The Official Alden Thread for 2023 - Share Reviews, Sizing, Advice, and Photos.

[E. coli]

Back in Black today

 

[Alden Northwest]

Faded 8. Toasting you all with my double espresso. View attachment 2055301 View attachment 2055303 View attachment 2055305 View attachment 2055307 View attachment 2055309 View attachment 2055311 View attachment 2055313

The fade job turned out awesome!

I have the same pair from Yenni, still unworn in a box as of now. The way yours turned out has me tempted to do the same!

 

[Hisheirness23]

Need some help.

Gray indy vs. Loden indy.

I have humus indy so leaning more towards gray. For some reason, right shoe of my humus indy is darker and sometimes show greenish hue. So I’m thinking Loden will kind be redundant? Obviously, gray will be a completely different color but they appear to be more blue in some pics.

At the same time, I’m a sucker for green. Always wanted green indy makeups from todd snyder but never got a chance to buy one due to my sizing. So Loden is a good chance to have a green pair of indy?

I believe Humus Suede is next to Loden Suede in the spectrum with Snuff being on one end and Dark Brown on the other. While Loden is probably one of my favorite colors, I think Gray will be quite a bit different.

The next consideration would be what you would plan to pair with the Gray Indy boots. Gray isn't quite the same as Brown, so different pants/trousers would pair better than the pants you wear your Humus Suede Indys with. For example, I love wearing grey pants and brown shoes, but grey pants and grey shoes may be too uniform. Dark blues work well with both, but I tried Olive pants with my Gray suede boots and they don't quite seem right. Guess it would depend on the shade of Gray.

Are you considering the Matte Gray from Ealdwine?

 

[Hisheirness23]

No trick, but quite a treat to close out a barrage of orders that landed in October. Lucked into a very sweet pair of Whiskey Shell Naval Boots from Leffot thanks to a fellow Alden enthusiast up north!

There has been lots of discussion around Whiskey vs. Bourbon, but Alden's stance is Whiskey is still Whiskey, just like Ravello is still Ravello. Batch to batch may be different, but it's supposed to be the same color.

And here are a couple of pics between Whiskey Shell boots. The other Whiskey is from Brogue's June 2022 boots (on the left) that I picked up a little over a year ago.

They aren't night-and-day different, but they do appear much different than the pictures show. The top photo really demonstrates how much lighter they are than the new batch of Whiskey.

 

[Franky]

No trick, but quite a treat to close out a barrage of orders that landed in October. Lucked into a very sweet pair of Whiskey Shell Naval Boots from Leffot thanks to a fellow Alden enthusiast up north!

There has been lots of discussion around Whiskey vs. Bourbon, but Alden's stance is Whiskey is still Whiskey, just like Ravello is still Ravello. Batch to batch may be different, but it's supposed to be the same color.
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And here are a couple of pics between Whiskey Shell boots. The other Whiskey is from Brogue's June 2022 boots (on the left) that I picked up a little over a year ago.
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They aren't night-and-day different, but they do appear much different than the pictures show. The top photo really demonstrates how much lighter they are than the new batch of Whiskey.

I wonder why there is such a drastic difference in each picture of what color each panel is on the right boot? In some they all look uniform and in others they alternate in which look lighter and darker. For instance the cap toe looks pretty different in each picture.

 

[Hisheirness23]

I wonder why there is such a drastic difference in each picture of what color each panel is on the right boot? In some they all look uniform and in others they alternate in which look lighter and darker. For instance the cap toe looks pretty different in each picture.

I'm not entirely sure, but I believe it's the fibers of the shell kinda like the nap of suede. I've seen this on a lot of my shell cordovan shoes and figured it was just one of the properties of the shell.

 

[sterlingindigo]

I wonder why there is such a drastic difference in each picture of what color each panel is on the right boot? In some they all look uniform and in others they alternate in which look lighter and darker. For instance the cap toe looks pretty different in each picture.

All shell will do this

 

[PACostag]

The gr

I believe Humus Suede is next to Loden Suede in the spectrum with Snuff being on one end and Dark Brown on the other. While Loden is probably one of my favorite colors, I think Gray will be quite a bit different.

The next consideration would be what you would plan to pair with the Gray Indy boots. Gray isn't quite the same as Brown, so different pants/trousers would pair better than the pants you wear your Humus Suede Indys with. For example, I love wearing grey pants and brown shoes, but grey pants and grey shoes may be too uniform. Dark blues work well with both, but I tried Olive pants with my Gray suede boots and they don't quite seem right. Guess it would depend on the shade of Gray.

Are you considering the Matte Gray from Ealdwine?
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The grey from Ealdwine was very pretty in person, got the opportunity to see them firsthand. I think that they have an open pre-order at the moment if your size isn't in stock

 

[JSO1]

I wonder why there is such a drastic difference in each picture of what color each panel is on the right boot? In some they all look uniform and in others they alternate in which look lighter and darker. For instance the cap toe looks pretty different in each picture.

I'm not entirely sure, but I believe it's the fibers of the shell kinda like the nap of suede. I've seen this on a lot of my shell cordovan shoes and figured it was just one of the properties of the shell.

All shell will do this

Yep, shell is kind of directional this way. It’s usually not that noticeable but sometimes you get a mismatch like this, which I find pretty cool.

 

[jonathanS]

So I have a question re: Aldens & shell cordovan. Which shells should I be looking out for? Which ones are considered rare?

 

[rosenkruez]

Loden is really really close to humus. I would switch it up a bit

Thanks for the advice!

I believe Humus Suede is next to Loden Suede in the spectrum with Snuff being on one end and Dark Brown on the other. While Loden is probably one of my favorite colors, I think Gray will be quite a bit different.

The next consideration would be what you would plan to pair with the Gray Indy boots. Gray isn't quite the same as Brown, so different pants/trousers would pair better than the pants you wear your Humus Suede Indys with. For example, I love wearing grey pants and brown shoes, but grey pants and grey shoes may be too uniform. Dark blues work well with both, but I tried Olive pants with my Gray suede boots and they don't quite seem right. Guess it would depend on the shade of Gray.

Are you considering the Matte Gray from Ealdwine?
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The gr

The grey from Ealdwine was very pretty in person, got the opportunity to see them firsthand. I think that they have an open pre-order at the moment if your size isn't in stock

Yes! I wear 13 in trubalance so it's kind of challenging to find special makeups in my size. I plan to get on this pre order while I have a chance.

 

[sterlingindigo]

Yep, shell is kind of directional this way. It’s usually not that noticeable but sometimes you get a mismatch like this, which I find pretty cool.

Yeah that side angle is solid but the other angles are really pronounced! Toe caps look lighter in one direction and darker in the other direction.

 

[maiatip]

I believe Humus Suede is next to Loden Suede in the spectrum with Snuff being on one end and Dark Brown on the other. While Loden is probably one of my favorite colors, I think Gray will be quite a bit different.

The next consideration would be what you would plan to pair with the Gray Indy boots. Gray isn't quite the same as Brown, so different pants/trousers would pair better than the pants you wear your Humus Suede Indys with. For example, I love wearing grey pants and brown shoes, but grey pants and grey shoes may be too uniform. Dark blues work well with both, but I tried Olive pants with my Gray suede boots and they don't quite seem right. Guess it would depend on the shade of Gray.

Are you considering the Matte Gray from Ealdwine?
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I think it would be a good match for the Gray suede boots.

 

[smfdoc]

Yep, shell is kind of directional this way. It’s usually not that noticeable but sometimes you get a mismatch like this, which I find pretty cool.

I really like the difference in shell color depending on the angle. I have a pair of whiskey saddle NSTs that change color and actually give them that old "spectator" look for saddles. The saddle part is either light or dark, depending on the viewing angle.

 

[smfdoc]

Happy Tuesday forum pals. Posting the whiskey NSTs made me realize it has been far too long size I wore their cousins.