Alden Ravello PT Boots
The Plain Toe design has long been the ultimate way to showcase Shell Cordovan. It is free of any distractions, like lines, perforations or hand stitching that distracts from the sheer glory of the...
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Alden Color #2 PT Boots
Color #2 Shell Cordovan. You can pretty much stop right there and you know you are in for an absolutely exclusive treat. Color #2 is amongst the least commonly produced shades of Horween Shell...
Alden Ravello Tassel Loafer
Alden’s Tassel Loafers are about as good as a Tassel Loafer can get. That isn’t too much of a surprise provided that Alden invented the Tassel Loafer back in the 1950’s. Alden has a...
Alden Whiskey Shell Cordovan Brass Jumpers
Alden makes so many amazing boots, that it would be impossible to list them all. But one of their amazing boots that I have long loved, is their Perforated Tip Cap Toe Boot also...
Alden Color #2 Longwing Blucher
There are some posts that I can never envision writing. Color #2 Shell Cordovan??? From Alden??? Color #2 Shell Cordovan hasn’t been offered by Alden since 2014! And there were only two instances made...
Alden Color #2 Jumper Boots
Well holy cow!!! A Color #2 Shell Cordovan Jumper Boots! A statement that I never thought that I would ever make. Color #2 has only been seen once before, back in 2014 and was...
2023: The Year of Refinement
When I take a quick gander back at the last few years along my Alden journey, wow did I have incredible Alden filled years! However, my closet just can’t handle more and more years...
Alden Smooth Tobacco Chamois Indy Boots
In my opinion, one of the best looking Alden Indy Boot variants has long been the “Vintage Indy” offered by LeatherSoul. It is made with the smooth side of the Tobacco Chamois vice the...
Alden Ravello Shell Cordovan V-Tip Bluchers
It is interesting how we can have a change of heart. Initially, I didn’t like the V-Tip design. I thought that it looked awkward from photos that I saw online. And then, one day,...
Alden Color #4 “4×4” Plain Toe Blucher
Vintage Color #4 Shell Cordovan. How many times do you get to write that? Although Color #4 Shell Cordovan made a resurgence starting in the 2020 timeframe, there was nearly a decade of silence...
