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

[FatTuesday]

Where is it?

I don't know how to link it.
@Toe_Suck, do you know how to include a link?

 

[EZB]

I don't know how to link it.
@Toe_Suck, do you know how to include a link?

Which part of the forum is it in

 

[vdubiv]

Which part of the forum is it in

I think this is some kind of inside joke? I searched the word socks and there is no appreciation thread

 

[BespokeBrooklyn]

Are these the new Standmoks? Online, the "brown snuff" suede looked, to my eye, to be far darker than the shades of snuff suede that I've admired in the past. Your photograph looks far closer to the shade that I had in mind.



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[NYCTechNerd]

Are these the new Standmoks? Online, the "brown snuff" suede looked, to my eye, to be far darker than the shades of snuff suede that I've admired in the past. Your photograph looks far closer to the shade that I had in mind.

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Yes, the Allen Edmonds "Snuff" suede is more brown and darker than the Alden "Snuff" suede which is bit lighter and has more yellow in it. Interestingly, I would call the Allen Edmonds color "Cinnamon" and the Alden "Butterscotch" rather than calling them both "Snuff". Also note that every dye lot will be different.

Left = Carmina Brown suede
Left Center = Alden snuff suede
Right Center = Alden Hummus suede
Right = Allen Edmonds snuff suede

More examples of Alden's "Snuff" suede and Allen Edmonds "Snuff" suede which can vary based on lighting.

 

[MajorDash]

Ya boi got fat since last time he had to wear “business casual” anywhere, so here’s to hoping that some blue birdseye suit pants don’t look too out of place for a job interview. Oh yeah. Some shell PAs too.

 

[ProfilaBinding]

Did you see these 8D pebble grain beauties (and yes, they are marked 8D on the inside)?

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Yeah, I saw those - thanks. I don't own anything in grain leather, as I'm just not a fan of it. Those are a nice pair though because they are vintage. I'm curious where this guy is finding all these shoes.

He corrected the other McClain shoe as 9 D. Some lucky 9 D person will get those beautiful shoes.

 

[Duke Santos]

Yes, the Allen Edmonds "Snuff" suede is more brown and darker than the Alden "Snuff" suede which is bit lighter and has more yellow in it. Interestingly, I would call the Allen Edmonds color "Cinnamon" and the Alden "Butterscotch" rather than calling them both "Snuff". Also note that every dye lot will be different.

Left = Carmina Brown suede
Left Center = Alden snuff suede
Right Center = Alden Hummus suede
Right = Allen Edmonds snuff suede

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More examples of Alden's "Snuff" suede and Allen Edmonds "Snuff" suede which can vary based on lighting.
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To me, the AE is definitely more authentic. The Alden's are pretty much Olive Green to my eye. It's a great color, but it's not snuff.

 

[NYCTechNerd]

...I'm curious where this guy is finding all these shoes...

From what he told me:
- People like me who bought the wrong size but cannot return them for some reason
- People who want to sell pre-owned shoes
- Companies who want to dump old stock and F2s

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[NYCTechNerd]

To me, the AE is definitely more authentic. The Alden's are pretty much Olive Green to my eye. It's a great color, but it's not snuff.

To me, the AE is less authentic and more brown/cinnamon than Snuff. All of this is just opinion anyway.

Internet pictures never tell the whole story. They are not olive green and do not have an olive tone either. Your monitor may be rendering the color differently than everyone else's monitors. Unless one is standing in front of an actual shoe, one will never really know the color of it.

Look back at my earlier post and you will realize that the stock looking photo of my Alden Snuff LWB was taken by the shop that sold them yet the picture I took (with my orange socks) is much darker but they are the exact same shoe. As-in, I was sold the pair the retailer used to take the photo. As further proof of how much lighting plays a factor, here are more shots of the exact same shoe (see below). Again, not just any Alden Snuff LWB but all these pictures I have posted were taken at different times of the same pair of Alden 9794 LWB Snuff suede. One cannot ever rely on website pictures for actual in real life color.

 

[VeritasAequitas]

Yeah, I saw those - thanks. I don't own anything in grain leather, as I'm just not a fan of it. Those are a nice pair though because they are vintage. I'm curious where this guy is finding all these shoes.

He corrected the other McClain shoe as 9 D. Some lucky 9 D person will get those beautiful shoes.

What last is that McClain made on?

 

[ProfilaBinding]

What last is that McClain made on?

A quick search suggests the 108, but I'm not 100% certain.

 

[VeritasAequitas]

A quick search suggests the 108, but I'm not 100% certain.

hmmmmm......

 

[ProfilaBinding]

hmmmmm......

It has the style number listed as 2402, which scares me. That could mean the 222. If it is that last, you might want to rethink it.

 

[donkeyhoatie]

Cool overcast day seemed like a good enough reason for super-loose grain Higgins Mills. Still my favorite pair of AEs. Just tons of character. Every line in them tells a story. Sure, they're usually long, dumb stories about going to Costco or taking a quick trip to Outback Steak for a couple dozen Bloomin' Onions or maybe the time I was walking through the park and saw that one weird duck that kind of looked like Alec Baldwin. Man, this COVID thing needs to end soon, so I can take the Higgins Mills back on some real adventures.