Let's talk dress shoes.

[EvilYoda]

I like AE for a quality traditional shoe. Frye makes more stylish but cheaper quality (still benchcrafted) ones. Cole Haan's alright these days. Haven't seen too much talk about European brands so sticking within the US, I think Alden makes some top-notch stuff.

 

[The_Dude8]

So in July or...?

yes, but the soles are 2nd quality and not 1st quality. Their popular models like PA, strands, mcAllister, 5th streets are usually not part of their 2 for $250 sale.

more info on AE past sale:

http://putthison.com/post/59596925161/its-on-sale-allen-edmonds-factory-seconds-i

 

[JM Aggie08]

Just took my AE Strands to the local shoe repair shop I've been going to. New soles/heels, reworking, and refinishing + actual costs I paid for the shoe is still <50% of retail.

:thumbsup:

 

[TwiceOver]

Florsheim, they're like foot gloves.

 

[Cheesemoo]

I could run Marathons, (if I could run marathons) in my Nunn Bush, $40 on sale at JCP.

 

[dr150]

Allen Edmonds or Johnston & Murphy.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Last night unrelated to this I discovered new Tie Knots like the Trinity, Eldredge, Cape, and others.

I can't imagine anyone with one of these knots in real life not looking like a complete tool. I once saw a young lawyer with an Eldredge and wanted to cut it off him to spare us both the continuing embarrassment.

 

[smackababy]

I can't imagine anyone with one of these knots in real life not looking like a complete tool. I once saw a young lawyer with an Eldredge and wanted to cut it off him to spare us both the continuing embarrassment.

Wow, just Googled those and they look incredibly stupid. I think someone just couldn't do a Windsor, so they made these up and pretended they were stylish.

 

[alkemyst]

I can't imagine anyone with one of these knots in real life not looking like a complete tool. I once saw a young lawyer with an Eldredge and wanted to cut it off him to spare us both the continuing embarrassment.

You seem to have a lot of pent up anger about how your life turned out in many of your posts. You like to let us know you are a lawyer, but never really have toys to share, women, or other kinds of manly conquests.

The Eldredge is rather conservative perhaps his tie didn't lend itself to the knot or his structure.

Your reaction seems way off-base.

Perhaps meds will help you.

 

[alkemyst]

Wow, just Googled those and they look incredibly stupid. I think someone just couldn't do a Windsor, so they made these up and pretended they were stylish.

I pegged you as the guy that wears a Bolo tie for some reason.

Some of those knots take you through what Windsor would be.

Trust me, most dudes that can pull off these knots; know how to tie a Windsor.

You should pick your battles in do you want to conform or are you going to post about non-conforming.

You now just sound like trololol.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

You seem to have a lot of pent up anger about how your life turned out in many of your posts. You like to let us know you are a lawyer, but never really have toys to share, women, or other kinds of manly conquests.

The Eldredge is rather conservative perhaps his tie didn't lend itself to the knot or his structure.

Your reaction seems way off-base.

Perhaps meds will help you.

Physician, heal thyself. I have loads of toys, a great girlfriend, and all the manly pursuits I need. You, on the other hand, post here 15.93 times per day.

Maybe you're just having a hard time understanding why I wouldn't be a rabid attention whore like . . . oh, I know there's someone who comes to mind, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'll get back to you.

In the meantime, this looks like microwaved shit, and would get me laughed out of court and/or polite company:

I guess if I were 23 and didn't know better it might be appealing, but I'm not and neither are you.

 

[alkemyst]

Physician, heal thyself. I have loads of toys, a great girlfriend, and all the manly pursuits I need. You, on the other hand, post here 15.93 times per day.

Maybe you're just having a hard time understanding why I wouldn't be a rabid attention whore like . . . oh, I know there's someone who comes to mind, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'll get back to you.

In the meantime, this looks like microwaved shit, and would get me laughed out of court and/or polite company:

I guess if I were 23 and didn't know better it might be appealing, but I'm not and neither are you.

Attorneys are attention whores. If you were not you'd never make it in a courtroom.

Minnesota is a good place for you.

Enjoy Dawson's Creek, bro.

Just like an attorney you pick a bad example to make it your case.

:thumbsup:

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Attorneys are attention whores. If you were not you'd never make it in a courtroom.

Minnesota is a good place for you.

Enjoy Dawson's Creek, bro.

Just like an attorney you pick a bad example to make it your case.

:thumbsup:

I think Minneapolis is a good place for me - we are one of the best-educated, most literate cities in the United States, one of the best cycling cities in the United States, and Minnesota is consistently among the top in the US in the areas of life expectancy and quality of life. I have lived all over the US (including stints in NYC, San Francisco and the Seattle area) and chose to return here after I got out of the service, although I was licensed in California and could easily have gone there.

I hope Florida is a good fit for you - it would not be for me, but obviously we are all different. God knows I'm different from anyone who thinks this is a good look:

 

[alkemyst]

I think Minneapolis is a good place for me - we are one of the best-educated, most literate cities in the United States, one of the best cycling cities in the United States, and Minnesota is consistently among the top in the US in the areas of life expectancy and quality of life.

I hope Florida is a good fit for you - it would not be for me, but obviously we are all different. God knows I'm different from anyone who thinks this is a good look:

You go girl, just tap your heels and go with it!

 

[Ns1]

I hope Florida is a good fit for you - it would not be for me, but obviously we are all different. God knows I'm different from anyone who thinks this is a good look:

what the fuck is that thing

In the meantime, this looks like microwaved shit, and would get me laughed out of court and/or polite company:

I guess if I were 23 and didn't know better it might be appealing, but I'm not and neither are you.

WHO THINKS OF THIS SHIT?!

 

[Jeeebus]

As a lawyer currently practicing in Florida, let me confirm that I would likely die laughing if I saw one of those knots in court. Might be a good strategy because I'd be too distracted by the tie to actually argue the merits.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

As a CPA, no one would ever one of those knots in a professional environment. I work with internal & external corporate counsel on the regular, conservatism abounds.

The people who wear these would be laughed at behind their back for being a complete tool.

The only person I could see wearing these knots is a pimply faced kid working at his Dad's used car lot in a shiny polyester suit - ill-fitted of course.

Maybe the gay hipster twenty-sumin guy workin at Nordstrom's too..................

 

[The_Dude8]

Just took my AE Strands to the local shoe repair shop I've been going to. New soles/heels, reworking, and refinishing + actual costs I paid for the shoe is still <50% of retail.

:thumbsup:

how much did your cobbler charges for your the new soles/heels, reworking and refinishing?

 

[Howard]

how much did your cobbler charges for your the new soles/heels, reworking and refinishing?

Hopefully less than $100. That's the price from AE direct.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Would buying from Nordstroms = free repairs, new soles etc?

 

[alkemyst]

what the fuck is that thing



WHO THINKS OF THIS SHIT?!

People outside of fast food careers.

Funny how the Eldridge is panned here when it gets high marks in modern men's dress.

Of course many of you run shadow to shadow in fear of the world out there.

 

[Howard]

Funny how the Eldridge is panned here when it gets high marks in modern men's dress.

No, no it doesn't.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I would stick with classic, timeless looks, that always stay in style.

 

[phucheneh]

Came in expecting to laugh at expensive yuppie shoes; was pleasantly surprised to find YAAlkemystLookingLikeAToolThread.

As a currently practicing mechanic, I would laugh at someone using one of those tie knots. They're not laughing at you because they're lawyers or other snooty professionals, bro. They're laughing because that makes you look like an incompetent child.

I do not wear suits and rarely ever wear a tie. But I still know that there are maybe five tie knots with some level of acceptability. Windsor, half-windsor, pratt, nicky, and four in the hand. I usually use the nicky because it's about the size of a FitH, but comes out symmetrical.

The important thing about those knots is that they all show one smooth piece of fabric on the front. Not an overlapping clusterfuck of fail.

 

[The_Dude8]

Would buying from Nordstroms = free repairs, new soles etc?

No, why would you think nordy give free repair and new soles?