Edward Green Appreciation: Pictures, Info, and Where to Buy

[Neville Southall]

All these posts and recent pictures (great, by the way) give me half a mind to start wearing shoes again and posting about them.

 

[shoefan57]

Nice looking shoes! Does anyone know what model this fancy punched wingtip loafer is? Or, which antique color? It's unfortunate that EG does not have a heritage page on thier site to show models offered over the years. Is anyone else noticing the rather thin current worldwide online inventory of EG boots and shoes?
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I think it is called Wigmore. Yes, they have so many beautiful models in their back catalogue that they don’t make anymore unless you know about them and do an MTO. Customers are not buying as many dress shoes these days, opting for boots and casual shoes instead ( mostly loafers) The irony is that the Wigmore once counted as a casual shoes.

 

[te0o]

All these posts and recent pictures (great, by the way) give me half a mind to start wearing shoes again and posting about them.

This here is like the best thread on SF right now...

 

[jazznpool]

I think it is called Wigmore. Yes, they have so many beautiful models in their back catalogue that they don’t make anymore unless you know about them and do an MTO. Customers are not buying as many dress shoes these days, opting for boots and casual shoes instead ( mostly loafers) The irony is that the Wigmore once counted as a casual shoes.

Thanks! I love that model. Maybe an MTO later this year. I have a pair of tobacco suede Hove in the pipeline. Here’s another loafer I like, the Ededbridge. IMO more appealing than the Horton.

 

[GuidoTheKillerPimp]

I finally had a pair of Falkirks made up and took delivery of them in December 2024. I went through The Hand (Dennis). I had to do some settling with regard to the colour as I initially wanted them in Burnt Pine and when that was off the table, as a second choice I selected Hazel, but that was later declined as that colour is also no longer offered by E.G. After much hesitation I settled for Edwardian Antique, but had in mind from the get go that I would darken them myself.

PS: In the pics below I have already darkened them significantly through the application of various shades of mid and dark brown shoe cremes. From the factory, Edward Antique is a very pale shade of brown.

An old post of mine, in which I expressed my desire to someday have a Falkirk made up in a mid brown tone: https://www.styleforum.net/threads/...d-where-to-buy.291745/page-2441#post-10383888

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Both Hazel and Burnt Pine are no longer available?

 

[michaelvl]

Both Hazel and Burnt Pine are no longer available?

Yes, at least I was told so in April 2024 when I submitted my MTO order at an E.G. trunk show @ The Hand, that Burnt Pine was out and was initially told they possibly still had enough Hazel left for a pair, but that was also discontinued. A couple of weeks later, I was contacted, and told that having the shoe made in Hazel wasn't possible any longer due to lack of hide. Basically my choices boiled down to Edwardian, Chestnut or having the whole order canceled.

It is a pity, imho that they discontinued these two lovely colours. If you are considering anything in Burnt Pine or Hazel, I'd still recommend you ask the sales team about it, you never know, over time, things may have changed.

 

[wahnamhong]

Took delivery of my first pair of Edward Green shoes today. The monk shoe Westminster, in brown suede. Very nice, just one question/concern. The size is good, length and width, but I cannot seem to comfortably close the first buckle, the one nearest to the heel. There are three holes on that flap, and I cannot reach the first one. Is this common with the Westminster? Or is it still a size issue? Would you return these, or have someone add an extra hole?

Thanks.

Westminster

82 Last — dark oak antique calf with leather soles

www.edwardgreen.com

 

[bespoken pa]

Dark oak, brown London grain, black Utah, brown country calf, brick red suede (forgot the name? Clove?), brown mink suede.

Gold utah, tobacco suede, nightshade

 

[jazznpool]

Took delivery of my first pair of Edward Green shoes today. The monk shoe Westminster, in brown suede. Very nice, just one question/concern. The size is good, length and width, but I cannot seem to comfortably close the first buckle, the one nearest to the heel. There are three holes on that flap, and I cannot reach the first one. Is this common with the Westminster? Or is it still a size issue? Would you return these, or have someone add an extra hole?

Thanks.

Westminster

82 Last — dark oak antique calf with leather soles

www.edwardgreen.com

If everything with the fit is good and you are not at the end of the strap, I would take it to a good shoe repair person and have them use their small hole punch on the straps to add the hole. If I owned a small hole punch, I would carefully do it myself.

 

[michaelvl]

Took delivery of my first pair of Edward Green shoes today. The monk shoe Westminster, in brown suede. Very nice, just one question/concern. The size is good, length and width, but I cannot seem to comfortably close the first buckle, the one nearest to the heel. There are three holes on that flap, and I cannot reach the first one. Is this common with the Westminster? Or is it still a size issue? Would you return these, or have someone add an extra hole?

Thanks.

Westminster

82 Last — dark oak antique calf with leather soles

www.edwardgreen.com

If it is only by a small margin (a couple of mm) that the buckle won't close, I'd break them in first before doing anything drastic. Wear them indoors, when watching the can or sitting behind your desk if you work from home for example. Walk around in them when at home with first buckle undone. As they break in and mould to your feet, they shall relax somewhat across the vamp and in the toebox. Chances are you shall be able to close the top buckle comfortably after a break in of a couple of hours.

PS: I had a pair of Westminsters about 10 years ago, and the fit after break in was night and day. When new they fit me quite snug. The fit however became significantly looser after subsequent wears, so much so that after say twenty wears, they were too loose for my liking and I ultimately sold them.

 

[Shoeguy57]

Also with multiple Dovers: dark oak, redwood, gold delapre, mahogany cc, umber suede and mink suede.

 

[jellyroller]

Also with multiple Dovers: dark oak, redwood, gold delapre, mahogany cc, umber suede and mink suede.

Since we're doing this...

Dark oak, redwood, mushroom suede, saddle brown hatch grain.

I'd like to add nightshade to the repertoire. Maybe someday.

 

[meno bort]

Strongly considering this pair of Polperro's in 'monastic grey' (?) I just came across on Poshmark. bnwb for 300$ in size 10. https://posh.mk/LANGbNaS2Pb
Can any of y'all tell me more about this model or experience with them?
Cheers

 

[jischwar]

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Can any of y'all tell me more about this model or experience with them?
Cheers

It's a cemented pair of shoes. Unstructured, a good house shoe