Grant Stone - Official Affiliate Thread

[JoeRogan]

A commando sole could be added to very nice effect.


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


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.

Never said they were the same as Grant Stone, just the same factory. Grant Stone obviously does their own thing. The Ludlow factory hasn't changed, and has continued to stock and introduce various models well after 2016. In addition, Grant Stone has only been on J. Crew's site for about a year.

 

[ZouBirds26]

What type of brush do you guys use on your suede shoes?

Thanks

 

[audog]

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.

Using the jcrew.com search bar, in upper right corner and all I get is suits and trousers, but your link certainly takes one to shoes.....odd but no big deal as I'm not ordering anyway.

 

[manowar]

Never said they were the same as Grant Stone, just the same factory. Grant Stone obviously does their own thing. The Ludlow factory hasn't changed, and has continued to stock and introduce various models well after 2016. In addition, Grant Stone has only been on J. Crew's site for about a year.

Never said you were wrong. They may not look similar to GS but it's indeed possible that the factory would make different shoes to a wildly different set of specifications. I don't have experience with J Crew shoes beyond Alden.

On a related note, I do respect that Grant Stone is transparent about their business practices. Sure, they get flack for "made in China", but if someone really want MiUSA they ought to speak with their wallet instead of criticizing companies they don't agree with. For me, it's the ideal intersection of style, quality and price point.

 

[audog]

Using the jcrew.com search bar, in upper right corner and all I get is suits and trousers, but your link certainly takes one to shoes.....odd but no big deal as I'm not ordering anyway.

The necessary thing is type in ludlow SHOES, not just ludlow. Found them when I added shoes to the search.

 

[ptfly]

What type of brush do you guys use on your suede shoes?

Thanks

Dedicated pig bristle brush I picked up on amazon. I use a nicer, bigger pig bristle brush for shell.

 

[BrandonF]

pig bristle brush

Any brand in particular you recommend?

 

[ZouBirds26]

Dedicated pig bristle brush I picked up on amazon. I use a nicer, bigger pig bristle brush for shell.

Thanks for the reply. How do you feel about brushes that also have bronze/brass bristles?

 

[SonnyUte]

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.

I bought two pair at that price: A pair of LWB’s and PTB’s. In fact, I wore the LWB’s yesterday. There are nice shoes.

 

[Hotel Cali]

Dune Deisel day.

Got some vintage boots from fellow sf member to try on.

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[audog]

Dune Deisel day.

Got some vintage boots from fellow sf member to try on.

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Awesome!!! Dune Diesels were my first GS, and the only ones that the wife has said "I like the color of those" of ANY of my boots, from any company. Vintage boots look good as well, make me think of 1960's Beatles I believe GS is going to make Chelsea boots????

 

[up1911fan]

@GrantStone any chance we'll see suede cap toe boots? Coffee and bourbon please.

 

[Hotel Cali]

Awesome!!! Dune Diesels were my first GS, and the only ones that the wife has said "I like the color of those" of ANY of my boots, from any company. Vintage boots look good as well, make me think of 1960's Beatles I believe GS is going to make Chelsea boots????

Dune Diesel was my GS gateway as well.

Yes, I am looking forward to the GS chelsea and chukka boots.

 

[audog]

Dune Diesel was my GS gateway as well.

Yes, I am looking forward to the GS chelsea and chukka boots.

I'm not a Chelsea or chukka guy, so will probably sit those out. But a suede cap toe boot, especially if on the awesome GS leather sole...mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....GS would have my credit card as soon as announced.

 

[ptfly]

Any brand in particular you recommend?

The upgraded larger one I just got for my shell is the Wellington Pig Bristle Shoe Polishing Brush from the hanger project. That might be overkill just for suede but it would probably be fine for suede and shell (not used for any polish removal). The smaller one I now use for suede is here https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071H8VT6J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1