-L.A.S
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Polo Goes Long
It was only a matter of time before the braintrust behind Polo Ralph Lauren footwear jumped on the longwing bandwagon. Personally, I've always been partial to brogues (wingtips, short wings, whatever you want to call them), but their is no denying the extended moment longwing style wingtips are having. Interestingly enough these shoes are also made right here in the U.S.A. - looks like Polo is taking serious notes. A made in the U.S.A. longwing via one of the original purveyors of "heritage"? Sounds like Blog Wars: The Movie. What really has me intrigued is where the hell these shoes are made. They don't look like Allen Edmonds or Alden so your guess is as good as mine. Regardless, $525 is the price of admission to get a black pair or brown pair on your feet. I've always loved the toe box shapes on Polo's shoes and these longwings look like they have a little English in 'em.
-L.A.S
-L.A.S
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$525 brother
ReplyDeleteAnon- The added $50 is PRL's kickback to me. I kid.
ReplyDeleteGood looking out.
I was looking at these yesterday and I noticed the same thing. Interesting point you make about the manufacturer. I can't see myself or anyone aware of the manufacturer to make the purchase for these at that price.
ReplyDeleteAmong other things, Ralph's movement to the extra large Polo Player ended any interest I had in their clothing...chaps to Purple Label. He's McDonalds.
ReplyDeleteThey don't really look like Florsheims. There was a rumor a while back of Johnston and Murphy resuming operations at their old factory in Nashville for their uber-high-end stuff. I've never seen that simple of a broguing pattern on the toe either, Alden, AE, and Florsheim all tend to go pretty over the top.
ReplyDeleteno clue, i have the darlton wingtip which is made by crockett and jones and I love them
ReplyDeleteAllen Edmonds according to my sources... I worked for Ralph Lauren Footwear (under license to Baker-Benjes then Reebok) for many years. We used to do a lot more American made shoes than you would credit. Unfortunately, both the consumer and labor markets pretty much abandoned Made in the USA. We had attempted a whole line of handsewns through Ansewn in the early part of this decade. The buyers' silence was deafening. About a year and half ago, my friend at AE told me they were doing work with Polo. I wish them luck. It would be great to see a major marketer like Polo lend its considerable weight to Made in America heritage products.
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