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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:47 AM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line Starting my SA in a week and need some new dress shoes. What's the credited shoe route to go? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696131) |
Date: May 15th, 2012 11:48 AM Author: Magenta locale friendly grandma At this point in the game, either Allen Edmonds or Brooks Brothers - Peal & Co.
You can walk into a store and either.
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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:51 AM Author: Big Range National Security Agency You're advising an SA to get $500+ pairs of shoes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696148) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:52 AM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line Yeah I think that's too much breh. Give me some cheaper, more affordable options for a lowly SA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696152) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:56 AM Author: Magenta locale friendly grandma Get Allen Edmonds then. They are $300.
You are about to make $3000 a week. Spending a few bucks on quality shoes that will easily last you through the summer, and will still look great when you are ready to start working is probably not a bad idea. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:03 PM Author: Passionate pearl multi-billionaire toilet seat Yea this is credited. Plus you won't look like all the idiots on the subway station wearing nonsense bicycle toed Kenneth Cole monstrosities.
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:06 PM Author: Vibrant Purple Lettuce Area Allen Edmonds has an outlet store that is corporate run. They'll sell you a pair of their best-selling, standard cap-toe oxfords for something like $220.
And, seriously, you're a SA, $300 for a pair of shoes that can and will last you for the next 30 years is nothing. There's nothing more prestigious than having real dress shoes that get sent back to the manufacturer and resoled with fresh cork and leather.
Call these guys up and they'll ship you a perfectly fine pair of shoes (with some, silly, minor flaw) on the cheap. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:07 PM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line Yeah but what if I get no offered? Then I'm down 300 bones with no need for nice dress shoes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696220) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:11 PM Author: 180 resort halford AE shoes will last many, many years as long as you take care of them (shoe trees, overshoes when it rains, don't wear on consecutive days). you'll probably need decent dress shoes even if you get no offered; it's the cheaper option in the medium run. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696234) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:14 PM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line Dang, so this means I need another pair of dress shoes then if I buy some AE's? My current dress shoes are beat up and only appropriate in bars now. So what do I get for a second pair of shoes then? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696245) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:17 PM Author: 180 resort halford yeah. you're better off shelling out the money for shoes now and taking care of them and buying super cheap shirts/pants on sale from lands end or something to compensate since they'll wear out faster anyway.
just buy the shoes, the amortized (yearly) cost is really small. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 2:58 PM Author: Vibrant Purple Lettuce Area Quality dress shoes are much more noticeable than quality dress shirts/pants. To this day, I wear LandsEnd shirts, but I wouldn't be caught dead in anything other than AEs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696967) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:19 PM Author: Passionate pearl multi-billionaire toilet seat if you're just going to protest everyone's advice, just get the cheapest thing that fits that looks kind of like this then. they suck, but you could do far worse.
http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/alfani-shoes-cape-cap-toe-oxfords?ID=586463&CategoryID=55822&LinkType=&swatchColor=Black#fn=COLOR%3DBlack%26OCCASION%3DDress%26SHOE_TYPE%3DOxford%26sp%3D1%26spc%3D99 |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:24 PM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line I'm gonna buy a pair of AE's, Park Avenues for 270 bones. But I also need a really cheap shoe for those alternating days or else I have to wear the AE's everyday for 10 weeks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696280) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:36 PM Author: Passionate pearl multi-billionaire toilet seat You can get away repeat wearing the AEs for a week or 2 with no problems really.
Then cop a pair of NIB ones on ebay for 150. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:16 PM Author: Vibrant Purple Lettuce Area 1. It's really hard to get no offered. 2. I got no offered (but 1. still holds true). 3. $250 Is not that much in the whole grand scheme of things, and it's not like you're out $300. It sounds like you're buying shoes regardless, so you're only out the difference between the non-prestigious shoes and the AEs. 4. AEs are made in America. 5. Just buy the fucking shoes. This is not that big of a decision. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:55 PM Author: Overrated Church Building Rigpig Greetings, There are plenty of decent AE on ebay for $100 or so IIRC |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:31 PM Author: Provocative Digit Ratio Spot just LOL at peal & co (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696333) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:35 PM Author: trip church A lot of them are/were Alden. They are generally a slight, but noticeable step up from AE in quality. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696359) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:44 PM Author: Provocative Digit Ratio Spot ummm... what? peal & co. shoes are/were never alden. they're different companies. peal and co was started in england in the 1500's and the shoes have always been made in england. alden in the northeast in the 1800's and the shoes have always been made in the US. they've never been tied. they have both supplied brooks brothers with shoes that were put out in merged brands. they're completely different companies though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696387) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:59 PM Author: trip church Peal&Co only exists in nam at this point. Alden, C&J, Alfred Sargent, and maybe one or two others have been the makers. http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?72586-BB-Peal-and-co-who-makes-these-shoes
edit: I may be wrong about BB Peals having been Alden; it might have only been shoes under the BB label. But the point is that Peal is not a shoe maker, and is made by better companies than AE, and are better quality shoes. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 2:25 PM Author: Provocative Digit Ratio Spot You seem to be saying alden made peal & co shoes, which i don't think is the case. while i know peal & co labeled shoes were made by companies other than actual peal & co, i believe they were all english-made (which is the opposite of alden's biggest selling point in this market).
And I don't really think that was your point originally, but maybe it was. Peal & Co shoes - at least the ones I've seen and bought from BB (i've tried several, bought one) - are not appreciably better than AE, frankly. Perhaps marginally better looking across the board, can't judge on durability. They're not worth the retail price that BB tries to sell them at; on the other hand, AE shoes at retail are a perfectly good buy. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 3:11 PM Author: trip church AE are certainly fine; and they are what most of my shoes are. But I've found a noticeable difference in leather, especially for things like pennyloafers, between AE that retail in the 250-300 range and Alden-made BB or C&J/AS-made BB Peals in the $400-500 range. I was incorrect in lumping Alden under the Peal brand, but my response to you seeming to imply that AE>Peal by LOLing at the latter. And also to point out that "Peal" is no longer a shoemaker, so the stuff about the history of the brand is irrelevant when they are made by two brands in the market segment a notch above AE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697050) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:54 AM Author: turquoise shitlib Prada and Ferragamo make very comfortable work shoes. Hugo Boss is also very good and much cheaper. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 3:23 PM Author: carmine razzle senate faggotry LOL sup Dwayne Wade (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697093) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 6:34 PM Author: jet massive forum not me faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698215) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:55 AM Author: Passionate pearl multi-billionaire toilet seat Alden Longwing, Color 8 Shell, Plaza Last. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696167) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:57 AM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line Come on breh. I can't afford that shit as an SA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696176) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 11:58 AM Author: Passionate pearl multi-billionaire toilet seat Just do sale Allen Edmonds on amazon then. Search there are usually a few pairs for 150ish
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:05 PM Author: Iridescent cocky ratface macaca The cheap AEs are no better than other cheap shoes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696209) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 8:00 PM Author: Alcoholic indian lodge Lolwut? The cheap AEs are just the expensive ones overstocked and marked down/on sale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698675) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:10 PM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line Hey bros, I just found a 20% off code for Allen Edmonds on amazon. Makes them come up to around 268 bones. Worth it?
Also, how credited to go into the allen edmonds store and get measured to make sure I get the right size? |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 1:26 PM Author: talented persian university what's the code brother?
very credited to get measured. park aves tend to be like 1 or 1.5 size longer than normal, while also being quite narrow. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:21 PM Author: bipolar field candlestick maker guys are judged by women as well as their seniors by the quality, style, and upkeep of the shoes they wear. Stop being a cheap jew and buy a $300 pair of good men's shoes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696262) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:33 PM Author: Iridescent cocky ratface macaca Women know about men's shoes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696346) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 12:28 PM Author: Zippy step-uncle's house dragon http://www.johnvarvatos.com/Richards_Wingtip/pd/c/32/np/32/p/3788.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696306) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 1:00 PM Author: stirring dilemma knife aldo, $60. No one cares about your fucking shoes. You are about to embark on a life long career of being a monkey scribe. You will need to save every last cent that you earn for alcohol to forget how shitty life is. Unless I'm in court I wear converse half the time I'm in the office and no one knows cause I'm in back of a desk for 12 hours a day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696460) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 1:14 PM Author: Odious nubile cuckoldry set Just get something like this so you can wear it with dark slacks or tan ones: http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.302961805.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20696514) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 2:30 PM Author: misanthropic library Allen Edmonds or Alden are the only credited American dress shoes aside from a few American high-fashion designers. Buy them on sale or buy them off e-bay.
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Date: May 15th, 2012 6:38 PM Author: jet massive forum what are the other american high fashion designers? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698246) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 3:29 PM Author: dashing point indirect expression Colehaan makes a credited shoe, no? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697116) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 6:37 PM Author: jet massive forum tried on several wing tips and loafers this weekend. They were not very comfortable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698238) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 8:05 PM Author: Iridescent cocky ratface macaca How expensive were the ones you tried? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698703) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 8:06 PM Author: jet massive forum $200 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698708) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 8:07 PM Author: Iridescent cocky ratface macaca Did you try these by any chance? http://www.zappos.com/cole-haan-air-madison-wing-oxford-black
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Date: May 15th, 2012 8:14 PM Author: jet massive forum Nah a bunch of different Air Coltons. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698759) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 3:51 PM Author: comical balding mad-dog skullcap Roberto Guerrini
Very high quality hand made Italian leather shoes that look great. You can pick up a pair for ~$200-300 and they will last for years.
Just getthe heel replaced once every 6 months in MFH or every year or so anyplace else where people don't walk more than a few feet in a day. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 3:55 PM Author: comical balding mad-dog skullcap Hermes is a quality choice.
http://usa.hermes.com/man/shoes/loafers/bill/configurable-product-z-men-bill-26816.html |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 4:03 PM Author: Hairraiser Corner Factory Reset Button i wouldn't get allen edmonds. i'd sooner get macy's brand shoes for now and then something decent when you have the money. right now you can't tell the difference, but you'll realize soon enough that AE are not good looking shoes.
alden is like the minimum quality shoe for professionals. if you can get brooks brothers peal shoes at one of the sales, it's a decent option since some are made by crockett and jones.
also lol at shoes lasting 30 years. there is no way that you are going to want to wear your shitty run down allen edmonds or alden shoes in 3 years, let alone 30. the only shoes that people keep for that long are bespoke john lobbs etc, and even then only if they are worn pretty infrequently. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 4:11 PM Author: Coral circlehead lay I know tons of people who have pairs of AEs from the 80s-90s that they still wear today.
You sound dumb. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 4:28 PM Author: Hairraiser Corner Factory Reset Button lol i don't even (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697388) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 4:34 PM Author: exciting zombie-like site cuckold not any nyc commuter or someone who walks outside (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697421) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 4:33 PM Author: swashbuckling personal credit line So is the credited thing to do just to get some cheap cole hans or something? I was going to go get the AE's, but now you are making me second guess myself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697418) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 4:38 PM Author: Hairraiser Corner Factory Reset Button yeah man i would either go for cheapest holdover option or spring for Alden or Crockett & Jones. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697439) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 5:08 PM Author: 180 resort halford i walk to work every day and have 3 pairs of AE's, all 3.5-5 years old. i haven't even had to get any refurbished yet (tbf i really do need to send off on pair though, the cork is coming through one shoe and even that's starting to wear out).
and the gap between alden and allen edmonds isn't huge. |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 5:15 PM Author: plum corn cake I recently purchased a new pair of Alden captoes and the quality of the leather was inferior to some of my A&E's. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697669) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 8:05 PM Author: Alcoholic indian lodge Ive seen this as well (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698698) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 5:05 PM Author: glittery station queen of the night rockports? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20697595) |
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Date: May 15th, 2012 6:42 PM Author: trip church $90 Steve Madden loafers with the flimsy elongated toe that curls up after a few wears. The BUFF AS FUCK Marathi look. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1949127&forum_id=2#20698281) |