Re: Yet another Alden alternative for under $100...

Posted by Bennett from spider-mtc-tb014.proxy.aol.com on March 28, 2001 at 17:31:10:

In Reply to: Yet another Alden alternative for under $100... posted by India Jones on March 28, 2001 at 15:31:07:

Like a lot of real gear, these shoes look different when broken in/really worn -- they cease to look like dress shoes and look more like boots. This type of shoe is really authentic to the 30s, when a lot of new stuff looked pretty bad, then better when broken in -- things then were built to last (some things, more than today for sure) and the look we associate with the 30s is often that of a well worn example. Take the horsehide jackets -- look like vinyl when new, but great after a year of hard use (or ten years).

Stacy adams has been around a long time -- don't know how the quality is these days.

Bennett

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• I fully agree with your comments. Plus for a reasonable price, you're getting that quality from the past. India Jones 07:00:05 3/29/2001 (0)

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