Crockett & Jones in DC?

[sidvar]

Is there a store which stocks C&J in Washington or SFO? I'm going to be in both places next week and would like to see the fitting before I do a mailorder from PLal...

 

[RJman]

The Polo shoes marked benchmade in England are C&J. Some are made to C&J's main line standards, a few to their Handgrade standards.

 

[medwards]

I believe the new Bloomingdales on Wisconsin Avenue/Chevy Chase was slated to carry some though I have yet to see evidence of it...and the new Barney's in San Francisco is reputed to have a few models.

 

[LesterSnodgrass]

I didn't see any at Bloomies earlier this month. In fact, I was a bit disappointed in the selection. Call Saks Men's Store in Friendship Hts/Mazza, I recall their selection was quite nice.

Also, try Wilkes Bashford in SF.

 

[moonman]

In SFO, Barney's has a very limited selection on the sixth floor. Only a couple of models. Hardly worth the effort.

Wilkes doesn't carry C&J. Mostly Lobb, Stephano Bi and Gravati.

Some mid level RL Polo shoes are made by C&J, and there is a Ralph Lauren store near Union Square, but I have never looked at shoes there and don't know what they might have. Another problem with Polo labelled C&J shoes is that they are sized in US sizes and may actually use slightly different (?narrower) lasts than the versions sold as C&J, so it wouldn't be completely straightforward to extrapolate Polo fittings to C&J fittings unless you knew exactly how they made the conversion to US sizes.

No one else in SF carries C&J that I am aware of.

My suggestion to you is to send Shyam at Plal and e-mail. He is extrememly helpful and his recommendations are typically spot on. For my first order he offered to take the shoe back if it didn't fit (which it did, beautifully).

 

[rdawson808]

I'm pretty sure that Saks (Mazza) does not carry C&J. I could be wrong, but that would stick in my mind had I seen any there.

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