isshinryu101
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Hello all. I was lucky enough to come across this really interesting forum not long ago. I've always been a clothing fanatic, but when i saw some of the
nice items the members here were collecting & displaying, I was "re-hooked" on my passion!
I recently purchased these shoes from a consignment shop. I'm extremely happy with them, but am not completely sure what they are.
I know they're from the Santoni FAM collection, but there are a vew "levels" of that collection (or when they were made for that matter).
I believe they are the totally hand-made "Signature" ones. I read on another forum that the serrated edges on the inner sock are one give-away. The Andrea
Santoni signatures in them look to be written in pen, as they are both slightly different (and different from the signatures on the other pair I have) and
the signatures are written horizontally & not vertically in the shoe (I included a pic to show what i mean).
Regardless, They're really great & I got ready to shine them when I noticed that there were quite a few different colors to the leather. I thought they were
a dark brown, but now I see black, light brown, burgundy & medium brown as well. I LOVE the look, but have no idea what color shoe polish to use on them (I
don't want to screw up the coloring).
Thank goodness there's such a great & knowledgable group as this to turn to for advice! Thanks in advance.
Pics:
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All the other Santoni FAM's I've seen have the signature like this:
TAKE CARE, ALL!
nice items the members here were collecting & displaying, I was "re-hooked" on my passion!
I recently purchased these shoes from a consignment shop. I'm extremely happy with them, but am not completely sure what they are.
I know they're from the Santoni FAM collection, but there are a vew "levels" of that collection (or when they were made for that matter).
I believe they are the totally hand-made "Signature" ones. I read on another forum that the serrated edges on the inner sock are one give-away. The Andrea
Santoni signatures in them look to be written in pen, as they are both slightly different (and different from the signatures on the other pair I have) and
the signatures are written horizontally & not vertically in the shoe (I included a pic to show what i mean).
Regardless, They're really great & I got ready to shine them when I noticed that there were quite a few different colors to the leather. I thought they were
a dark brown, but now I see black, light brown, burgundy & medium brown as well. I LOVE the look, but have no idea what color shoe polish to use on them (I
don't want to screw up the coloring).
Thank goodness there's such a great & knowledgable group as this to turn to for advice! Thanks in advance.
Pics:
1:
2:
3:
4:
5
All the other Santoni FAM's I've seen have the signature like this:
TAKE CARE, ALL!
