff until I blew huge bucks on some bespoke whole cuts from a certain well known English shoemaker (worst shoe purchase evar, IMHO)... and the creasing turned out just like every other pair of plain toe and whole cuts I own.

 

[wasmisterfu]

Trying to decide if I can be "that guy" who wears suede long wings with shorts. In some lighting, the gray no-shows are closer to the gray of the MacNeils than others. Outdoors at 10:00 in the morning? Not so much. Oh well.

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You can wear LWB's with anything... including speedos.

 

[Shoenut]

Even if it were possible for the shoes to have received my recommended pre-wear conditioning (which I’m pretty sure would have minimized the initial creasing on the left shoe, which I’m also pretty confident was a result of being tried on), those shoes are a light colored plain-toe so they’re gonna crease, and their creasing and wear will show. IMHO, it goes with the territory.

The bend in that leather looks okay to me. I used to be super neurotic about this stuff until I blew huge bucks on some bespoke whole cuts from a certain well known English shoemaker (worst shoe purchase evar, IMHO)... and the creasing turned out just like every other pair of plain toe and whole cuts I own.

I don’t like the right. Just above the scuff, there is a scar on the leather. Too far off the bends for me. And I am ok with a lot of imperfections. Hopefully you don’t have any underlying weak spots, and that one scar is it.

 

[wasmisterfu]

I don’t like the right. Just above the scuff, there is a scar on the leather. Too far off the bends for me. And I am ok with a lot of imperfections. Hopefully you don’t have any underlying weak spots, and that one scar is it.

I tell ya though, I'd love to have a shot at cleaning those up. I feel like I could make'em look pretty spiffy, imperfections and all. I guess that's the vintage - restoration hobby talking.

 

[wasmisterfu]

Suede with shorts? Absolutely acceptable. FYI, shell long wings with shorts is also acceptable.
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Try to unsee that.

You’re welcome.

Happy Friday!

See, this guys knows what's up.