Highland Evening Shoes - Revisited

[Lime]

I expect these chaps could knock something together for you: http://www.gjcleverley.co.uk/... but I suspect you could buy ten or twenty pairs of Loakes for the same price.

[Downunder Kilt]

I expect these chaps could knock something together for you: http://www.gjcleverley.co.uk/... but I suspect you could buy ten or twenty pairs of Loakes for the same price.

I believe their bespoke service starts at US$3500.00

[artificer]

I expect these chaps could knock something together for you: http://www.gjcleverley.co.uk/... but I suspect you could buy ten or twenty pairs of Loakes for the same price.

I believe their bespoke service starts at US$3500.00

My word, though! Absolutely gorgeous shoes. I need to start saving up pennies.

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[Carlo]

I believe their bespoke service starts at US$3500.00

The shoemaker next door to me said that he stoped making bespoke shoes because it was too expensive at under US$2000.

[TheOfficialBren]

I want to know why shoes like these are always so unbearably uncomfortable? For the price that one might pay it feels like it all goes toward the outward appearance. I own some nice shoes of this sort (not identical but still nice). They are seriously the most uncomfortable shoes I own. They look stellar, though.

I'm not knocking you chaps who are really into evening wear. I just don't fuss much over my shoes whether casual or formal. Keep 'em clean, keem 'em maintained and you'll be alright.

[artificer]

I want to know why shoes like these are always so unbearably uncomfortable? For the price that one might pay it feels like it all goes toward the outward appearance. I own some nice shoes of this sort (not identical but still nice). They are seriously the most uncomfortable shoes I own. They look stellar, though.

I'm not knocking you chaps who are really into evening wear. I just don't fuss much over my shoes whether casual or formal. Keep 'em clean, keem 'em maintained and you'll be alright.

Have you tried a shoe like Allen Edmunds? They have enough variety in width that nearly anyone can find a good fit.

The only time I've had a properly fitted good quality shoe be uncomfortable was when it had too high an arch, but then it wasn't bespoke, or even Allen Edmund quality- it was a good notch or two lower in quality.

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[StevieR]

I want to know why shoes like these are always so unbearably uncomfortable? For the price that one might pay it feels like it all goes toward the outward appearance. I own some nice shoes of this sort (not identical but still nice). They are seriously the most uncomfortable shoes I own. They look stellar, though.

I'm not knocking you chaps who are really into evening wear. I just don't fuss much over my shoes whether casual or formal. Keep 'em clean, keem 'em maintained and you'll be alright.

I don't hold with that Bren. My wardrobe of highland attire is in its infancy, but I do have some leather dress shoes by Church of Northampton that are easily the most comfortable shoes I have. I didn't buy them new (nicked 'em off pater) and they have had plenty of wear, although as you would expect are still in excellent condition. Perhaps because they get less use, your shoes are just not suitably broken in?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I have one pair of custom, hand made shoes which were made to my specific foot measurements. The shoe maker even sent me a pair of suede mock-ups to try on and mark with a wax pencil any areas that felt too tight or too loose. (Note: I was fortunate enough to be able to trade for these shoes, I never would have been able to afford them otherwise).

The shoes are beautiful. But I will admit, even though they were made specifically for my feet, they were not all that comfortable when I first got them. I thought it odd, that the only pair of shoes I had which were custom made would be my least comfortable pair, but they were very high quality and looked spendid and fit well enough, so I had no real complaints.

Well, as these were rather precious formal shoes, I only wore them a couple of times per year. And only wearing them a couple of times per year takes quite a while to break them in. At our Burns Dinner last January, I could tell they were finally broken in. I couldn't even feel that I had them on. I wasn't aware of my shoes at all. They are now the most comfortable pair of shoes I own, hands down.

[Llama]

I've noticed that the higher-quality the shoe, the longer it takes to wear them in. I bought a new pair of Florsheim for my wedding - not super great shoes, but made of good leather and nothing to sneeze at - and I purposely wore them in short spurts around the house, to work , and when I went out for the night so they would be worn in for my wedding. I give all of my shoes a good cleaning with saddle soap every now & again which helps to soften the leather a bit, too.

[TheOfficialBren]

Ah! That makes perfect sense. I so rarely wear them that they are pretty much brand new, even years after purchasing them.

I also have a very high arch.

Thanks for the bullet points, gents.