Allen Edmonds

ferragamo's or nothin

What! lol

Too bad you can't see my ridiculous, ear-to-ear grin right now. Got me good, that was unexpected...

The Firenze's are nice though, come on!

how long is this sale at nordstrom's?

Dude it was just their normal prices. It was the Nordstrom Rack though, if you've heard of it. The AE sale was the Rediscover America sale online, and I feel like a bum for posting it after it ended. I only bought the hangers there.

Seriously, check out a Nordstrom Rack if you can. Suits, etc are nothing too special but the shoe dept. is great. They had a ton of Allen Edmonds, to the point where I was choosing from like six pairs. They had a few pairs of Ferragmos, a few pairs of Alden, some nice Hugo Boss if you're into that, and a ton of Cole Haan. All of these are (seemingly) regularly stocked and consistently priced around $100-$120, with the Cole Haans around $60. Some of what I bought was on clearance though. This is based on three visits over the past few months..

I'll second the rack for stuff, though I never thought to look at shoes there. I'm suprised they are so inexpensive because just those pairs on their own are about what you paid for the lot if I read correctly. Deifnetly great shoes though, I love the edmonds I have.

so basically, you saved $1000 (~75%). how the fuck?

Ok, slight revision. The AE prices ranged from $100 - $150. Don't want to say $100- $120 when I bought $130 shoes, but the prices were sub $150 for all of the loafers and some of the lace-ups (5th ave, Hale, and some ugly ones) and the Park Ave's were $200. Many were priced at $120.

Can you order online? Wouldn't mind another pair of veronas for 150...

I have some Bradleys that I like a lot. I wear them too much so I need a couple other pairs to extend their lives. Will check out the rack, never seen one before.

If you're set on the Park ave's, 200 is a good price. I think at the Nordstrom anniversary sale they went for 220ish.

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I don't think you will have much luck online BSTN, the site seems to be geared toward women, and there are no shoes online.

Which Nordstrom rack did you go to?

West Hartford, CT

Well done. You've inspired me to stop by Nordstrom Rack on my way home to see if I can snag some ridiculous deals like that. Those are all great purchases.

Park Ave. is preferable to the Fifth Ave. if you need to be ultra conservative, but there is basically no difference aside from a small bit of broguing. I would say if you're interviewing for your first analyst position, you should definitely go with the Park Aves because you don't want anything that stands out at all, but the Fifth Aves work in pretty much every other scenario.

So, all other things equal, go for the Park Aves. But in this situation you made the right call.

Agreed with Otter above. Park Ave. > Fifth Ave. Park Ave's are perfect for everyone and anyone. Plus if you take care of them they will last you forever (albeit most Allen Edmonds do). I sold these in high school at a retail job and they are some of the best shoes ever made. Don't look for rubber soled shoes because you'll get shit for them... you're not an accountant. Plus once your Park Ave.'s are worn in properly, they (in my opionion) will fit better than any rubber soles.