BostonElitist
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I was at the Brook's Brothers in Boston today, and I talked to an amazing employee who was very knowledgeable about clothes. He knew much about clothes, and he was in the business for 30+ years, and he even had bought clothes at a wholesale level.
He showed me a $99 pair of Levi Docker shoes that had stitching underneath as well as nail holes. He told me that those were all fake, and that it's common for companies to make their cheap shoes have the appearance that they were welt-constructed. I also noticed that the "Made in India" formal shoes of Zara appear to have nails on the under-sole and welt-construction, but this must be fake as well, as these shoes look shoddy.
How do you tell if a shoe has welt-construction to it? I realize that you should be able to see the stitching on top of the sole, and on the bottom of the sole itself, you should see stitching. However, a company can add "fake welt construction stitching".
He showed me a $99 pair of Levi Docker shoes that had stitching underneath as well as nail holes. He told me that those were all fake, and that it's common for companies to make their cheap shoes have the appearance that they were welt-constructed. I also noticed that the "Made in India" formal shoes of Zara appear to have nails on the under-sole and welt-construction, but this must be fake as well, as these shoes look shoddy.
How do you tell if a shoe has welt-construction to it? I realize that you should be able to see the stitching on top of the sole, and on the bottom of the sole itself, you should see stitching. However, a company can add "fake welt construction stitching".