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Tag Archives: Alden
A Shoe Collection
I just stumbled across this interesting collection of shoes on flickr – not all of the 200 pairs are my style, but there is a good variety of just about everything that is fun to look through. The owner of the collection also seems to have a blog as well.
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged Edward Green, Shoes
Navy Suede Shoes
Navy suede has become a niche leather for summer shoes over the past few years and more stores are taking notice. While not always colorfast (warning), they’re great for pairing up with lighter trousers and sometimes faded denim.
Where to find:
- Alden unlined bluchers at Leather Soul
- Alden bluchers at Frans Boone, along with longwings [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged Mark McNairy
Church’s and Alden for Spring
New models in at Frans Boone.
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged Church's
Alden Roughout Suede Chukka Boots
After finally trying and passing on the unlined Leydon last chukkas from Alden, I decided to give the new chukkas sold by J.Crew a shot. These will be ideal for casual attire, and are intended to replace the J.Crew desert boots that I just recently threw away (to their credit, the MacAlister boots had [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Tagged Alden
J.Crew Spring Rollout has Begun
J.Crew has updated its site with new arrivals for spring (some of which is already in stores). The better items include an affordable parka, a multitude of warm weather shirts, more New Balance sneakers, and an updated selection of Corgi socks.
The highlight for me are these roughout suede chukkas and I’m torn [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged Corgi, J.Crew
Sunday at the Field House
From today’s morning trip to Ballard. Woolrich Woolen Mills, LVC, RRL for fall…
Nigel Cabourn FW10. I went for the blue plaid naval shirt – and it’s already sold out in my size! wtf.
Alden.
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged Axes, LVC, Nigel Cabourn, RRL, Woolrich Woolen Mills
J.Crew’s New Arrivals for Fall
J.Crew’s fall rollout has begun and they updated their website last night with new arrivals. Most of it is expected basics, but there are a few interesting gems: a denim western shirt, copies of Take Ivy, printed Hill-Side pocket squares, and socks from Saint James. The footwear lineup is also becoming more impressive, [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged J.Crew, Russell, Saint James, Take Ivy, The Hill-Side
New Boots for Fall (In Summer)
Seeing how Seattle might skip summer altogether this year, it was very timely that these boots just showed up. Made on the Plaza last in dark brown suede, they’re probably the nicest custom job that I’ve seen from Alden yet. More pictures at leathersoulhawaii.com.
A future version that I’d like to have [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Tagged Alden
Alden Ultimate Indy Boots – New and at Two Years
I wear Indy boots frequently and the pair I’ve owned is a special makeup for Leather Soul that features full leather linings and commando soles – they’ve now seen about two years worth of wear. They’ve traveled to several different continents, saved my feet quite a few times, and have only needed to be [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Tagged Alden
Chromexcel Leather
Nick Horween put up a fascinating post today about the production of chromexcel leather, which is used on some of my more favorite pairs of Alden’s (I’m wearing a pair of Indy boots made from it right now in fact).
Chromexcel, or CXL as it’s written in the building, is a combination tanned leather [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged Horween, Leather
Alden Longwings for J.Crew
I just received these today. They are indeed on the Barrie last (so go down half a size) and they’re a couple shades darker than the stock photo on J.Crew’s website. J.Crew also describes them as waxy, but the leather is more soft than oily.
I also hear that a suede version [...]
Posted in Men's Clothing Also tagged J.Crew