Sleek shoe from - gasp - AE

[Christofuh]

Are skies falling yet ?

Allen-Edmonds
Mcclain

 

[j]

Nice styling with the longer toecap - also looks like it is on a narrower last than usual. Of course if you look at most AEs in a C width they all look sleeker.

 

[Master Shake]

I had taken notice of this shoe as well. They offer this in several spectator versions, too. It looks nice, although there's A LOT of broguing going on.

 

[Baron]

They should have merged those two middle brogue "stripes" on the sides into one. That would really clean up that design.

 

[RJman]

Good on them! I really like the grained calf -- works well on a wingtip like that. Regarding merging the brogue strips -- Hermes had a model a few years ago that was similarly "OB"'ed (overbrogued, for those of us who are not fans of Ima Gonna Git Ya Sucka). It's kind of neat.

 

[aportnoy]

One of the nicer AEs I've seen.

 

[JLibourel]

Agree. It's a nice shoe. Too bad it doesn't fit me. Why oh why must A-E bring out all their new styles on that $#%*ing new #8 last?

 

[skalogre]

The Zappos page has some good views, as usual...
Where did you see the spectator version?

 

[Fabro]

That is a fine looking shoe.

 

[NoVaguy]

Originally Posted by skalogre

The Zappos page has some good views, as usual...
Where did you see the spectator version?

i saw it in AE's merchant advertising brochure, and there might be one floating around on Ebay.

aha, found it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Allen-Edmond...QQcmdZViewItem

 

[hossoso]

Nice shape but a bit of a brogue-verkill. The mid-affectation between the toe definition and the vamp could probably have been omitted.
I have some vintage English shoes (Church's, C&J) that are brogued as liberally and I just can't get that excited about them. In their favor, they are slightly more substantial than these shoes and I think that helps them carry the look a little better. Sorry for being critical, overall those are really good looking shoes. Did you get yourself a pair?

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by hossoso

Nice shape but a bit of a brogue-verkill. The mid-affectation between the toe definition and the vamp could probably have been omitted.

Yeah, I agree. A lot going on there.

 

[alexei]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Yeah, I agree. A lot going on there.
+1 , I saw these on Thursday (when I picked up some Burtons in burboun) and was not impressed. Of course it did not help that the display model was a size 14!

 

[VMan]

I see they are switching back to some textured leathers similar to those they had used in the past.

 

[Teacher]

Yes, they are quite gorgeous. There's also a spectator in brown and ivory leather. Sadly, the linen spectator featured in a previous edition of Shoe Wrap doesn't seem to have made it into production.