Thought I would post this here rather than in the "Shopping and Deals" forum--in part because I almost never go over there myself and I assume other another do not eitheer and thus might miss a time sensitive matter, and in part because I am looking for comments, as well as letting folks know about a deal.
Anyway the Syms stores in the Washington, DC area, after months of having virtually no Allen-Edmonds shoes, seem to have gotten in big shipments of them in a few styles. Syms is running a 20% off sale through I forget when, but it ends soon, so we are talking AEs for $144. I am talking traditonal lace-up business-type shoes. (I have not paid attention to any casual AEs Syms might have.)
They seem to have the following styles that I paid attention to, all of which I am sure are discontinued: Powell, Lambert, and Montgomery, and at least one style with sort of a pebble finish and a toe only slightly squared off that I did not care for. Having trouble finding photos to paste into this posting but it is easy enough to find photos on line.
I bought a pair of the Montgomeries in brown before the sale and one in black when the sale got going! Within recent memory I have bought pairs of Lambert and Del Rays (also in black) and a somewhat square toed model with some perforations level with the rest of the shoe that I cannot remember the name of, in black and tan.
What do folks think of any of these styles? Re the Lamberts and the Montgomeries, the toes may be a bit pointy for current fashion, and the Lambert has only two eyelets, and the Montgomery has a rubberized sole, where I would prefer leather (but it still looks from the side with leather, not thick or anything) and the squared off toe one is looking a bit out of style to me because of the toe, but still wearable. The Del Rays even though the stitching on the top is squared off still look quite current to me.
The Powell is interesting with a raised bead of stiching around the top, that looks slightly casual to me on an otherwise business wears shoe. I was just not sure what it would go with for me.
Anyway a good deal on shoes that seem pretty wearable to me, even though discontinued. It seems to me AE is always tweaking styles anc giving them new names, with relatively few changes in the overall style, so even discontinued models tend not to look too out of style.
Anyway the Syms stores in the Washington, DC area, after months of having virtually no Allen-Edmonds shoes, seem to have gotten in big shipments of them in a few styles. Syms is running a 20% off sale through I forget when, but it ends soon, so we are talking AEs for $144. I am talking traditonal lace-up business-type shoes. (I have not paid attention to any casual AEs Syms might have.)
They seem to have the following styles that I paid attention to, all of which I am sure are discontinued: Powell, Lambert, and Montgomery, and at least one style with sort of a pebble finish and a toe only slightly squared off that I did not care for. Having trouble finding photos to paste into this posting but it is easy enough to find photos on line.
I bought a pair of the Montgomeries in brown before the sale and one in black when the sale got going! Within recent memory I have bought pairs of Lambert and Del Rays (also in black) and a somewhat square toed model with some perforations level with the rest of the shoe that I cannot remember the name of, in black and tan.
What do folks think of any of these styles? Re the Lamberts and the Montgomeries, the toes may be a bit pointy for current fashion, and the Lambert has only two eyelets, and the Montgomery has a rubberized sole, where I would prefer leather (but it still looks from the side with leather, not thick or anything) and the squared off toe one is looking a bit out of style to me because of the toe, but still wearable. The Del Rays even though the stitching on the top is squared off still look quite current to me.
The Powell is interesting with a raised bead of stiching around the top, that looks slightly casual to me on an otherwise business wears shoe. I was just not sure what it would go with for me.
Anyway a good deal on shoes that seem pretty wearable to me, even though discontinued. It seems to me AE is always tweaking styles anc giving them new names, with relatively few changes in the overall style, so even discontinued models tend not to look too out of style.
