The 2025 Allen Edmonds (AE) Appreciation Thread

[middlepP]

Lastly, this hunter green Strandmok was beautiful. Already being cleared out; keep an eye on the dropping price!
View attachment 2324365

Down to $210! Just saying...

 

[Genericuser1]

Couple pairs ordered that I have been looking at. Some good mark downs


Style: #EC4500813

Higgins Mill Weatherproof Zip Boot with Lug Sole​

Size:9.5
Width:3E
Color:Husk Suede
Price:$244.99

Write a Review & Get a Special Offer

Style: #EC4501410

Few others I liked but I need to get off my bum and start selling my lesser used or worse fitting pairs. I'm terrible at selling anything, I just let it sit, like the two pairs of cowboy boots I bought off ebay a year or more ago that don't fit, just sitting in the bottom of my closet.

I'm hopefully moving sometime this year so maybe that will be the impetus to sell some off.

 

[armedferret]

Down to $210! Just saying...

$178.49 with military creds.

 

[MajorDash]

Bourbon McAllister guys for today.

 

[madhat]

Sooo… do you guys like suede?

Word on the street is that you may want to budget for a pair or two in February.

Love suede. More than shell.

From AE Facebook page:

Trunk Show Alert

Allen Edmonds first trunk show of the year is a suede show!
Here is an opportunity to get some of our new and old styles in suede colors not available in our Custom Shop.

Dates:
February 13th - March 3rd

Where:
All of our stores can order help place orders for you. You can also order online. Welts and soles are customizable only through stores.

Some of our stores will have samples for a limited period of time:
February 14-16
Los Angeles, Indianapolis, Houston River Oaks, Boston Newberry, NCY Madison Ave, Short Hills

February 21-23
South Coast Plaza, Chicago Michigan Ave, Scottsdale, Natick, NYC Rock Center, King of Prussia

February 28-March 2nd
Walnut Creek, Denver, Dallas, Altanta, Cincinnati, Raleigh

Pricing:
Standard pricing

Shoes:
Strand Verse *New*
Winston Sneaker *New*
Liverpool
Courtside
Randolph 2.0
Trevor
Chandler
Sebastian Driving Shoe

Colors:
Terracotta
Cabernet
Cosmic Blue
Deep Sea
Chocolate Brown
Dark Olive
Smokey Grey
Tan

**Welts and sole are customizable only through store orders**

View attachment 2322693 View attachment 2322695 View attachment 2322697 View attachment 2322699

Terracotta looks nice.
Is Cabernet going to be the purple they did the first year? …I still need to dye my Hammies to black or something. I just can’t find enough to wear them with.
…that olive sure looks light. Wonder what it’ll actually look like!

Pretty interesting. I like that they are at least offering something with suede again. I think my wallet is safe this round, as there's no Higgins and no light blue. Trickers has a light blue nubuck boot like the Higgins that I was considering buying during the winter sale. It's still $400 on sale, so not really "cheap".

I wore my black marbled Strands for today.

View attachment 2322711

Higgins in love suede…since I can’t have an Indy like that with my EE. Too bad they don’t offer.

Brogue has a navy blue nubuck Indy that I have been resisting the urge to buy for a few years now. Navy nubuck is just so cool.

I am actually shocked at no Higgins. I would probably sit it out too if there was no Liverpool. I think the problem with the Higgins is that they offer it in the every day customizer that already has like 20 different suede options (including a light blue color).

View attachment 2322713

Liverpool is tempting. Also wish HM was there; the custom shop adds a good bit of price.

 

[Shoenut]

Bootie Strands.

 

[VintageAudiophile]

did anyone else grab the “Holiday” shoes this year? I picked up the green ones but did find them to be much darker in person than what the pics showed. Also weirdly found the size off too. Not sure if just mean but appears to be narrower then normal. Not sure if worth trying to exchange or somehow these even for a Strand are just made narrower? I’m a 7.5 3E for reference and even my wife commented about how narrow they looked. Barely could get my foot in which is just odd.

 

[donkeyhoatie]

Battle scarred OG HMs while I wait for cheap burritos. Pibble really did a number on these boots. Might have to spend some time during the game tomorrow cleaning them up.

 

[SpallaPerfetta]

Thoughts on natty shell? I came across natural Park Avenue’s but I’m not really into lighter brown colors. As such I’ve always avoided walnut calf. What does the natural patina look like with age? Will it darken?

 

[KarlHungus]

Thoughts on natty shell? I came across natural Park Avenue’s but I’m not really into lighter brown colors. As such I’ve always avoided walnut calf. What does the natural patina look like with age? Will it darken?

Natural shell will darken substantially with wear and exposure to sun / rain etc, and eventually will become a darkish brown.
See pictures below (from https://ashlandleather.com/blogs/inside-ashland/what-is-cordovan)

(and from https://www.reddit.com/r/goodyearwelt/s/Za1s8d11AK -- other albums contain photos in unworn condition)

 

[Genericuser1]

Couple pairs ordered that I have been looking at. Some good mark downs


Style: #EC4500813

Higgins Mill Weatherproof Zip Boot with Lug Sole​

Size:9.5
Width:3E
Color:Husk Suede
Price:$244.99

Write a Review & Get a Special Offer

Style: #EC4501410

Few others I liked but I need to get off my bum and start selling my lesser used or worse fitting pairs. I'm terrible at selling anything, I just let it sit, like the two pairs of cowboy boots I bought off ebay a year or more ago that don't fit, just sitting in the bottom of my closet.

I'm hopefully moving sometime this year so maybe that will be the impetus to sell some off.

The HM zip boot is going back, about a 2 in cut on the left boot and the leather just isn't appealing overall. The Sienna Tompkins Shearling lined nice and wore it today.

My first experience with the 2020 last I think, and it seems a good fit for me. Still not truly wide enough but then the B34 has been the only last actually as wide as I'd like.

 

[Vincent George]

Park Aves on Dainite

 

[ProfilaBinding]

Had several exhausting days of travel and wore the University shoes here in Phoenix airport. These are good travel shoes because they are dressy yet good for walking a lot. Wore my navy Parks last Friday for an important day.

 

[EZB]

For some reason Mondays are my favorite now, with fewer meetings than any other day. Unfortunately, it was a busy evening, and I didn’t get to eat dinner today, since I was too busy with work.

 

[Hisheirness23]

For some reason Mondays are my favorite now, with fewer meetings than any other day. Unfortunately, it was a busy evening, and I didn’t get to eat dinner today, since I was too busy with work.

View attachment 2329753

Natural hatchgrain was a great call by AE! Should've got a pair of Strands in this leather...d'oh!