Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes and Shoes

Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by eganist on Monday June 18, 2018 @08:11AM (#17337599)

> Did a similar thing with Allen Edmonds dress shoes. Yes, they were expensive initially, but given how little I wear dress shoes, I wouldn't be surprised if they last me the rest of my life.

Allen Edmonds are my beater/non-fashion oxfords. I'm going on year five of near-daily wear with them.

They'll last you forever.

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Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by canes123456 on Monday June 18, 2018 @11:19AM (#17338853)

Leather soles don't last forever, unless you only ever wear them indoors. If you live wear it rains or walk on sidewalks a lot, nice leather soles will last less than rubber soles. Also, you probably won't want to resole more than 1-3 times. I love my nice dress shoes but lets not pretend that they are worth it purely on longevity.

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Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by snowwrestler on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:26PM (#17341423)

You can get rubber soles on Allen Edmonds, even their dress shoes. Dainite soles are pretty durable and don't mind the wet.

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