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My CDBs age really badly.

What are nice brands for (much) higher quality desert boots? I've heard good things about Pierre Hardy and they look quite nice (I like the slim profile). Does /fa/ have an opinion on Pierre Hardy quality? Also, my price range is high, so feel free to recommend very high end stuff as long as it's not bespoke.

>> No.7805270

>>7805256
i hope you look like ryan goosling

>> No.7805275

>>7805270
Why? I'm 6'1 but I don't have Gosling's aesthetics, no.
It's not like desert boots are hard to pull off either way.

>> No.7805284

>>7805275
u r going to look like a big city desert boot fag dressed by the internet. why don't you try something else mayne

>> No.7805290

>>7805284

Like geobuckets

>> No.7805298

>>7805290
no you should try some of them prada wingtips or something a lil different you know, something wit some style

>> No.7805303

>>7805298
The guy you answered to wasn't me

And I said I wanted desert boots, I'm not going to buy creepers or any of that shit.

>> No.7805304

>>7805256
if you're finally over your entry level boot phase or whatever then
chelsea boots

>> No.7805305

>>7805298

Like some rafdidas

>> No.7805311

>>7805304
I already own chelseas.

Why is it hard to get advice on chukka boots? I said I wanted recommendations about something much better than Clark's

>> No.7805320

>>7805311
go on ssense.com and find some chukkas

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Rick Owens.

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>> No.7805326

>>7805311
because desert books are high school entry level tier?
get some ysl chelsea's nigga

>> No.7805332

>>7805326
Fuck off, you piece of shit. Stop parroting what you see on the internet and form your own opinions. /fa/ does't know what they're talking about most of the time, so the sooner you think for yourself, the better.

>> No.7805337

>>7805332
ysl nig nawn sayin

>> No.7805339

>>7805317
Ugh no they look off to me

>>7805320
ssense doesn't have anything worth buying.

>>7805326
Who cares, I want desert boots, not SLP chukkas, what the fuck

DBs are inoffensive, stop trying to convince me to buy whatever shoes are overhyped on the internet at the moment
>>7805332
this

>> No.7805343

Well, they wouldn't age so badly if you'd had put some fucking shoe trees in them.

>> No.7805344

>>7805339
>DBs are inoffensive

if you want to be plain and boring just buy another pair of clarks

>> No.7805349

>>7805344
>>7805343
Clarks are terrible quality. They look like absolute shit when worn in.
I'm not putting shoe trees in something that cost me barely a hundred bucks. I'd rather buy something that's actually well made.

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APC
http://uscheckout.apc.fr/browse.cfm/4,3771.html?nav=men

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>>7805256
Get some Allen Edmonds chukka boots in shell cordovan. Cordovan leather ripples rather than creases, so it will get better with age (provided you tree them and wear them once a week). It is also more weather resistant than cow leather. As with anything cordovan, be prepared to pay around $600 for a new pair.

>> No.7805376

>>7805367
http://www.allenedmonds.com/aeonline/producti_SF3611_1_40000000001_-1_

>> No.7805383

>>7805357
The sole on the APCs is hideous.

Also, I like CP sneakers, but I've never heard anything about the quality of their DBs or formal shoes.

>>7805367
>wear them once a week
I don't mind using a shoe tree, but I'd wear them more than once a week.
About ripples and creases, wouldn't suede be better if I don't want visible marks of aging?

>> No.7805404

>>7805383
I've given you 5 options. You can do some searching on your own from here.

>> No.7805406

>>7805383
Suede is better at masking wear but can't resist water as effectively as calf or cordovan. And yes, you can wear cordovan boots more than once a week, but doing so will make the boots last 20 years instead of 30. YMMV.

>> No.7805410

/fa/ goddamn
is this board entirely comprised of trendhopping fifteen year olds?

OP, if you have the money, what you posted in your original post (the cleverleys) is one of the best you can do that's not bespoke

apart from that, look into Carmina, Berluti, John Lobb, Edward Green, Viberg's custom made boots, Tom Ford and perhaps Alden (quality is a step down from the others, though) if you like a slim profile.

>> No.7805433

>>7805410
>is this board entirely comprised of trendhopping fifteen year olds?

It's not?
Seriously, sometimes things board really sucks, lol.

>> No.7805472

Loake 1880 and you're set, watch out for the width though they tend to be large

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>>7805472
Muh nigga. Something like 80% of the Loake factory staff are ex-cons. Look at them faded tattoos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W7_hPugqro

>> No.7806549

>>7805472
if you want something a step up from 1880 loakes the sanders casual line has some chukkas and desert boots
i think there's 3 models, that basically only differ on the kind of sole they have: one is crepe, another redbrick, third is rubber/dainite/

still, the loake kempton suede (dainite sole) is good enough