Show us your SHOES !!!

[Marc Chevalier]

I doubt that they would have existed in a 12D. Hundreds if they did come up.

1930s shoes were made in size 12. They come up from time to time on the market.


The "golden" size for vintage shoes on eBay is around 10 1/2 D. That size seems to fetch the highest bids.


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[HarpPlayerGene]

These were thrift priced at $4 and I was all set to 'splurge' but then at checkout I learned that it was "Half Price Day". They fit perfectly.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Great find those AE shoes. Wear them well.

I think the narrow waste is just something you see less in US shoes nowadays because the companies that were left were the ones that stuck with the traditional gunboat as their mainstay. Gunboats regularly having wide wastes. Just a thought.

 

[cookie]

Great score. Any decent pair of McAllisters brings around USD100 on eBay. They are one of the most prized models in burgundy particualrly...and calf leather...I had some in cobbler/corrected grain so I tossed them...hated the fake shine...[huh] At thta price I would have them recrafted or bang a topy on top.

 

[cptjeff]

Great score. Any decent pair of McAllisters brings around USD100 on eBay. They are one of the most prized models in burgundy particualrly...and calf leather...I had some in cobbler/corrected grain so I tossed them...hated the fake shine...[huh] At thta price I would have them recrafted or bang a topy on top.

Doesn't look like they even need it. At most, a new sole and polishing.

And I don't like topys. It's like plastic covers on furniture. Yeah, it protects it, but in doing so defeats the point of having nicer stuff. Makes something nice look ugly and less comfortable.

Nice find Gene.

 

[Tomasso]

And I don't like topys. Yeah, it protects it, but in doing so defeats the point of having nicer stuff. Makes something nice look ugly and less comfortable.

And how do you feel about wearing a trench coat.........................

 

[cptjeff]

And how do you feel about wearing a trench coat.........................

If a trenchcoat was a giant sheet of rubber that permanently adhered to a suit, I would feel the same way. It's not. A plastic hat cover worn permanently on your hat would be a better analogy.

 

[DapperDuck]

These were thrift priced at $4 and I was all set to 'splurge' but then at checkout I learned that it was "Half Price Day". They fit perfectly.

Very nice McAllisters Gene! I have a pair burgundy ones just like those, only wider, and I paid a lot more for them.

Recently, I bought a new pair of black McAllisters. The insole is synthetic and it looks like the leather was dipped in black dye. Unlike previous black McAllisters, you can barely make out the perforations from a short distance. Avoid the new ones guys, AE really cheapened a once great shoe.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Thanks for the comments, guys. Sharing these kinds of scores here on the Lounge increases the enjoyment three-fold!

Yeah, I don't feel the need to change anything about those McAllisters. The soles are fine too - scuffed, of course, but not the least bit thinned. These will live among a rotation of quite a number of dress shoes so no one pair gets very much mileage. Plus, I'm one of the weirdos out there who actually enjoys cleaning and shining his shoes when they need it.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Avoid the new ones guys, AE really cheapened a once great shoe.

That is so sad. One of the reasons I'm so into vintage shoes and threads.

 

[cookie]

And I don't like topys. It's like plastic covers on furniture. Yeah, it protects it, but in doing so defeats the point of having nicer stuff. Makes something nice look ugly and less comfortable.

You go ahead and think that but when you twist an ankle or worse you will join the Topy brigade...the Sydney granite pavers are shockers when it rains.

 

[cookie]

These will live among a rotation of quite a number of dress shoes so no one pair gets very much mileage. Plus, I'm one of the weirdos out there who actually enjoys cleaning and shining his shoes when they need it.

When not wearing his vast dress shoes "rotation"... he "enjoys cleaning and shining his shoes when they need it".


Remind me to cancel that Florida holiday booking.....

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

When not wearing his vast dress shoes "rotation"... he "enjoys cleaning and shining his shoes when they need it".

Methinks you doth protest too much. lol

 

[cptjeff]

You go ahead and think that but when you twist an ankle or worse you will join the Topy brigade...the Sydney granite pavers are shockers when it rains.

Hence a pair of rubber sole shoes for a rainy day, or a rubber heel. Or one of those soles with a rubber ball of the foot and heel, with leather on the rest.

I'm not against rubber on shoes. But when it's a stick on pad it defeats the point of having the leather sole in the first place.

And all that aside, in the ice and snow up here I have slipped in sneakers with rubber soles. And in hiking boots. The closest I have ever come to a really bad fall from a slip was with rubber soles, not leather.

But I will give you that putting them on so you have rain shoes is much more valid then the "I don't want to scratch the leather" argument that so many make.

 

[The Shooman]

Holy cow. Amazing!

 

[daizawaguy]

Wildsmith, 1980`s

 

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[thunderw21]

Hmm...