clee1982
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Also dislike faux patinas. The rare exception is Edward Green, although, in recent years, I've seen some examples from them that look tacky. Haven't bought EG shoes in a long time, but ten years ago, the patination service there was very subtle and tasteful. Now some of them look like those services where someone paints your shoe with a paintbrush.
I think my aversion to wholecuts is
1) The look taxidermic somewhat to me, although the same can prob be said of split toes, a style I love
2) I don't think I've ever seen them look good in outfits.
3) I also think people buy them because they supposedly require a lot of skill to make. If it were the easiest style to make, I wonder how many people would still purchase them.
wholecut to me has to be sleek or on a very dressy last at least (else it make any bubbulous shoe extra bad, like imagine Alden Barrie wholecut), and I think that’s not part of your wardrobe so maybe that’s why?
though I have no idea why chelsea doesn’t have to be sleek but a non sleek wholecut is borderline hospital shoe to me…