Can anyone suggest an Alden-esque shoe?

Rosenet · Post by **Rosenet** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:17 am

I need a new pair of brown dress shoes and I thought it might be fun to get something in the Indy boot style (but in a shoe, not a boot), and cheaper then the 405s (1 pair of nearly $300 shoes is enough for one man's wardrobe if you ask me). Searching the forums for 'shoe' wasn't very helpful. Can someone point me to old forum posts, or make a suggestion?

Hemingway Jones · Post by **Hemingway Jones** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:59 am

Ragingblues wrote:You do have to picture them with regular brown shoe laces, which is what I put on my boots. I think Hemingway Jones wears these, and likes them as well.

I hope this gets you started, even if it's not exactly what you had in mind.

Ken

I do indeed and I like them very much. They are very comfortable and they look great. I got mine for $40 and you can too, if you keep an eye on their sale section online.
They come with two pairs of laces: flimsy brown leather and bright yellow cord. My brown leather laces broke and I now have the yellowish cord laces in there. I know I can buy other laces, but I just haven't gotten around to it.
They also have excellent tread.

Rosenet · Post by **Rosenet** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:05 am

Ragingblues wrote:I know others will chime in here with more options, but here is mine. This is the shoe version of the J Crew Duxbry Rugged boots - which are great Indy close-enough boots that I now own two pairs of.

http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jh ... od71197671

You do have to picture them with regular brown shoe laces, which is what I put on my boots. I think Hemingway Jones wears these, and likes them as well.

I hope this gets you started, even if it's not exactly what you had in mind.

Ken

Those could be exactly what I'm looking for in a shoe. Does anyone know if size 10H-M means 10 1/2?

bleyd · Post by **bleyd** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:06 am

Looks like I found meself a close enough boot to hold me up til I can get a pair of Aldens. Thanks for the info. These will get some mighty fine wheathering at the Post Office.

Dutch_jones · Post by **Dutch_jones** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:43 am

actually living here in the Netherlands
the only Option directly is to go to Maastricht and Buy Aldens
very expensive, but there are no close enoughs here ...

and maastricht is a 3 hour train ride , iam not willing too take anytime soon

so ill gues i can save up , and get them somewheren after the summer

Indakin · Post by **Indakin** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:43 pm

try the Caroline Huskers. I have them and love them. They are very afordable too, and still very strong. They scuff up nicely too, if ur looking for that worn in look, they are very soft after wearing them for a month everyday. I love them because they are closer to the hieight of the aldens, and they ahve the flat sole like the aldens. The only thing i would say is slighty differnt is that the top of the toe is a bit more round but thats due to the steal toe, which is great for in the field and kicking nazi mechanics in the face. All aroudn they are a great comfortable boot. They are a darker brown than the pictiure shows, ull love them, if not u can return them for free, there is no shipping on these babies, whats there to lose????

http://www.shoeline.com/asp/dcpItem.asp?style=A164

Dutch_jones · Post by **Dutch_jones** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:33 pm

Nah can't totally different sizing than here, at least the aldens i can try on..

if i could i would go with J.Crew but they don't ship to the netherlands:(

Forrest_Bell · Post by **Forrest_Bell** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:59 pm

I just got a pair of aldens after having the carolina huskers for about a year, And the huskers are really a great shoe that will take alot of abuse, you can pecard them and they wil look as good as new or you can go into some ankle deep mud and they still look great!

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:14 pm

Dutch_jones wrote:actually living here in the Netherlands
the only Option directly is to go to Maastricht and Buy Aldens
very expensive, but there are no close enoughs here ...

and maastricht is a 3 hour train ride , iam not willing too take anytime soon

so ill gues i can save up , and get them somewheren after the summer

Can you post a link to the Alden dealer in Maastricht please? How much are they selling them for?

Indakin · Post by **Indakin** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:16 am

oh i didnt even pick up on the shoe thing. Nowww i see why u posted a shoe ken, i was wondering what was up at first lol.

Rosenet · Post by **Rosenet** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:51 am

Ken[/quote]I do indeed and I like them very much. They are very comfortable and they look great. I got mine for $40 and you can too, if you keep an eye on their sale section online.
They come with two pairs of laces: flimsy brown leather and bright yellow cord. My brown leather laces broke and I now have the yellowish cord laces in there. I know I can buy other laces, but I just haven't gotten around to it.
They also have excellent tread.

[/quote]

Got my pair in the mail last week and I was impressed with the styling and comfort so I threw on a normal pair of socks and headed out on with friends. Big mistake! They're going to be great shoes once I break them in. I developed a nasty blister which I'm waiting to heal before I go back to breaking in my new Insy-esque shoes. <grin>

Snakewhip_Sable · Post by **Snakewhip_Sable** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:28 pm

I wear a Hilfiger shoe (that looks a lot like that J. Crew deal), but I'm not sure they make them anymore. I got mine for $60 and they were regularly double the price. NASTY to break in though. I'm thinkin' those J. Crew ones are kinda nice.

Rosenet · Post by **Rosenet** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:49 pm

Update: I've had my J. Crew Duxbury Ruggeds about 5-6 months now and they've broken in very well. I wore them almost every day weekday this summer, though I'm switching back to my Aldens now that its getting cooler. I'd definitely recommend them, though it seems they're sold out.