Can't decide if these AE dress shoes on sale are nice or freakish
https://www.allenedmonds.com/dw/image/v2/AAXI_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-allenedmonds-catalog/default/dwe68648e4/images/2.1/mens-shoes/maclennan-7439-black-angle-web.jpg?sw=736&sh=736&sm=fit
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
nice but also remind me of https://i.imgur.com/ngfWPoe_d.jpg
― kinder, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 22:01 (five years ago) link
Those shoes seem completely normal.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
yeah I guess. There's just something subtly weird to me about them having literally no lines or perforations whatsoever, like you don't see that a lot on a men's oxford. Like a face missing features or something. But I tend to be oversensitive to stuff like that.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
They are not freakish, just trying a little too hard. Like raspberry-flavored milk instead of plain or chocolate.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
Yeah, and I guess the end of the day that's just not really what I want in my wear with a suit to work shoe, no matter how much I'd love to get a pair of AEs for $240 instead of $400.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
wholecuts are pretty ostentatious imo
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
They are a bit Jil Sanders, but I like that type of minimalism.
― Yerac, Thursday, 27 December 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
meanwhile, been kind of eyeing these greats
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0238/2821/products/Mens-Pronto-FW17-Leather-Nero-Product-102.jpg?v=1527876119
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 28 December 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
I want shoes that look similar to these (including color) that are either (1) better quality than cole haan, or (2) cost less than $300. I don't trust Cole Haan for $300.
https://shop.nordstrom.com/s/cole-haan-american-classics-kneeland-cap-toe-oxford-men/4992562https://n.nordstrommedia.com/id/074cf117-35cc-4138-8868-36dbddeb2874.jpeg?crop=pad&pad_color=FFF&format=jpeg&trim=color&trimcolor=FFF&w=780&h=838&quality=70
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 25 February 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
Matching the oxblood is hard. More used to that on longwings. Couple of Meermin things that aren't quite there. https://www.meermin.es/en/10145511520000se-52-101455-expresso-antique-calf-e-expresso.htmlhttps://www.meermin.es/en/10152010100000se-10-101520-burgundy-calf-e-burdeos.html
― woof, Monday, 25 February 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
yeah, those are quite nice though
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 25 February 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
I can’t get comfortable with the whole high end, handcrafted small batch leather sneaker thing no matter how much I stare at the pics (Greats, Koio, etc). The styles just don’t compute to me.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 20 July 2020 13:40 (three years ago) link
Something I really despise about luxury brand sneakers "inspired by" famous kicks/streetwear
https://media.gucci.com/content/PdpEditorialHalfStandard_800x629/1623398404/PdpEditorialHalfStandard_OUVERTURE-21-069_001_Default.jpg
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link