Santoni Shoe Appreciation Thread

[mr monty]



Thanks, Monty; glad to be on SF.

Now, you clearly have been at this longer than I (judging from your # of posts and join date), so do you care to share why I am going to regret my purchases?  I can't know it if you don't tell it. I'm trying to take something (anything) helpful from your post...edify me.

DSW is a joke. Brick and mortar, online... even Lux options are ugly. Boring and ugly, actually. No style. It'll be some time before I become my grandfather. Until then, I'd like to be able to incorporate some of my own flair into my shoes.  Oh, BTW, I'm a size 12D/E depending on the manufacturer, and DSW only has baby shoes left in any style I could stomach (size 8 and under).  DSW is three blocks from my office...it's not far enough away, if you ask me.  :-\

So - DSW? Fail... Opinion on Santoni and Sassetti? TBD...Maybe you could offer some insight on awesome rear end pictures of women whom I will never meet, or won't 'drop trou' without payment up front...j/k  But, dude - DSW...? Really? Isn't that the shoe equivalent of 'Men's Warehouse'?

BTW, being pompous doesn't make you sound like more of an authority - just pompous.  sestyle offered rationale for his opinions, and that's why I am asking (see initial post) - to acquaint myself with the nuances in the different types of shoes/makers/leather/durability/styles (G&G, Grenson, Loake, Lobb, Alden, Gucci, Prada, Herring, SF, Maurizi...) that I do and don't own.

Thanks for the heads up, though. Now I know where to go for my girly shots...and marginal feedback. (I love initiation!)

I've seen people post about the folks who scour the forums with contempt for the 'unrefined' members.  I think a thread should be created for them, specifically. What to call it, though...? Suggestions welcomed!!!

Maybe I could post a picture of your face with the photos of rear ends? On second thought, they don't allow pictures that show @ssholes

 

[Indyoshi68]

Consider me bested, monty. I feel the burn... Again, that's for the heads up.

 

[coxaca]

Back to Santoni then.

I just ordered a pair of these:



These are from the Andrea Santoni FAM line, with leather soles. Judging from this and other photos, the "wear" on the toe looks like a deliberate antiquing effect.

Delivery hopefully will be sometime next week. Ordered from Jofré in Barcelona, via farfetch.com.

 

[Beach Bum]

Alright, another Santoni purchase just couldn't help myself. Santoni Striper 2. Saw it at 50% off on Nordstrom's site which is very rare to get to that discount, and only one size left and it was mine (13D). It was a sign, just hope they fit as this is the exact type of shoe I can use into summer/fall.

 

[coxaca]

Those are really nice, Beachbum.

 

[Beach Bum]

Thanks coxaca, likewise. I am yet to open a suede monkstrap or any monkstrap for that matter.

So the shipment came in and the shoes are a success. Better than a success, I love them and they like all my Santonis fit great. Here's a pic, the other shoe being a Santoni Gordon that I got for about 80% off at the Rack several months ago...



Happy Father's Day wknd to all you dads...

 

[nice1take5]

Here are some of the more recent Santoni I added to my closet:

 

[nice1take5]

Here are some of the newer styles at my store, except this Knox which I ordered for a customer. The second pic, the Lanford is currently on the Half-Yearly Sale:

 

[nice1take5]

Some of the Santoni at the store:

Just some Fall 2013 samples of what we will have at my location (Nordstrom at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, NJ):

Email me at hafiz.azly(at)nordstrom.com with any questions

 

[Beach Bum]

nice1take5 thanks for posting. Nice collection, hopefully you get an extremely good discount!!! That's a lot of dollars in shoes there!

I like your Striper. I think I saw that one on your Instagram picture page the other day. As posted above I got the Striper-2 at 50% off on nordstrom.com a few days ago. I like the blue and the darker tan one you have too. I'll probably buy Blue too if can get it cheap.

 

[ThinkDerm]



Here are some of the more recent Santoni I added to my closet:

Love this pair. pricing?

 

[ThinkDerm]



Some of the Santoni at the store:

Just some Fall 2013 samples of what we will have at my location (Nordstrom at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, NJ):

Email me at hafiz.azly(at)nordstrom.com with any questions

Like the scotchgrain double monk also

 

[Jobst]

Can anybody identify a model/last of these Santoni's? I bought them all second hand and like them a lot, but don't know what they're called!

 

[nice1take5]

On the left is the Darren. Middle and right are both Bristol. Fun fact, the rust Bristol was my very first pair of Santoni.

 

[razl]

Just an observation, and maybe it's just the photography, but the waists on those look like they're cinched in with corsets!

[edit: adding slayer to denote enthusiasm]

Can anybody identify a model/last of these Santoni's? I bought them all second hand and like them a lot, but don't know what they're called!