FidelCashflow
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Has anyone notice Bally going back to producing quality Blake-stitched shoes again?
I know the conventional wisdom here about everything from Bally being crap except for Scribe which is Goodyear welted. But I was at a store recently and browsing their shoe collection of AE's, Alden's, Canali's, etc. and noticed they had quite a few Bally's. I looked at the Bally's expecting to see some cheap glued stuff but was pleasantly surprised that the most of the shoes in their regular collection appeared to be blake stitched.
I asked a sales associate, who seemed quite knowledgeable, and he told me that they started carrying Bally because they switched to a new supplier in the last few months who was producing quality shoes that could compete with their other offerings.
I think this must be a very recent development, because I was in a Bally store in July and was unimpressed with their offerings. Has anyone else noticed this revival in quality?
I know the conventional wisdom here about everything from Bally being crap except for Scribe which is Goodyear welted. But I was at a store recently and browsing their shoe collection of AE's, Alden's, Canali's, etc. and noticed they had quite a few Bally's. I looked at the Bally's expecting to see some cheap glued stuff but was pleasantly surprised that the most of the shoes in their regular collection appeared to be blake stitched.
I asked a sales associate, who seemed quite knowledgeable, and he told me that they started carrying Bally because they switched to a new supplier in the last few months who was producing quality shoes that could compete with their other offerings.
I think this must be a very recent development, because I was in a Bally store in July and was unimpressed with their offerings. Has anyone else noticed this revival in quality?