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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:03 pm
by Dalexs
This brings to mind a bio I saw on Lou Costello
(of Abbott & Costello fame, for all of you youngsta's out there...).
In some home movies of him on the set, circa 1948ish, he was wearing what distinctly looked like a pair of Alden style boots. So these were definitely a common style back then.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:34 am
by IndyBlues
Michaelson wrote:Marketing changed that description a few years back, when we started to remove every pair they had off the shelf due to the IJ movies. Prior to that, it was only listed as a 'high topped boot', and was only through their orthopedic section of the factory. If you asked anyone in a different part of the factory about them, they had no idea what the heck you were talking about. It's interesting what just a few years change due to market demand. I'm sure some one in their marketing department said 'Sure, if they want to call it a workboot, why should we argue!?'
All you have to do is watch old silent movies and talkies up through the 30's to prove what you just said about this design being the norm in the 1900's. Heck, I'm more surprised when I see a regular pair of shoes on a mans feet in old stock footage.
Regards. Michaelson
This is what I don't understand about the Alden Shoe Company.
If the 405's were sitting on shelves collecting dust, until Indy Gear came along and boosted sales considerably, why can't they understand that they wil probably sell even more of these puppies, if they offer them in the dark brown color????
Also, they could make a version for the folks who DON'T need an orthopedic shoe, minus the steel shank. It would make them lighter,
AND more popular to a bigger group of people.
Just something I've been pondering lately.
All you have to do is watch old silent movies and talkies up through the 30's to prove what you just said about this design being the norm in the 1900's. Heck, I'm more surprised when I see a regular pair of shoes on a mans feet in old stock footage.