Working Shoe for Young Exec - Part 2

[dj_flame]

Which Robinsons' carries Loake? The flagship at Hereen?

 

[xtreamzz]

Hi,

Thanks for the advice. I read somewhere that the breaking in for Meermin seems longer than Llyr. If that were the case, my feet will suffer and I hate that kind of painful feeling and process

Yes meermin break in is much longer than llyr. At least for their classic rtw series. Their Linea series is easier. I have a pair from the classic gmto series which I feel is easier as well.

But I don't think you can totally get away with the awful break in period. What you can do is to wear them at home maybe 10x a few hours each with the thickest socks u can find, and on the 11th time wear them out for max 3 hours. Repeat till comfortable. That's why many people keep a pair of comfy loafers in office, can switch out their shoes midday in office.

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[xtreamzz]

PSA: quality shoes having a sale on carminas. Going for 3xx sgd before shipping tho Limited sizes avail.

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[darthsid11111]

Hi,

Thanks for the advice. I read somewhere that the breaking in for Meermin seems longer than Llyr. If that were the case, my feet will suffer and I hate that kind of painful feeling and process

Yes meermin break in is much longer than llyr. At least for their classic rtw series. Their Linea series is easier. I have a pair from the classic gmto series which I feel is easier as well.

But I don't think you can totally get away with the awful break in period. What you can do is to wear them at home maybe 10x a few hours each with the thickest socks u can find, and on the 11th time wear them out for max 3 hours. Repeat till comfortable. That's why many people keep a pair of comfy loafers in office, can switch out their shoes midday in office.

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I second xtreamzz advice. Start off by wearing them as "slippers" in the house everyday for a month and you should be set.

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[likehotbutter]

Anyone owns a pair of Blake welted/stitched shoes? How do they compare or hold up against a gyw shoe besides the former being harder to resole?

Stitch aloft in sock liner. firmer insole (good imo) and water can wick into the insole.

However the shoes are almost always very much lighter and very very sleek.

Thing is most blake shoes use sub standard materials since blake is a "shortcut" in itself already.

However imo. Blake Rapid > GYW.

 

[greatpoke]

Which Robinsons' carries Loake? The flagship at Hereen?

Heeren has them.

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[greatpoke]

PSA: quality shoes having a sale on carminas. Going for 3xx sgd before shipping tho Limited sizes avail.

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Is there sale ? Is qualityshop or qualityshoes

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[xtreamzz]

Stitch aloft in sock liner. firmer insole (good imo) and water can wick into the insole.

However the shoes are almost always very much lighter and very very sleek.

Thing is most blake shoes use sub standard materials since blake is a "shortcut" in itself already.

However imo. Blake Rapid > GYW.

I was looking at moretti gold series from rbc. They are all Blake stitched, don't think they are Blake rapid. But considering whether I should pull the trigger for these..

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[xtreamzz]

Is there sale ? Is qualityshop or qualityshoes

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My bad it's quality shop. Limited sizes avail but I seen a good amount of 8.5s

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[likehotbutter]

I was looking at moretti gold series from rbc. They are all Blake stitched, don't think they are Blake rapid. But considering whether I should pull the trigger for these..

Have not seen the collection but if you're looking for something weltless and extremely sleek, then Blake is the way to go. That's its pros really, the ability to churn out the most minimal silhouette.

Blake is often disregarded because its most commonly used by manufacturers to cut costs, the same idiots who then put on a bonwelt (fake welting) and making the shoes "bulky" again . A construction that is unfortunately strung along and smeared as an unwilling accomplice in deception due to its low cost.

But its rather respectable if used in its provenance of been able to turn out the sleekest stitched product available. A Topy and adequately waxed threads will be able to sort out the water wicking issue

 

[xtreamzz]

Have not seen the collection but if you're looking for something weltless and extremely sleek, then Blake is the way to go. That's its pros really, the ability to churn out the most minimal silhouette.

Blake is often disregarded because its most commonly used by manufacturers to cut costs, the same idiots who then put on a bonwelt (fake welting) and making the shoes "bulky" again . A construction that is unfortunately strung along and smeared as an unwilling accomplice in deception due to its low cost.

But its rather respectable if used in its provenance of been able to turn out the sleekest stitched product available. A Topy and adequately waxed threads will be able to sort out the water wicking issue

Thanks for the insight man. Yeah understand that there are some pretty darn good shoes out there using Blake as well. Personally for me its the sleek last which I feel might be a problem for me

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[darthsid11111]

Nth to do with the last man. Just the exterior of the shoe

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[stormcontrol]

Thanks for the insight man. Yeah understand that there are some pretty darn good shoes out there using Blake as well. Personally for me its the sleek last which I feel might be a problem for me

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The sleekness of the profile due to the welting technique won't affect the fit...

In case that didn't make sense, for blake you can trim the sole closer to the leather and hence the sleeker profile.

 

[xtreamzz]

I see, darn always had this mindset they were related, thanks for enlightening, that is certainly good news to me

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[dark_aLLeY]

EG Dover Pre-order at Kevin Seah available.

 

[BallGag]

EG Dover Pre-order at Kevin Seah available.

So vanilla

 

[JudeBox]

Hey guys! May I ask, those that order from meermin website before.. Roughly how long did it take?

 

[WakeUpDead]

Hey guys! May I ask, those that order from meermin website before.. Roughly how long did it take?

It really depends if they have it in the inventory currently. Mine took 1 week from payment to delivery to my doorstep.
Others have had to wait a whole month.

 

[urbanturban]

A bit OT but what's your take on Thom Browne stuff

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Nothing I fancy actually.

 

[liuhao]

not sure if anyone experienced this but i found robinsonsshoes very slow response. bought a pair of shoes last week and they have no stock so i want to cancel the order. but every message took at least 2 days to see response. now whole week pasted, still not received refund.

unlike pediwear, they charge paypal immediately regardless stock availability.