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

[Vincent George]

Well, pals. Since I don’t use any other social media, I’ll share my good news here. Not shoe related…but Mrs. Vincent and I adopted Shirley and Monty yesterday. 8 month old brother and sister. Shirley was already checking out the shoe boxes this am. Might let them choose my pair for the day…

 

[munchau]

Fifth St. today.

 

[Genericuser1]

@BFT9000 Any interest in these? They are 8 E, but they would probably fit us well. I can tell you that the 8 D Kiowa I tried on (the same one as this) fit pretty tight at the instep. E width might actually work well. They look great from the exterior, but I cannot tell much about the insole. $69 is pretty cheap.

Allen Edmonds Kiowa Brown Pebbled Leather Dress Wing Tips Mens Size 8 E | eBay

<p>This is a pair of Allen Edmonds Kiowa, Brown Pebbled Leather Dress Wing Tips in mens Size 8 E. They are in excellent, clean condition with very little wear! Thanks for looking. Julie </p>

www.ebay.com

That's a steal, great shoe.

 

[JFWR]

Well, pals. Since I don’t use any other social media, I’ll share my good news here. Not shoe related…but Mrs. Vincent and I adopted Shirley and Monty yesterday. 8 month old brother and sister. Shirley was already checking out the shoe boxes this am. Might let them choose my pair for the day…
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Love those kitties. Buy them Allen edmonds from the rda sale. I'm thinking parks in black calf.

 

[Vincent George]

Debuting Cambridge in brown shell today

 

[FatTuesday]

Wingtip Wednesday
Traveling for business this week.
Here's a hotel room shot or 2 of my entries...

Spoiler: Other Traveling Wingtips...

 

[mreams99]

Today, I had planned to wear one of the newer pairs that arrived last week. I had to change those plans.

Instead I went with my recently cleaned up and conditioned charcoal kudu Pattons.

 

[donkeyhoatie]

Looks like this is Chicagoland's last gasps of temperatures in the 70s, so I might as well give the unlined suede one last run in the wild. Here are the unnamed (well, mine are unnamed, I think there might be others who have pairs with a name printed in them), unlined, unproduced, blue suede chukkas. These are pretty much everything I've ever wanted in a blue suede chukka, except that they're almost a 1/2 size too small. Thought I could cheat and go 11D, instead of 11.5D. But, much like that time I tried to cheat on my taxes, I still feel the occasional squeeze and can't tell if it's guilt or something real that's making me feel it. Since I don't have a soul any more (traded it for a Cubs World Series victory in 2016 - totally worth it!), I'm thinking it's probably real. Oh, and the soles on these are crepe. I probably wouldn't have gone that route if I were trying to create the perfect blue suede chukka but, hey, what are you going to do with a one-off like these?

Anyway, please enjoy them paired with the only clean pair of jeans I have at the moment. Laundry day is Saturday this week. Try not to be too jealous. I know you all want my life. I've got news for you, though, it's not all ill-fitting dad jeans and blue chukkas and dates with laundry. No sir. Sometimes I have to do dishes, too. Oh, and now that I'm over 50, it also comes with the occasional colonoscopy, too. And back pain. Lots and lots of back pain. Yup, and I think I might have looked at too many AE marketing pieces with Baker Mayfield in them, because I'm pretty sure after years of feeling it gradually fray, my labrum finally tore. So, we have that in common.

 

[ccpl14]

Echoing @donkeyhoatie in trying to take advantage of probably the last nice day of the year in Chicagoland. So I too busted out some warm weather goods: Wearing AE Flagstaff and channeling my inner Monet:

Also echoing that middle aged back pain. As my dad used to say, “Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative”

He still says it, but he used to too.

 

[steve2318]

Does anyone have any experience with the olive lombards? Just looking for thoughts and opinions.

Cheers

 

[JFWR]

So, @ValidusLA and @ae_ashley I had some spare time this afternoon between classes, so I decided to call up Allen Edmonds customer service.

The customer service representative detailed the MIUSA practices of Allen Edmonds.

Any shoes that are marked as handcrafted in Port Washington are made completely in the United States. Calfskin comes from Europe, cordovan from Horween (by way of European horses), kudu from Africa, etc. The soles and laces are also imported, such as JR soles from Germany, but he wasn't able to tell me what tannery the standard soles come from. When the raw materials are brought to America, they are all completely made in the USA in the warehouse in Port Washington, WI.

Unless the shoe says imported, which does come from the DR or Italy, the shoes are in fact completely constructed in the United States.

Basically they cut the hides, they stitch 'em together, they form them around the last, etc, all in the United States.

Any decline in quality some posters have alleged is likely just due to the fact that the workers are messing up, but they are Americans.

Unless this AE customer service agent is misinformed, these shoes are not stitched together in the DR. The only shoes that see the DR are the collections made in the DR, i.e. the handsewns and the AE by Allen Edmonds line.

Strands, Park Aves, 5th Aves, etc, are all completely constructed in the United States.

 

[JFWR]

Also: I definitely think the Central IL and Chicagoland people need to have an AE get-together sometime.

 

[ValidusLA]

@JFWR Then the customer service rep should should get in touch w/ the CEO and educate him on future AMAs and public discourse. (Hint - I don't consider a cust service rep a necessarily reliable source).

Unsubscribing from this thread. Pls don't tag me here again. We can continue this discussion where it was started originally if you wish.

Also, some elucidation, because I think they are playing games w/ you. "Handcrafted" vs "Made in USA" being the dead giveaway. Key words in following "all footwear."

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

 

[dpgaloot]

Happy Wingtip Wednesday!

I'm breaking in another pair from RDA today. Too many times, and I know I'm not alone here, I've let new acquisitions sit for months before an initial wearing. Not these, I'm a huge fan of the Daltons and have picked up a shell pair a year for the last 3 RDA sales. It's getting to where I'm going to need to start lobbying to have them included in the TS again, because I'm running out of standard shell colors I want.

Burgundy shell Daltons. Another virgin pair of JR soles bites the dust (are we counting down yet? Too soon?)

 

[gantman]

What did fedex even say about this

Retailer contacted Fedex after about 6 round trips and assured I would receive package in two days..... Two weeks later retailer refunded my purchase and recalled the package. I am expecting to receive a tattered package with dust inside sometime next year.