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

[Vincent George]

Can anyone give me a catalog link for the Lloyd? I've looked all over the 80s and can't find it. I think these are PC but trying to verify. thanks.
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Yes, PC. Can't find catalogue, but a few old Reddit / Ask Andy / SF posts confirm...

 

[FatTuesday]

AE Randolph full strap penny loafers in green shell cordovan on JR soles...

 

[VeritasAequitas]

Hey @ProfilaBinding. Sup?

 

[Duke Santos]

I don't want to be a part of any club pathetic enough to want me as a member....



I remember going to my uncle's house in the late 80s / early 90s and seeing these catalogs stacked on the telephone table. Most of the guys in my family are blue collar immigrant workers who wear t-shirts, jeans, and Nikes to work, but he was a scientist/lawyer from Hawaii and I remember thinking that he was how "proper" American men dressed and acted. ?

How times change though. I'm in burgundy McAllisters today (I am not management) while my boss, a c-suite'er, is wearing Cole Haan Lunargrand sneakers because he doesn't think the occasion is formal enough to deploy the big guns:....his black Eccos -_-. We're both here to meet with a manufacturing exec from a client company, who showed up wearing Gucci sneakers to match her Gucci belt, Gucci bag, and Gucci watch. I don't think any of us is a member of a club, either. She seems like a regular at the Chipotle she led us to though, so that's kinda clubish maybe?

Sounds like she's a member of The Conspicuous Consumption Club.

 

[Shoenut]

Weave it today.

 

[EZB]

Weave it today.
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I don’t bewieve it, as olive and breath

 

[smfdoc]

My Broadstreet update is "good news/bad news." The good news is that the shoes look terrific. A little burnishing on the toes and I hope they are all this nice. The bad news, although not unexpected, is that they are too tight and will have to go back. I shall take comfort in wearing some MacNeils.

 

[MrOxford]

Mr. McTavish and his side-kick: Mr. Dainite.

 

[Genericuser1]

Even though a bit more casual I felt like wearing them so. Natural CXL Pattons

 

[MrOxford]

To change the edge color, here's my method:
Using an electric palm sander,
Tape uppers;
Sand 80 grit, 120 grit, 220 grit;
Shellac - brush on light coat & let dry;
Sand 220 grit;
Shellac - light coat & let dry;
Light Steel wool;
Edge dressing in desired color, coats to desired color.

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It's not rocket surgery. Good luck!

Thank you for sharing your method of removing the edge dressing.

 

[Count de Monet]

RIP Clark Street.

 

[Shoenut]

My Broadstreet update is "good news/bad news." The good news is that the shoes look terrific. A little burnishing on the toes and I hope they are all this nice. The bad news, although not unexpected, is that they are too tight and will have to go back. I shall take comfort in wearing some MacNeils.

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Cone height is not so much. Probably AE’s flattest last. I am trying two sizes, so hopefully one will work out. My original walnut is a little tight from laces to heel.

 

[madhat]

Cone height is not so much. Probably AE’s flattest last. I am trying two sizes, so hopefully one will work out. My original walnut is a little tight from laces to heel.

Low cone height = madhat loooooooove

 

[dpgaloot]

Happy Wingtip Wednesday,

Is barn weasel a club?

Neumoks today....

 

[Thrift Couture]