Gaziano & Girling Appreciation & Shoe Appreciation Thread (including reviews, purchases, pictures)

[sforum1]

And some are complaining about a 45gbp raise ??

News - Church's raise their prices with ~50% - Shoegazing.com

The British brand Church's has raised their prices with approximately 40-50% across the board of their entire offerings. Over one night a pair of their

shoegazing.com

Anyone who pays $1000 for the shoes below these days with all these options of much better shoes at less than half the price is a REAL SUCKER and quite honestly they deserve to get charged much more than $1000.

https://www.church-footwear.com/us/en/men/style/oxfords/products.calf_leather_oxford_brogue.EEB016_9AGX_F0AAR_F_000000.html

 

[clee1982]

Well if the guy who didn’t like GG price change lived in Japan I can sort of understand, lost 2 decade with sometimes deflation will put in a different mind set on price expectations.

 

[jischwar]

Well if the guy who didn’t like GG price change lived in Japan I can sort of understand, lost 2 decade with sometimes deflation will put in a different mind set on price expectations.

This is am extremely interesting observation and one that I think is lost on a lot of us US folk. Thanks for bringing it into the conversation

 

[radsag]

I’m thinking about changing the buckles to silver on a pair of Vintage Oak Mayfair’s I’ve ordered, since I don’t have any gold tone accessories!
Thoughts

 

[flylikeneagle]

Thorpe in chestnut hatchgrain.

 

[unprocessed]

Does a patina for MTO cost extra?

 

[heelguy]

Does a patina for MTO cost extra?

Pretty sure it does.

 

[shoefan57]

Is anyone else unable to get onto the Gaziano and Girling website? It appears to be down.

 

[JustPullHarder]

Thorpe in chestnut hatchgrain.

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I feel like I need another pair.

 

[unprocessed]

Is anyone else unable to get onto the Gaziano and Girling website? It appears to be down.

Down for me too.

 

[shoefan57]

Down for me too.

Hope it’s nothing serious

 

[unprocessed]

Hoping it’s from updating the website to add some new RTW. ?

 

[shoefan57]

I hope so too!

 

[flylikeneagle]

I feel like I need another pair.

You can never have enough Thorpe or Galway! It's unfortunate Thorpe is only available via MTO these days.

 

[unprocessed]

You can never have enough Thorpe or Galway! It's unfortunate Thorpe is only available via MTO these days.

Really wish they had some better RTW options. Would be awesome if they had something similar to Meccariello’s custom patina option with unfinished RTW that you can select a patina for (and of course pay extra).