Allen Edmonds Appreciation Thread 2016 - News, Pictures, Sizing, Accessories, Clothing, etc

[Skelnik]

Just my opinion, but it does seem like almost every 2.0 shoe is inferior to the original in some way. Having owned both Leeds, I can say the original is better. Also, 2.0 seems to also mean that profila binding is now being used.

Agreed

 

[danwatts2005]

Great minds think alike. Of course, so do small minds. I'm not sure where we fall on the spectrum, so I'll just leave it as, FBW minds think alike.

Love these shoes. Just wish I'd realized how large they run before they were out of them in my true size. Not quite cool enough for the thicker socks that fill them out more.

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You guys are making me wish I had snapped a pic yesterday.

 

[Roycru]

Wearing khaki (grain) McTavishes today........

 

[hohneokc]



Are those from ShoeBank?  They look like my "Mistake McTs" (Cognac that is really antiqued tan) that I'm wearing on McTavish Tuesday

No they were purchased at a retail store. The color is a bit washed out - bad cell phone pic.

Chris

 

[Skelnik]

I just saw the shoes I sent into Allen Edmonds for structural issues for sale on eBay. They are a pair of black Leeds that where worn about a dozen times and the right shoe got excessively wrinkled while the left shoe wore in normally. I contacted Allen Edmonds customer service who asked for photos and then later requested that I send them to the Quality Assurance group for inspection. After receiving the shoes I was contacted by a representative who explained that the right shoe in fact had a problem that even redrafting couldn't fix. It had been made with "soft" leather. Since they no longer sold Leeds 1.0 they offered me a credit to use toward anything I wanted. I was very happy with their customer service. The entire process was easy and they stood behind their product.

Strongly though I just came across my former pair of shoes today on eBay, almost 3 months later (along with the added "No Warranty" stamping).








Not a big revelation or anything, but I thought it was interesting enough to share.

 

[peppercorn78]

That happened to me too. The first build of my blue suede MacAllisters had cement failure between the welt and Vibram gumlight sole. I sent it in and they remade it for me with a cream midsole (improved the look considerably!)

A few months later I found my originals on eBay by this same seller, but with no mention of the fact that the sole was peeling off.

 

[Skelnik]

That happened to me too. The first build of my blue suede MacAllisters had cement failure between the welt and Vibram gumlight sole. I sent it in and they remade it for me with a cream midsole (improved the look considerably!)

A few months later I found my originals on eBay by this same seller, but with no mention of the fact that the sole was peeling off.

I always wondered where they came from, but now I know. It's no wonder why they stamp them with "no warranty". It's not necessarily about restricting them form being returned to a store, but rather from free replacements for structural issues.

 

[RitchieBro]



Picked up a pair of merlot Hopkinsons and a pair of burgundy shell Park Aves. Both very nice, but don't think I can justify owning two "red" cap toe oxfords.
Help me decide which our to keep (or convince me to keep both). Here are pics:

Edit - sorry for the poor quality cell phone pics.

Definitely the shell Parks!

 

[Skelnik]

Picked up a pair of merlot Hopkinsons and a pair of burgundy shell Park Aves. Both very nice, but don't think I can justify owning two "red" cap toe oxfords.
Help me decide which our to keep (or convince me to keep both). Here are pics:







Edit - sorry for the poor quality cell phone pics.

Keep the shell Parks Aves

 

[DNSamurai]

New Red Campmocs. Keeping my feet comfy while listening in on a 5-hour deposition.

 

[Southwick]

Good afternoon, gentlemen. A brief and somewhat off topic question: I just received a catalog from some outfit named Samuel-Windsor. Never heard of them. The catalog says their shoes and clothing are "designed" in GB, but make moment ion of where they are made. The prices seemed unrealistically low. What can anyone tell me about these guys, especially the place of manufacture?


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[Southwick]



Good afternoon, gentlemen. A brief and somewhat off topic question: I just received a catalog from some outfit named Samuel-Windsor. Never heard of them. The catalog says their shoes and clothing are "designed" in GB, but make moment ion of where they are made. The prices seemed unrealistically low. What can anyone tell me about these guys, especially the place of manufacture?


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EDIT: make moment ion should say makes no mention. Sorry about that.


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[Vitals]

Picked up a pair of merlot Hopkinsons and a pair of burgundy shell Park Aves. Both very nice, but don't think I can justify owning two "red" cap toe oxfords.
Help me decide which our to keep (or convince me to keep both). Here are pics:







Edit - sorry for the poor quality cell phone pics.

One more vote on keeping the Shell PA's.

 

[BespokeBrooklyn]

Over my lunch break, I looked at the ShoeBank's inventory in size 9D, to browse potential birthday presents for a friend of mine. As someone who wears a very unusual size, I was blown away by the number and variety of styles available in more normal sizes; I had assumed that, the more popular the size, the more picked over the inventory would be. Black pebble grain McNeils, chili MacGregors, snuff suede Gobis, brown McGraws or Patriots, the merlot collection. . . one could assemble a solid rotation for five or six hundred bucks.

 

[ProfilaBinding]

Over my lunch break, I looked at the ShoeBank's inventory in size 9D, to browse potential birthday presents for a friend of mine. As someone who wears a very unusual size, I was blown away by the number and variety of styles available in more normal sizes; I had assumed that, the more popular the size, the more picked over the inventory would be. Black pebble grain McNeils, chili MacGregors, snuff suede Gobis, brown McGraws or Patriots, the merlot collection. . . one could assemble a solid rotation for five or six hundred bucks.

Yeah, it's night and day between the 8 D inventory and 7.5 E inventory. I often search the 65 lasted shoes in 7.5 E, but they are slim pickin's.