Allen Edmonds Park Avenue Review: Black Cap-Toe Dress Shoes | Kirby Allison
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In today’s video, we’re going
In today’s video, we’re going to review the Allen Edmonds Park Avenue Black Captoe Oxford in Calfskin. Recognizing us as one of the leading authorities on luxury men’s dress shoes worldwide, Allen Edmonds has graciously agreed to give us access to their entire collection of shoes to review for you on this YouTube Channel.
BRAND OVERVIEW
Allen Edmonds is one of the few remaining “great American shoemakers,” still making their premium leather dress shoes here in the United States. Allen Edmonds makes an excellent Goodyear welted leather dress shoe that, if properly polished and resoled, can last a lifetime. And there is no surprise that the Park Avenue is easily Allen Edmond’s #1 selling dress shoe. And for $425, it is a pretty good value. I always say that if someone is looking to invest in a high-quality leather dress shoe, they need to be at Allen Edmonds or better. Allen Edmonds also routinely runs sales where this shoe can be purchased for less than $300.
SHOE INTRODUCTION
Immediately, you can see the classic proportions of the Allen Edmond Park Avenues. A plain cap-toe oxford, the Park Avenue is the most formal style of business dress shoe one can purchase. Incredibly versatile, they can be worn during the day or evening, casually or formally. The shoe features a soft, round toe and classic proportions. The Allen Edmonds Black Captoe Oxford is a very conservative shoe, even within the spectrum of this black captoe oxfords.
DESIGN
The Allen Edmonds Park Avenue is a beautiful, elegant, traditional design. It features a three-piece pattern and construction (toe cap, vamp, and back quarters), with elegant single, double and triple-stitching that gives the shoe additional visual detail. The shoe also features a traditional, round toe shape for which Allen Edmonds is famous. The Park Avenue is further differentiated as one of only a couple styles from Allen Edmonds with six-eyelets, which is a design feature for which they are known, and which elongates the shoe silhouette.
MATERIAL
The Allen Edmonds Park Avenue in Calfskin is made from full-grain, open pour calfskin. This is an important prerequisite for any well-made leather dress shoe because it means that the leather is genuine leather and not some cheap, corrected-grain stuff found on less expensive shoes. The genuine leather used in the Park Avenues is one of the reasons they cost more than many of the less expensive, but similar, dress shoes out there. The open pore structure is what allows the leather to be polished and to develop a beautiful patina over the years. Corrected grain leather, which does not have an open pore structure, cannot really be polished because the leather does not absorb polishes. They are prone to cracking and inevitably look worse over time, as opposed to better.
CONSTRUCTION
Allen Edmond is best-known for their full 360-degree Goodyear welted construction, which allows leather dress shoes to be easily resoled without compromising the integrity of the shoe. The welt is a thin strip of leather that is sewn to the insole. The outsole is then stitched to the welt. This allows the outsole to be pulled off and replaced without damaging the construction of the shoe. Goodyear welting also allows a much thicker, longer-lasting leather outsole to be used.
AVAILABLE FINISHES
The Allen Edmond Park Avenue in Calfskin comes in six finishes. For a full review of all these finishes, look at our video review of the entire Allen Edmonds Park Avenue collection.
AVAILABLE SIZES AND FIT
Another great feature of Allen Edmonds, aside from the quality of their shoes, is their incredible range of available sizes. All of Allen Edmonds shoes can be purchased from sizes 6 to 16 and nine different widths. Allen Edmonds generally fit “true to size” and because of how ubiquitous they are, are often the benchmark for sizing. If you have any questions on sizing, Allen Edmonds has an extensive network of stores where one can try them on. But, of course, they can also be purchased online with a customer-friendly, 90-day return policy.
AFTER-CARE AND POLISHING
Because the Park Avenue’s are made from full-grain, open pour leather, we recommend polishing the leather with higher-quality shoe polish, such as the polish we have on Kirby Allison’s Hanger Project. It is important that the leather is fed frequently with polishes that do not contain silicones in order to condition and nourish the leather to prevent it from cracking.
Shop Hanger Project: https://www.kirbyallison.com
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BRAND OVERVIEW
Allen Edmonds is one of the few remaining “great American shoemakers,” still making their premium leather dress shoes here in the United States. Allen Edmonds makes an excellent Goodyear welted leather dress shoe that, if properly polished and resoled, can last a lifetime. And there is no surprise that the Park Avenue is easily Allen Edmond’s #1 selling dress shoe. And for $425, it is a pretty good value. I always say that if someone is looking to invest in a high-quality leather dress shoe, they need to be at Allen Edmonds or better. Allen Edmonds also routinely runs sales where this shoe can be purchased for less than $300.
SHOE INTRODUCTION
Immediately, you can see the classic proportions of the Allen Edmond Park Avenues. A plain cap-toe oxford, the Park Avenue is the most formal style of business dress shoe one can purchase. Incredibly versatile, they can be worn during the day or evening, casually or formally. The shoe features a soft, round toe and classic proportions. The Allen Edmonds Black Captoe Oxford is a very conservative shoe, even within the spectrum of this black captoe oxfords.
DESIGN
The Allen Edmonds Park Avenue is a beautiful, elegant, traditional design. It features a three-piece pattern and construction (toe cap, vamp, and back quarters), with elegant single, double and triple-stitching that gives the shoe additional visual detail. The shoe also features a traditional, round toe shape for which Allen Edmonds is famous. The Park Avenue is further differentiated as one of only a couple styles from Allen Edmonds with six-eyelets, which is a design feature for which they are known, and which elongates the shoe silhouette.
MATERIAL
The Allen Edmonds Park Avenue in Calfskin is made from full-grain, open pour calfskin. This is an important prerequisite for any well-made leather dress shoe because it means that the leather is genuine leather and not some cheap, corrected-grain stuff found on less expensive shoes. The genuine leather used in the Park Avenues is one of the reasons they cost more than many of the less expensive, but similar, dress shoes out there. The open pore structure is what allows the leather to be polished and to develop a beautiful patina over the years. Corrected grain leather, which does not have an open pore structure, cannot really be polished because the leather does not absorb polishes. They are prone to cracking and inevitably look worse over time, as opposed to better.
CONSTRUCTION
Allen Edmond is best-known for their full 360-degree Goodyear welted construction, which allows leather dress shoes to be easily resoled without compromising the integrity of the shoe. The welt is a thin strip of leather that is sewn to the insole. The outsole is then stitched to the welt. This allows the outsole to be pulled off and replaced without damaging the construction of the shoe. Goodyear welting also allows a much thicker, longer-lasting leather outsole to be used.
AVAILABLE FINISHES
The Allen Edmond Park Avenue in Calfskin comes in six finishes. For a full review of all these finishes, look at our video review of the entire Allen Edmonds Park Avenue collection.
AVAILABLE SIZES AND FIT
Another great feature of Allen Edmonds, aside from the quality of their shoes, is their incredible range of available sizes. All of Allen Edmonds shoes can be purchased from sizes 6 to 16 and nine different widths. Allen Edmonds generally fit “true to size” and because of how ubiquitous they are, are often the benchmark for sizing. If you have any questions on sizing, Allen Edmonds has an extensive network of stores where one can try them on. But, of course, they can also be purchased online with a customer-friendly, 90-day return policy.
AFTER-CARE AND POLISHING
Because the Park Avenue’s are made from full-grain, open pour leather, we recommend polishing the leather with higher-quality shoe polish, such as the polish we have on Kirby Allison’s Hanger Project. It is important that the leather is fed frequently with polishes that do not contain silicones in order to condition and nourish the leather to prevent it from cracking.
Shop Hanger Project: https://www.kirbyallison.com
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