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  1. K

    The Official Thrift Thread Maker Label Guide

    Hi guys. Please forgive my submission of a question rather than an educational post. Is the attached label Attolini? For the record, I have looked at every post on this thread and have not seen a similar label. Thanks! 🦊
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    ** Quintessential Crockett & Jones Thread ** (reviews, quality, etc...)

    The New York Times Wirecutter recommends brushes from Kirby Allison that run around $25.
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    Maker of this Ferragamo Tramezza

    Bump. Hello gentlemen. Pictured below is a pair of whole cuts recently purchased off eBay. They are Ferragamo Tramezzas. I have been unsuccessful in my research as to the maker of these shoes. Do any of you experts know? And is this the shoe known as Nostro? I have a pair of Tramezza Special...
  4. K

    Cashmere Sweater Hierarchy

    I recently bought this Lyle and Scott cardigan on eBay. Can one in you experts tell me if this orange reinforcing lining on the interior of the placket is original to the sweater? Thanks.
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    Maker of this Ferragamo Tramezza

    Good afternoon gentlemen. Who can tell me who manufactured this Ferragamo Tramezza whole cut? Thanks!
  6. K

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Happy weekend guys. Sorry if my question has already been asked and answered. What was your experience with replacing the elastic gusset on Chelsea boots? Was your cobbler able to do this without creating new seam lines so that the change was more or less invisible? Was this a costly...
  7. K

    Foster & Sons ready made shoes thread

    Thank you very much for your response. I appreciate it. Here’s a follow-up question. The pictures below are of a F&S branded shoe that looks very similar - but not identical, from the photos I have seen - to a shoe that F&S manufactured in their own factory. F&S called it Alvie. Do you know...
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    ** Quintessential Crockett & Jones Thread ** (reviews, quality, etc...)

    Thanks. Any knowledge as to which last it’s built on, and whether bench grade, or hand grade, or something in between? Superficially, it looks like the Lowndes, no?
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    ** Quintessential Crockett & Jones Thread ** (reviews, quality, etc...)

    Hey C&J guys. The attached pictures are of a pair of C&J double monks for Polo that I recently bought off eBay. I was trying to figure out what C&J shoes these most closely resemble, but I’m having a hard time. There is no last ID - at leas so far as I am able to tell. Do any of you guys...
  10. K

    Foster & Sons ready made shoes thread

    Here’s a bump on an old thread. Is it possible to distinguish by looking at the nail pattern and soles between the high end and the low end of the now discontinued F&S RTW line? Was there ever such a thing as an RTW catalogue or brochure that someone might have? Below are two heels and soles...
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    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Thanks Bopper. That’s really useful information. One thing I’m not clear on from your description of your protocol is whether or not to do the washing and rinsing with the shoe trees in place, or whether to put the trees in after the washing and rinsing. Wouldn’t it be better to let the...
  12. K

    Vintage Dress shoe appreciation, tips, maintenance and advice

    Good morning guys. I have two questions for the shoe bros as I begin to assemble a collection of shoes for myself. For reasons unexplainable, I’ve been bitten by a shoe bug and have bought 14 pairs of shoes online - mainly eBay but also some other platforms - over the last four months. I will...
  13. K

    RL Made in England bench made mail pattern - Whodunnit ?

    The Seller also says C&J, but the interior markings are unfamiliar to me. Also - and I’m just a novice - I didn’t know that C&J bench made shoes have closed channel soles. Is it possible that interior markings and soles are specific to shoes that C&J made for RL? Thanks!
  14. K

    RL Made in England bench made mail pattern - Whodunnit ?

    Good morning experts. Does this nail pattern on an RL pair of shoes look familiar to anyone?
  15. K

    ** Quintessential Crockett & Jones Thread ** (reviews, quality, etc...)

    Not the best picture, but timely. Just touched down in Seattle. Here’s a Peal & Co. brogued Chiltern in what was called sage green. It looks a bit browner than the earth green.
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