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It's come time for me to admit that these shoes are a size too big. I bought these like.. 4? 5? years ago at Alden DC, and wore them heavily for a year with insoles.
Some notes, and why they're so cheap:
* The color is darker and more even in real life. It's your standard Alden brown suede.
* A few months into wearing them I noticed that the lining was tearing through. I returned them to the Alden store, and they shipped them back to the Alden factory and had them professionally repaired -- they stitched another layer of leather into the heel cup. It's not noticeable when you wear them and there's no extra stitching on the outside.
* The suede has some stains. Nothing that wouldn't come out with a good cleaning, but I don't have suede cleaner and I'm too cheap and lazy to buy some.
* The soles are in ok condition. Definitely have some life left, but you might eventually have to get them resoled depending how hard you are on your shoes.
Some notes, and why they're so cheap:
* The color is darker and more even in real life. It's your standard Alden brown suede.
* A few months into wearing them I noticed that the lining was tearing through. I returned them to the Alden store, and they shipped them back to the Alden factory and had them professionally repaired -- they stitched another layer of leather into the heel cup. It's not noticeable when you wear them and there's no extra stitching on the outside.
* The suede has some stains. Nothing that wouldn't come out with a good cleaning, but I don't have suede cleaner and I'm too cheap and lazy to buy some.
* The soles are in ok condition. Definitely have some life left, but you might eventually have to get them resoled depending how hard you are on your shoes.
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