An Allen-Edmonds thread for Monday, 23 August 2010

[robin]

Alden makes the superior shoe.

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

I would like to know how many pairs of Allen-Edmonds ("AE"s, for those in the know) I should purchase before buying a single pair of nicer, less ugly shoes: twenty, thirty?
haha.
to me, buyin 20-30 ae is like going to some Home depot and buying to collect those generic toad or gnome statue things you put in your front lawn (for some). you have one, fine. you have 20-30 of them? uh..

 

[QuestForReason]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Look: this thread was not an open invitation for cynicism.

Each week, there are many questions about Allen-Edmonds:

• How to tree them?
  
• Why do they not fit my foot?
  
• Why are used ones that I buy on the Internet not in like-new condition?
  
• AE: brown or black? And once I choose, which color shoe polish?
  
• Why is AE customer service angelic...and why is it evil?
  
• What is with AE and Canada?
  
• Alden: ripoff?

And so on. These are fundamental StyleForvm questions, which is why they are asked every week...even every day.

So far today, none of these questions had been raised. The objective of this thread, then, is provide a receptive home with a very high fence to allow to allow the AE enthusiasts put up their 360 degree welted feet and recite from the Canons of Allen-Edmonds Inquiries.

So, stop messing things up. Thanks.



- B

Amen

Valid question: has anyone had trouble with customs when ordering seconds into Canada? AE's should be duty free given their Made In USA declaration.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by robin

Alden makes the superior shoe.

Yes, yes, yes...this is the same old tired refrain of the AE naysayer.

So, let me retort: perhaps Alden makes a superior shoe, but Alden does so at a superior price.

I commend you for engaging in thoughtful debate. I am not such a fool that I feel that we will resolve all Allen-Edmonds questions in this thread. It is, after all, only The Allen-Edmonds thread for Monday, 23 August 2010.

But...and this is the optimistic in me...I hope that we can re-visit all AE questions again, again, and yet again.


- B

 

[Joenobody0]

Originally Posted by sho'nuff

haha.
to me, buyin 20-30 ae is like going to some Home depot and buying to collect those generic toad or gnome statue things you put in your front lawn (for some). you have one, fine. you have 20-30 of them? uh..

AE has a few styles that seem OK to me, though none of them are superior to the corresponding version produced by Alden. Also the fact that the AE store in San Fransisco seems to be staffed by out of work college kids isn't an overwhelming endorsement of the brand.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Joenobody0

AE has a few styles that seem OK to me, though none of them are superior to the corresponding version produced by Alden.

Let me see...I'm looking inside my AE Retort box. I'm reaching inside now...here it is at the bottom...hold on a second...

Yeah, that's right: with one photograph, the good guys from Port Washington have ripped you a new one.


- B

 

[TheFoo]

^^^ Those shoes look like they need to start eating Activia in the morning.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

^^^ Those shoes look like they need to start eating Activia in the morning.

You're a smart guy, so let me ask you: can I peg the soles of my Allen-Edmonds for extra strength and Austro-Hungarian street cred?

I realize that this question has been asked many times before, but I don't think that you have weighed in on it yet.

Thank you.

- B

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

You're a smart guy, so let me ask you: can I peg the soles of my Allen-Edmonds for extra strength and Austro-Hungarian street cred?

The premise of your question is false so an answer is both both impossible and moot.

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

The premise of your question is false so an answer is both both impossible and moot.

 

[Joenobody0]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Let me see...I'm looking inside my AE Retort box. I'm reaching inside now...here it is at the bottom...hold on a second...

Yeah, that's right: with one photograph, the good guys from Port Washington have ripped you a new one.


- B

That shoe has a rather short toe cap that I believe makes it not "superior to the corresponding version produced by Alden."

I didn't say they are all ugly, just the few that aren't fail to be superior in appearance to the Alden version. Thankfully my corn hole is safe from the AE augmented manhood of Port Washington.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by Joenobody0

Thankfully my corn hole is safe from the AE augmented manhood of Port Washington.

JLibourel is a good shot, and knows his weaponry.

No more need be said.


- B

 

[Master Squirrel]

Let's see those Aldens.

 

[bigbris1]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

 

[bigbris1]

Originally Posted by bigbris1

I would like a sizing matrix relating to the pair of Allen Edmonds seconds to be worn and the pair of Allen Edmonds seconds to be used as trees.

Allen Edmonds.

Look's like Sebago beat them to it: