Who Knows Ferragamo Shoes?

[SGladwell]

Originally Posted by ghulkhan

yea Its kinda hard to digest
I don't see why that's so hard to digest, really. Except for the iconic William double-soled double-monk in brown pebblegrain, there's really nothing terribly special about any of the stock Lobbs. (I really dislike all Jermyn II style shoes, including Ferragamo's Tramezza take on the style, though I realize that puts me in a minority around here.) Besides the name and the price, at least. The same could be said for the Northampton shoemakers in general, which I find to be massively overrated on the fora. They're all nice shoes, and I own a few pairs (C&J, EG, Grenson) but all very overpriced new and hardly invulnerable to criticism. I'd just rather have a closet full of Reiter, Weston, Materna, Tramezza, and so on.

 

[Pariolino]

Originally Posted by SGladwell

I don't see why that's so hard to digest, really. Except for the iconic William double-soled double-monk in brown pebblegrain, there's really nothing terribly special about any of the stock Lobbs. (I really dislike all Jermyn II style shoes, including Ferragamo's Tramezza take on the style, though I realize that puts me in a minority around here.) Besides the name and the price, at least. The same could be said for the Northampton shoemakers in general, which I find to be massively overrated on the fora. They're all nice shoes, and I own a few pairs (C&J, EG, Grenson) but all very overpriced new and hardly invulnerable to criticism. I'd just rather have a closet full of Reiter, Weston, Materna, Tramezza, and so on.
I agree on the Brits. I find a lot of the shoes to be overpriced and under-well made. Ferragamos don't float my boat, but your other selections are nice.

 

[Christofuh]

Long story short

 

[SGladwell]

I think everyone on this forum who finds them comfortable should have a pair of those Merald 2 monkstraps. Shoes just don't get much better.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by SGladwell

I'd just rather have a closet full of Reiter, Weston, Materna, Tramezza, and so on.

Materna is in a complete different league.

 

[SGladwell]

Originally Posted by fritzl

Materna is in a complete different league.

And a completely different price. What I paid for my nailed double sole Norweger from Materna would've bought me 3 pairs of Reiters, or with some skillful shopping 2 pairs of Tramezzas or Westons...

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by SGladwell

And a completely different price. What I paid for my nailed double sole Norweger from Materna would've bought me 3 pairs of Reiters, or with some skillful shopping 2 pairs of Tramezzas or Westons...

I know. But the shoes from "Herrn Kommerzialrat" are still reasonable priced for what you get: http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...postcount=1192

e. g. Starting price for his bespoke shoes is lower than JL Prestige

 

[philosophe]

Originally Posted by SGladwell

I think everyone on this forum who finds them comfortable should have a pair of those Merald 2 monkstraps. Shoes just don't get much better.

Two pairs, in fact. Why have only one color?
I have my eye on the suede captoes now. It's a just a matter of time.

 

[gumercindo]

Where's the best place to buy Tramezza besides "ebay"? the retial SF store don't seem to often carry Tramezzas and places like NM/Saks don't carry that many, so where else can one get hands on one?

 

[bigbris1]

OK Ron, what can you tell me about these?