Your 1st pair of EG, JL, Vass... what, where and when

[Roger]

Originally Posted by Zegnamtl

First pair of EG were MTO Newbury at the Uomo Montreal trunk show.
To date, the best fitting shoes I own.
Yeah...but don't stop now.

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Our Tramezza collections seem to look very similar. I wear my Merald2 more than any other shoes I own (in fact, at one point I was considering buying a second pair so that I don't wear through the first pair). Too bad I can't find more Tramezza in my size on ebay or the outlets and have to resort to buying EGs.

My Merald2s aren't my most frequently worn shoes, since that honor belongs to my EG Dovers, but I keep going back to them. They've given me an enduring love of monkstraps. It is indeed a shame that Tramezzas seem rare on ebay and their retail price has apparently skyrocketed, but there are worse things to wear than EGs.

Andrew, my EG Dovers and the Ferragamos are in my regular rotation and get worn at least every two weeks, sometimes much more often. The Grenson Stowes are my go-to black business shoes, but I don't wear any of my black shoes very often.

 

[montecristo#4]

Originally Posted by Manton

Salt.

Nice John Kerry avatar.

 

[kolecho]

First pair of EG: Dover 202 dark oak calf, Hong Kong
First pair of Vass: Budapester 3636 bordeaux calf, Budapest
First pair of Carmina: #910 wholecut Rain, mid brown cordovan, Paris

 

[Patrick06790]

My one and only pair, found at a Goodwill and rehabbed, discussed with more pics on this AAAC thread: http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/f...y+edward+green


Before:

After:

 

[Looking to improve]

First pair of Church's: Black 'Balmoral' cap-toe oxfords, 73 last, in 1998 for 629,- guilders in Maastricht, the Netherlands;
First pair of EG: Dark Oak 'Chelsea' cap-toe oxfords, 202 last, on june 1st, 2002, for € 635,- in Maastricht, the Netherlands;
First (and only) pair of AE: White buck 'Orlean' derbies, on may 27th, 2003, for approx. $ 230,- in the AE-store on Newbury St., Boston, Ma.;
First (and only) pair of Santoni: Darkbrown suède chukka-boots, on june 12th, 2004, for € 349,-, in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Spoilt ever after that first pair of Church's...

All are still in my rotation, although I fear that my Church's have suffered some severe scratches along the way. They're still presentable and wearable under a suit, but I would hesitate to wear them under a dinner jacket.

MtB

 

[rioni]

First pair of EG's - RLPL Peerings, black First pair of Lobb's - Langtons, pewter museum First pair of Vass - Maybe soon

 

[Kuro]

hmmm...

1st pair of Lobbs were Campus, 93 or 94 iirc from the Hermes store on 57th (1st pair of Westons were model #598 around the same time period when the Weston store was on 57th).

Never had Vass or EG (although I beleive the Lobbs were made by EG at one point).

 

[meister]

Ist pair of bpought captoes on eBay. Probably my most comfortable shoes.

2nd Pair of Truro monks too big sold to SFer

3rd Pair Monmouths from Odoreater and loving them.

 

[888style]

Firsts....

Edward Green - Berkeley 202, Dark Oak Antique, 2000, at the old Burlington Arcade shop in London.
Crockett & Jones - Tetbury, Blue Suede, 2007, Sir Max in Amsterdam.
Vass - Monkstrap U Last, Dark Blue, 2009, Vass shop Haris Köz 2 in Budapest.
Barker Black - Archdale, Ebay.

 

[LynahFaithful]

Firsts:

EG - MTO Walcot, 82, black calf, 2008, from Tom @ LeatherSoul
St. Crispins - Model 215, classic last, 606 crust leather, 2009
Koronya - dark cognac wholecut, 2009

All outstanding

 

[ThinkDerm]

Originally Posted by LynahFaithful

Firsts:

EG - MTO Walcot, 82, black calf, 2008, from Tom @ LeatherSoul
St. Crispins - Model 215, classic last, 606 crust leather, 2009
Koronya - dark cognac wholecut, 2009

All outstanding

show the st. crispins and koronya

 

[LynahFaithful]

Originally Posted by ThinkDerm

show the st. crispins and koronya


I wish I was equipped to do so. Here are a couple of links to the Koronya's from Marcell's blog:

http://handmadeshoes.wordpress.com/2...olecut-beauty/

http://handmadeshoes.wordpress.com/2...gnac-wholecut/

And here's a picture from the St. Crispin's website of their 215:

http://saint-crispins.com/215_single.html

The color that I got (606) is their shade of burgundy. It's quite nice.

 

[HRoi]

i'm glad this thread got resurrected. now i can play! first EG - burnt pine Chelseas from Jay Kos first John Lobb - dark brown Vintage 2007's from Neiman Marcus first Vass - burgundy U-last austerity brogue from kolecho <--

come to think of it, these three shoes plus a pair of black Becketts were the carefully-selected foundation of my SF-approved shoe wardrobe back then.

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

Started with C&J handgrade in September, got another, and then got the EG Claverton on Monday.

It expected to be underwhelmed, but EG is a real step up from C&J.