The Essential Three: Business Wear
Introducing the Essential Three, a short series of posts on the three Aldens that you should get given your typical dress attire. Your daily attire is a suit. You have to wear neck-ties every...
Category: Thoughts and Blog
Alden Raven Ryden Boot
Frankly, I am not a huge fan of Plain Toe Boots. If you browse my collection, I really don’t own a Plain Toe Boot (I sold the Ravello Plain Toe Boot, if you look...
Alden Cigar Norwegian Split Toe Bluchers
Alden’s Norwegian Split Toe (NST) design is just truly beautiful and provides a lovely handmade look to their models. They offer the NST design on a variety of different models and Lasts. This special...
Alden Whiskey Plain Toe Blucher
The Plain Toe Blucher (PTB) is about as classic of a shoe as one can find. It is simple, clean and very dynamic. Alden’s actually offer’s two different types of PTBs, the “Wholecut” and...
Alden Black Shell Cordovan Wingtip Boots
Alden makes the most glorious of Wingtip Boots offered. Mainly, Alden Wingtip Boots are made around their Barrie Last, which has a heftier feel to it. It is special Wingtip Boot when it is made...
Alden Color #8 6-Eyelet Norwegian Split Toe Chukka Boot
This has got to be one of the coolest Aldens that I have seen in a while. Its a pretty unique combination of Alden designs. It is the marriage of the Norwegian Split Toe (NST),...
Alden Color #8 Norwegian Split Toe Boot
At this point in time, I think that the Norwegian Split Toe design, is probably my favorite of the Alden patterns. Frankly, I have no clue what is Norwegian about the Split Toe. I...
Alden Color #8 Plaza Saddle Shoe
The Saddle Shoe is an Ivy League standard makeup. Alden offers the tradition Saddle Shoe and various excursions of it. They offer it both as a Balmoral and as a Blucher. They offer with...
Alden Navy Chromexcel Wingtip Boots
Alden makes a beautiful Wingtip Boot. The dimensions of the Alden Wingtip Boot are about as perfect as they get. I have not seen another manufacturer make a Wingtip Boot with such balance and design....
Alden Whiskey Shell Cordovan Leisure Handsewn
Alden makes an absolutely outstanding Penny Loafer with their LHSes. It is stocked regularly in Color #8 and Black Shell Cordovan and a variety of other leathers. It is rarely made in the hard-to-produce Whiskey Shell...
