Grant Stone - Official Affiliate Thread

[up1911fan]

Cap Toe's today.

 

[Hotel Cali]

Castagno Diesel for a rainy day.

 

[bl@ster]

Anyone noticed how JC Cole shoes are remarkably similar to Grant Stone? Even that little X stitch near the laces. I've owned both and am convinced they're made by the same people in the same factory. Anyone know if I'm correct?

J.C. Cole Shoes | Belts and Shoehorns

J.C. Cole Shoes are Goodyear Welted and handcrafted with the finest materials. J.C. Cole belts are made in America with the best Leather. These belts will compliment your shoes and match to perfection. J.C. Cole shoehorns are the perfect match for keeping your shoe heels protected exclusively...

www.theshoemart.com

 

[Neo1]

Anyone noticed how JC Cole shoes are remarkably similar to Grant Stone? Even that little X stitch near the laces. I've owned both and am convinced they're made by the same people in the same factory. Anyone know if I'm correct?

J.C. Cole Shoes | Belts and Shoehorns

J.C. Cole Shoes are Goodyear Welted and handcrafted with the finest materials. J.C. Cole belts are made in America with the best Leather. These belts will compliment your shoes and match to perfection. J.C. Cole shoehorns are the perfect match for keeping your shoe heels protected exclusively...

www.theshoemart.com

I know nothing about this brand other than having seen them a long time ago from shoemart and remarking that they looked quite solid considering they were built in China. aeAnonymous recommended them at one point so he might know more about them. As an FYI to people here, there was one point (it was pretty short, for like 2 weeks at most) during the summer (?) where shoemart actually sold these at 199 which I thought was unbelievable. They start at 8D like a lot of stuff out there, so I'm SOL, but in case others are interested.

 

[audog]

Anyone noticed how JC Cole shoes are remarkably similar to Grant Stone? Even that little X stitch near the laces. I've owned both and am convinced they're made by the same people in the same factory. Anyone know if I'm correct?

J.C. Cole Shoes | Belts and Shoehorns

J.C. Cole Shoes are Goodyear Welted and handcrafted with the finest materials. J.C. Cole belts are made in America with the best Leather. These belts will compliment your shoes and match to perfection. J.C. Cole shoehorns are the perfect match for keeping your shoe heels protected exclusively...

www.theshoemart.com

I have heard you are correct, same people, same factory is what I heard.

 

[Turns31]

Never been a big dark brown shoe guy but I've been reaching for my Crimsons more than my Saddles more and more.

 

[JoeRogan]

Anyone noticed how JC Cole shoes are remarkably similar to Grant Stone? Even that little X stitch near the laces. I've owned both and am convinced they're made by the same people in the same factory. Anyone know if I'm correct?

J.C. Cole Shoes | Belts and Shoehorns

J.C. Cole Shoes are Goodyear Welted and handcrafted with the finest materials. J.C. Cole belts are made in America with the best Leather. These belts will compliment your shoes and match to perfection. J.C. Cole shoehorns are the perfect match for keeping your shoe heels protected exclusively...

www.theshoemart.com

Yeah, I believe stuff from the J. Crew Ludlow line is also made in the same factory.

 

[manowar]

Never been a big dark brown shoe guy but I've been reaching for my Crimsons more than my Saddles more and more.

Medium/dark brown is just more versatile. Easier to pair with more stuff.

Anyone noticed how JC Cole shoes are remarkably similar to Grant Stone? Even that little X stitch near the laces. I've owned both and am convinced they're made by the same people in the same factory. Anyone know if I'm correct?

J.C. Cole Shoes | Belts and Shoehorns

J.C. Cole Shoes are Goodyear Welted and handcrafted with the finest materials. J.C. Cole belts are made in America with the best Leather. These belts will compliment your shoes and match to perfection. J.C. Cole shoehorns are the perfect match for keeping your shoe heels protected exclusively...

www.theshoemart.com

This topic had been mentioned earlier in the thread and it seems that your observation is correct! Do you notice a difference in the fit?

@JoeRogan Didn't know that J. Crew carried Grant Stones, I think that's awesome! It gets extra exposure for the brand not to mention more sales. It doesn't look like they're Ludlow-branded either, being advertised as Grant Stone on the site. All 11 models are from their original product line.

But if given the choice I would wholeheartedly recommend going directly through Grant Stone as their customer service is out of this world.

Just ordered the suede PTB.

 

[BrandonF]

Surviving a little snow in Minnesota with the Crimson LWB today.

 

[JoeRogan]

Medium/dark brown is just more versatile. Easier to pair with more stuff.


This topic had been mentioned earlier in the thread and it seems that your observation is correct! Do you notice a difference in the fit?

@JoeRogan Didn't know that J. Crew carried Grant Stones, I think that's awesome! It gets extra exposure for the brand not to mention more sales. It doesn't look like they're Ludlow-branded either, being advertised as Grant Stone on the site. All 11 models are from their original product line.

But if given the choice I would wholeheartedly recommend going directly through Grant Stone as their customer service is out of this world.

Just ordered the suede PTB.

Yeah they "carry" Grant Stone, but it doesn't actually ship from them. I'm not referring to their Grant Stones anyway, like I said I'm referring to the Ludlow line.

 

[darkclassic]

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Surviving a little snow in Minnesota with the Crimson LWB today.

Welcome to SF. There are a few of us up here in MN. You rocking leather soles in the snow today?

 

[audog]

Yeah they "carry" Grant Stone, but it doesn't actually ship from them. I'm not referring to their Grant Stones anyway, like I said I'm referring to the Ludlow line.

A search of the J Crew website only turns up clothing, no footwear, using Ludlow as the criteria. Ludlow is not listed under brand using the brand filter either. Are they the Ludlow model, from a different manufacturer? Grant Stone IS listed under brands.

 

[JoeRogan]

A search of the J Crew website only turns up clothing, no footwear, using Ludlow as the criteria. Ludlow is not listed under brand using the brand filter either. Are they the Ludlow model, from a different manufacturer? Grant Stone IS listed under brands.

Can't really speak to how you're searching so I don't know what you're seeing, but there's definitely Ludlow footwear on the site right now: https://www.jcrew.com/r/search?N=16+10014&Nloc=en&Ntrm=ludlow&crawl=no

They have more makeups than those as well, but they sell out pretty quickly once they go on sale. I picked up some snuff suede chukkas myself for about $75.

 

[manowar]

Welcome to SF. There are a few of us up here in MN. You rocking leather soles in the snow today?

A commando sole could be added to very nice effect.

A search of the J Crew website only turns up clothing, no footwear, using Ludlow as the criteria. Ludlow is not listed under brand using the brand filter either. Are they the Ludlow model, from a different manufacturer? Grant Stone IS listed under brands.

I did the same thing and had trouble tracking down their Ludlow shoes.

https://www.styleforum.net/threads/j-crew-ludlow-shoes-alden-make.370921/page-5 Looks like a lot of similar features

Can't really speak to how you're searching so I don't know what you're seeing, but there's definitely Ludlow footwear on the site right now: https://www.jcrew.com/r/search?N=16+10014&Nloc=en&Ntrm=ludlow&crawl=no

They have more makeups than those as well, but they sell out pretty quickly once they go on sale. I picked up some snuff suede chukkas myself for about $75.

Those chukkas and brogue oxfords don't look anything like Grant Stone. This, however, does:

J.Crew: Clothes, Shoes & Accessories For Women, Men & Kids

Shop JCrew.com for the Highest Quality Women's and Men's Clothing and see the entire selection of Children's Clothing, Cashmere Sweaters, Women's Dresses and Shoes, Men's Suits, Jackets, Accessories and more.

www.jcrew.com

It would seem some of their discontinued styles have been made by the same factory in the past but perhaps their current offerings are not.

Also note that Grant Stone launched in 2016 according to their website. So it makes sense that J Crew stopped carrying those shoes under their house brand around that time and instead adopted Grant Stone.

None of these considerations, I believe, weaken Grant Stone's position as a brand. They offer an incredible product at a fair price.

 

[BrandonF]

Welcome to SF. There are a few of us up here in MN. You rocking leather soles in the snow today?

Rubber soles. I only have to walk twenty feet to the office, so left the boots at home today.