Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

[sam67]

If you wear an 11.5A you might want to check these out from the 1969 catalog.

Florsheim Black Men's Dress Shoes Size 11.5 - shopgoodwill.com

Florsheim Black Men's Dress Shoes Size 11.5 Title: Florsheim Black Men's Dress Shoes Size 11.5This pre-owned item has signs of wear that include, scuffs, stains, and build up of dust.Brand: FlorsheimStyle: -Color: BlackUpper Material: -Type: DressDepartment: MenUS Shoe Size: 11.5Condition...

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Florsheim Men's Dress Shoes 11.5 - shopgoodwill.com

Florsheim Men's Dress Shoes 11.5 Title: Florsheim Men's Dress Shoes 11.5This item does have slight wear including smudges and build up of dirt and dust. Brand: FlorsheimStyle: -Color: BrownUpper Material: -Type: DressDepartment: MenUS Shoe Size: 11.5Condition: Pre-owned There may be dust from...

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[eTrojan]

Wore the Florsheim Varsity LWB in Weathered Moss to church today. My wife liked the spiffy shoelaces.

 

[vestbash]

So you're the guy that keeps buying up all the affordable Poshmark Florsheim's and then resells them at 3x the price. 😭

Yup, that's me. But I hardly buy Florsheims anymore, the last Florsheim shoe I bought on poshmark was 9/15/22.

 

[Satoman1]

Has anyone heard of Wall-Streeter shoes? They seem to have been making shoes in the US until the 1970s. I saw a nice looking pair being sold at a local shoe shop, just not sure how good they are.

edit: Oh, looks like they've been bought by Florsheim. But they had to close the factory after 1 year, some models made in 1974-1975 probably were made there.

 

[friendlygoz]

Wore these Florsheim NSTs today.

 

[CWOyaji]

Spectator fans, are these anything? Edward Green sounds enticing but I don’t know.

 

[smfdoc]

Spectator fans, are these anything? Edward Green sounds enticing but I don’t know. View attachment 1933001 View attachment 1933003

Paul Stuart shoes (these days) appear to be $600 and up, which certainly is not low end. I would wear those for the right price, if they fit.

 

[CWOyaji]

Well since there were also trees I went ahead and bought ‘em.

 

[ccpl14]

Well since there were also trees I went ahead and bought ‘em. View attachment 1933027

Size?

 

[CWOyaji]

They're marked 11 D; not sure whether that's british or american sizing though. They look like these, but with a rounder toe.

 

[smfdoc]

Fully realizing I do not NEED additional shoes I found myself bored and in need of retail therapy. I found some MiUSA black shell LWBs. Vintage shell can be a crap shoot as some are fine and others have rapidly advancing dry leather rot, also known as RADLR. (That's not a real acronym since I just made it up.) In this case close examination of the photos gives me the impression they had a considerable amount of bloom that had been brushed off before the photos. Bloom is a good thing and usually indicates the leather still has waxes and fats that are coming out. So, with the assumption that residual bloom is still seen, I rolled the dice. We shall see how that turns out. Then again, maybe I am just trying to find a way to justify yet another pair of shoes, which is fine.

 

[Vincent George]

Fully realizing I do not NEED additional shoes I found myself bored and in need of retail therapy. I found some MiUSA black shell LWBs. Vintage shell can be a crap shoot as some are fine and others have rapidly advancing dry leather rot, also known as RADLR. (That's not a real acronym since I just made it up.) In this case close examination of the photos gives me the impression they had a considerable amount of bloom that had been brushed off before the photos. Bloom is a good thing and usually indicates the leather still has waxes and fats that are coming out. So, with the assumption that residual bloom is still seen, I rolled the dice. We shall see how that turns out.

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Nice score, Doc. What maker?

 

[davidVC]

These shoes were on ebay very briefly today. Really cool pair. Gold welt. No medallion. Pretty sure these were made in the 1950s.

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[smfdoc]

These shoes were on ebay very briefly today. Really cool pair. Gold welt. No medallion. Pretty sure these were made in the 1950s.

Vtg Florsheim Dress Shoes Mens 9 D Leather Brown White Spectator Long Wing Tip | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vtg Florsheim Dress Shoes Mens 9 D Leather Brown White Spectator Long Wing Tip at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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Wow. So happy they were not my size since I didn’t see them.

 

[smfdoc]

Nice score, Doc. What maker?

I will clean them up and post pictures for guess the maker. But it won’t be difficult.