Hi! I'm Kirby Allison and we love to help the well-dressed acquire and care for
their wardrobes in today's video we're going to review the Allen Edmonds Park
Avenue in the color number 2179 coffee the purpose of this
review is to discuss what we like about this finish and to compare it to the
other Allen Edmonds finishes that are similar in color our abusers special and
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well-dressed so please check us out 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 polished properly and resold can last a
lifetime. For many of our viewers Allen Edmonds is
their first experience with the high quality Goodyear welted leather dress
shoe in short and investment in lasting quality that for many has fostered a
lifetime appreciation for fine footwear for anyone looking to make their first
investment in a high-quality Goodyear welted leather dress shoe there's no
better place to start than the Allen Edmonds Park Avenue this simple cap toe
Oxford is a classic a staple that belongs in almost every closet and
there's no surprise that the Park Avenue is easily Allen Edmonds number one
selling dress you and for $425 it's a pretty good value the Allen Edmonds Park
Avenue is available in six finishes and calfskin and three finishes in cordovan
in this review will be discussing the finish of the number 2179 coffee for a
more extensive review on the Park Avenue and what we like about that particular
style check out our Park Avenue review. The Allen Edmonds Park Avenue and coffee
is what I would refer to as a classic medium brown it's quite neutral in color
without any red or purple which can be found on many other pallets of brown
next to the black cap toe Oxford this is probably my second favorite finish and
is a great shoe for anyone that dresses in navy suits or more casual odd jackets
and trousers the two closest other Allen Edmund finishes - the number 2179
coffee are gonna be the number 5956 walnut which is more of a
light brown and the number 5610 dark chilly now these three allen edmonds
really give you a great overview of what would be a traditional brown palette you
have again the 5956 walnut which is a beautiful light brown it's almost a
chestnut this is a beautiful casual shoe it's going to be more casual than the
coffee and great for you know light tan suits a pair of khaki trousers or you
know just casually wearing them on the weekend now next to this is going to be
the dark chilly the 5610 now with the dark chilly you start to get a little
bit red into this shoe so again comparing it to the walnut you see that
the dark chili is going to have a little bit more red it's a little bit more of a
burgundy versus again the coffee which is a beautiful neutral and medium brown
the walnut is more of a chestnut or a light brown while the dark chili has a
little bit more red in it and there's a little bit closer to dark brown than the
coffee. The coffee finish is placed between these two other shoes and does a
great job really illustrating wear this shoe stands right in the middle as a
neutral medium brown it's neither too light nor too dark one of the things
that I love about a beautiful brown shoe especially one made from such a high
quality open grain leather is that the patina or color can really evolve the
more you polish the shoe it is this patina that gives us shoe it's character
as it ages and makes it totally unique to you even polishing a shoe like the
number 2179 coffee with the simple medium brown polish will darken
or burnish the leather over time as the open pore structure accumulates oils and
other waxes this shoe could easily be evolved in several different directions
depending on the type of polish that you use
if you wanted to darken this shoe and take it closer to a dark-brown a simple
dark brown polish over a few applications would really take this shoe
towards that direction or you could use something like a mahogany if you wanted
to introduce a little bit more red and take it in the direction more similar to
the dark Chile one of the things to remember whenever you're purchasing a
shoe is that you can always darken it quite easily with the addition of shoe
polish but you can never lighten it so something like this walnut finish is
never going to be able to be taken a lighter you're never gonna be able to
take one of these other two shoes towards this direction but with polish
and a little bit of work you could really evolve a shoe like this in a lot
of different directions it's a beautiful palette and the same
can be said with the number 2179 and copy. The Allen Edmonds Park Avenue in
calfskin is a truly iconic american-made shoe that is constructed using a nice
high-quality open pour upper with a beautiful nice full leather bottom it's
a great shoe and anyone that's looking to get started and building out a shoe
wardrobe there's no better place to start than with the Allen Edmonds Park
Avenue if you have an exceptionally beautiful pair of Allen Edmonds Park
Avenues please post a picture of them on instagram and hashtag us with hashtag
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