THE 2024 ALLEN EDMONDS (AE) APPRECIATION THREAD

[Vincent George]

My hope there is that it's not hatchgrain burgundy. I know some people would get excited about it but lots of makers use hatch color 8.

Here’s an Amaretto hatch shell brush that I got from Ealdwine @Misterg12. This color and pattern on a Randolph? Count me in.

 

[TheLawBeard]

Here’s an Amaretto hatch shell brush that I got from Ealdwine @Misterg12. This color and pattern on a Randolph? Count me in.

View attachment 2189495

Man, that looks so much like some bourbon shell I've seen and owned. My amaretto stuff is much more orange.

 

[Vincent George]

Man, that looks so much like some bourbon shell I've seen and owned. My amaretto stuff is much more orange.

Huh. We’ll have to ask Matt. Maybe it is?

 

[wasmisterfu]

Sorry to interrupt, but can we go back to this “Watermelon Shell” thing for a second - is this real?

 

[ProfilaBinding]

Sorry to interrupt, but can we go back to this “Watermelon Shell” thing for a second - is this real?

View attachment 2189531

I'm out of town today, but this was a photo from a year ago. Watermelon Strands.

 

[Duke Santos]

Sorry to interrupt, but can we go back to this “Watermelon Shell” thing for a second - is this real?

View attachment 2189531

 

[wasmisterfu]

I'm out of town today, but this was a photo from a year ago. Watermelon Strands.

View attachment 2189649

Ya know… those are actually pretty good. I like those.

 

[MajorDash]

Not even sure what these are. The look like Achesons, but there is no label on the insole and there is a dovetail heel. But you can’t really say anything about it for $95.

 

[wasmisterfu]

Yeah, I was imagining something Church’s level terrible, like:

 

[wasmisterfu]

Not even sure what these are. The look like Achesons, but there is no label on the insole and there is a dovetail heel. But you can’t really say anything about it for $95.


View attachment 2189769 View attachment 2189771

Allen Edmonds South Beach tassel loafer in Tan Suede.

And yeah, that’s a helluva find for 95 bucks.

 

[Duke Santos]

Yeah, I was imagining something Church’s level terrible, like:

View attachment 2189773

Church's? What a tragic fall. I went into the Chicago boutique once. There was a young tourist couple from China that the two staff were fawning over. Even though I was wearing a pair of C&J's, they didn't acknowledge me in the least. Perhaps, they really did know who was and wasn't their target because the shoes were hideous, as if Prada and Men's USA had a bastard love child.

 

[wasmisterfu]

Church's? What a tragic fall. I went into the Chicago boutique once. There was a young tourist couple from China that the two staff were fawning over. Even though I was wearing a pair of C&J's, they didn't acknowledge me in the least. Perhaps, they really did know who was and wasn't their target because the shoes were hideous, as if Prada and Men's USA had a bastard love child.

Tragic, but simultaneously comedic. The fake vintage is the most absurd of Church’s madness, now ongoing for at least 5 years (I posted this over in the Vintage shoe thread a day or so ago) -

“Church’s, it would appear, has cornered the market for fine fake vintage shoes. What I’d imagined would only be a passing fad, remains an exceedingly expensive part of their lineup:

Yes, that’s right, you can pay Church’s 1,750 bucks for a pair of fake worn vintage shoes, complete with dingy 150th anniversary label:

You can even marvel at their pre-curled shape:

…“

Part of me wishes I could get my hands on a pair, so if I could “restore” them.

I bought these for like 25 bucks with very little wear, but badly abused and uncared for):

And made them into these with a bit of reshaping and elbow grease:

Of course, while I’d relish the challenge, for 1750 bucks I’d rather have a couple of pairs of those swank Watermelon Shell Strands.

 

[Hisheirness23]

I'm out of town today, but this was a photo from a year ago. Watermelon Strands.

View attachment 2189649

Hands down, the best marbled black shell Strands ever produced!

My pair has nowhere near the amount of variation as @ProfilaBinding

 

[Shoenut]

HamilStrand for a fine afternoon.

 

[wasmisterfu]

HamilStrand for a fine afternoon. View attachment 2190011

Damn… those are very nice.