bluejazzmonkey
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Fantastic news. I think we all saw that coming.
When is the trunk show?
My AE peoples are currently working on the dates.
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Fantastic news. I think we all saw that coming.
When is the trunk show?
I can’t tell if this CXL Chapman is a worthy successor of the CXL Long Branch or a cheap imitation.
Natural, bourbon or brown Mac Neils in shell or calf would be nice. Perhaps a tan welt.
Hopefully the US/Canada border is open by then because I’m planning on spending a lot of money…
Cheap (and ugly) rip off. Plus the branding of ae on the tongue...yuck.
The long branch was never a "nice" boot itself, but it had its appeal.
No fear of wearing them out. Just trying to rotate the collection evenly so that everything gets a turn. I wear everything and almost all of it will outlast me.
Totally missed the part where you have more shell shoes than I have shoes. May you enjoy them for decades to come! I have a pair of MacNeils which I actually wear as beaters since I didn't know they would become some sort of coveted item. Looks like I'll be needing a shell pair next just to join in with the cool kids.
All of that and so much more.....
AE plans to put their sneaker craze aside, so they can mentally prepare for the trunk show.
Not everyone likes shell. All of the leathers are good in their own way. I was once in an AE store in California and looking at their display pair of shell shoes. They were scuffed and bloomed. Actually looked pretty bad. I asked the SA, "So, what is the deal with shell?" Seemed a good question to me and I wanted to know what justified the extra expense. This was his chance to explain it takes Horween 6 months to make shell versus 3 months for calf. He could tell me that shell was harder to source because of the decrease in horse hides. Instead, he said "You either get shell or you don't" and then walked away. I later learned some of the differences on my own. But yeah, I do like shell.
By the way- how do you know all this?
By the way- how do you know all this?
I have them on natural shell. I have McGregors in walnut. Bourbon seems so close to those