EDF Fashion (and Fashion Deals) Thread

[wholecut]

Originally Posted by jws43yale

Both types of shoes aren't cheap, I paid $600 for Alden cordovan (leather from horse butt) monkstraps that I fully expect to resole 5-6 times and have last 20 years.

topy man! saves you like $800 in resoling fees and who knows what the 1 time they save you from cracking your head on the ice

[z28dreams]

What do you guys think of the cheaper Allen Edmonds shoes? I've found a fair amount on sale or online in the $100 - $150 range.

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Originally Posted by z28dreams

What do you guys think of the cheaper Allen Edmonds shoes? I've found a fair amount on sale or online in the $100 - $150 range.

hard to generalize. it's not that strange to find the $325 AE on sale for $225 or from some guy for $175. otoh $150 is close to the retail price for some of the cheaper rubber soled crappy stuff they sell. just depends on the model you can't go by price alone

in the past month I've bought 2 pairs of AE

a $525 shell cordovan MacNeil (totally a classic style, awesome) worn 5ish times for $150. of course this douchebag mislabeled the size so that fell through

a $300 pair of AE Taunton Chelsea boots slightly worn 10 ish times for $40. this model is discontinued so it kind of warps the value.

these are both sweet deals imo. the minute you wear AE outside/scuff the soles they lose a ton of value, but in reality they are very close to new. this is the sweet spot for shoes imo, unless you don't care about $

[jws43yale]

Originally Posted by wholecut

topy man! saves you like $800 in resoling fees and who knows what the 1 time they save you from cracking your head on the ice

Don't like the full coating think it completely ruins the purpose of buying great leather soled shoes in the first place. IMO feel like if you do the full leather coating you might as well just go buy some clunky Cole Haans. I put plastic tips on the toes and have the heelpiece replaced at a local shoe place for like $15. But I want leather on the majority of the sole. As long as I do this the leather doesn't develop holes to need a resoling for a long time.

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Originally Posted by jws43yale

Don't like the full coating think it completely ruins the purpose of buying great leather soled shoes in the first place. IMO feel like if you do the full leather coating you might as well just go buy some clunky Cole Haans.

well, disagree. there is a big aesthetic difference between a clunky rubber sole and a leather sole with a thin well done topy on it. from most angles a leather sole and a leather sole w/ topy look the same. and if you are doing any significant amount of winter walking in snow/ice, the topy has big functional advantages.

I guess I understand why you would disagree, but to me it's close enough that the 'advantages' of leather don't come close to justifying the need to resole that much

if you don't walk much or live in a warm climate, I think the argument for non topy is much better. but I walk 25 minutes a day or so in a northern climate, so a pure leather sole doesn't make a whole lot of sense for me

also, I'm a 215lb guy who wears out leather soles fast...different story if you're a 140 pound asian guy

[jws43yale]

Originally Posted by wholecut

well, disagree. there is a big aesthetic difference between a clunky rubber sole and a leather sole with a thin well done topy on it. from most angles a leather sole and a leather sole w/ topy look the same. and if you are doing any significant amount of winter walking in snow/ice, the topy has big functional advantages.

I guess I understand why you would disagree, but to me it's close enough that the 'advantages' of leather don't come close to justifying the need to resole that much

if you don't walk much or live in a warm climate, I think the argument for non topy is much better. but I walk 25 minutes a day or so in a northern climate, so a pure leather sole doesn't make a whole lot of sense for me

also, I'm a 215lb guy who wears out leather soles fast...different story if you're a 140 pound asian guy

Agree it is a huge difference than clunky rubber sole, more a stupid thing of principal for me.

Might have to try a topy on one of my cheaper pairs sometime, but I normally just have the rubber booties I pull over my shoes when weather is poor.

[icepick]

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I've got 3 pairs now, The Ganache is my favorite.

[citanul]

a friend asked support and apparently you can pick both teams?

[icepick]

Originally Posted by citanul

a friend asked support and apparently you can pick both teams?

Go right ahead.

[hanster]

for those of you in so cal barneys having their semiannual sale at lacc from now until next wknd

[AZK]

Always thought about pulling the trigger on a pair of bonobos just never did....are they actually decent quality?

[icepick]

Originally Posted by AZK

Always thought about pulling the trigger on a pair of bonobos just never did....are they actually decent quality?

Love 'em.

Their return policy is so relaxed (any pants, for any reason, any time), why not give them a shot?

[SL__72]

http://www.josbank.com/webapp/wcs/st...p:ReferralView

Thoughts? Never gotten anything at Jos. A Bank before. I want a Duffle Coat (preferably navy) and am having a ton of trouble finding one I like.

Also, not 100% sure what size to get. I'm a 44. At the store they told me the M was made for someone who was a 40-42 and the L was 44-46. They only had a S on hand and I could actually get it on and it almost fit in the shoulders and the sleeves were basically the right length. Never really worn a medium in anything before but seems like that would be ideal in this case (and fit the whole SF get your peacoat a size smaller than you normally wear rule)

[KJM]

Looking to buy some dress shirts, and was going to go with Brooks Brothers, but came across Charles Tyrwhitt shirts which some people suggested are better than Brooks Brothers and are also cheaper, just wondering if anyone has an opinion on them?

Also, are Banana Republic dress shirts terrible in general or bad quality for the price they sell at?

[Fyte On]

Originally Posted by hanster

for those of you in so cal barneys having their semiannual sale at lacc from now until next wknd

Has anyone been to this? I saw it the other day off the freeway, but didn't know if its worth it. Is it good stuff, or like, excess stuff in bad sizes, etc