Advice on Quality - Sutor Mantellassi - Yoox

[Stephenhdmrs]

Hi All,

I have some quality concerns on some shoes I just received from Yoox. They are welted differently than any of my other shoes. I am by no means an expert so i'm asking for everyone to take a look. All of my shoes seems to be rounded going into the sole. These are different. They kind of just goes into the sole. I want to make sure the construction is okay and not going to fall apart soon. At first I thought they were glued and that was my biggest concern, but it appears from the insole picture that they are not. I have no idea what kind of construction they are though. The leather quality appears to be good on them. Any thoughts?

Yes, some people may think i'm neurotic, but I know yoox keeps trying to pass off low quality stuff as much higher quality(they sold me "Luigi Borrelli" as some "LB57 Design by Luigi Borrelli" and its not the same quality as previous stuff). I don't want to get ripped off as I can send these back. Also, just for reference, I have googled many different shoe constructions trying to match these up and I can't find anything. And I compared them to my other Sutors, Gravati, Santoni, Martegani, Max Verre, Franschetti, Battistoni, Ferragamo's and none of them have that. So I humbly come to Styleforum for advice.








Many thanks.

 

[Stephenhdmrs]

Hate to bump

Is this an obvious question or does no one know?

 

[mishon]

What's wrong with the shoes you posted?

 

[Stephenhdmrs]

I guess I could have clarified more. It's the brown pair. I wanted to know the type of construction and see if it was inferior to their normal line. This is the only pair of shoes I have that is like that. It looks a little off. The leather goes straight down into the sole whereas other shoes have a more round appearance before they are sewed onto the sole.

I edited the pictures and added arrows to show where it does it.

 

[Stefan88]

I guess I could have clarified more. It's the brown pair. I wanted to know the type of construction and see if it was inferior to their normal line. This is the only pair of shoes I have that is like that. It looks a little off. The leather goes straight down into the sole whereas other shoes have a more round appearance before they are sewed onto the sole.

I edited the pictures and added arrows to show where it does it.

Not sure what Sutor Mantellassi usually makes, but this pair is blake stitched. Google got this: http://www.primermagazine.com/2014/...struction-goodyear-welt-blake-stich-cementing

 

[mishon]

Sutor, last time I checked, does not have a diffusion line thats inferior in quality. If they fit and you like them, wear them well. Btw, did you size up for your pair?

 

[Stephenhdmrs]

Sutor, last time I checked, does not have a diffusion line thats inferior in quality. If they fit and you like them, wear them well. Btw, did you size up for your pair?

I did size up. I usually wear a 10 in them and I got a 10.5 Perfect fit. I really thought they were wrong when it said to size up, but they were correct.