If you know my taste, then you know how I truly adore a full brogue (wing tip) shoe, however these offered something different! The shoes are Italian leather, which apparently is better than American Leather, because it's more expensive. The throat line of the shoe (bit between the toe area and where the laces begin) has been reduced to a single layer one piece design which yields a more supple feel and limits wrinkling over time!
The sole is wood, a classic Italian touch, with a vibram comfort outsole! With every step, with every halted stance, there's a favorable settling within the shoe, a brilliance even.
Here's the setback! Despite the elegant design, the slim, sleek patterns and the almost groovy detail medallion holing, the stitching is absolute rubbish! All the stitching is edge flesh, however, Doucal has saw fit to only edge flesh once! With a staggering price of $875, it's just sloppy! Another unfortunate result of this is sizing, again, all wrong. Salesperson said 43 EU, I own a plethora of 43 EU shoes, I ordered! Guess what? True size is a 44 EU soooo... yeah! Not happy! Unfortunately, bought on sale for much much less so all sales are final!
If you happen to wear a size 11, please let me know! I offer you these shoes for free! They're quite beautiful!
