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 5956 walnut. The purpose of this review is to discuss
what we like about the finish and compare it to the other Allen Edmonds
finishes and similar colors. Our reviews are special and different because of our
extensive access to Alabama's complete catalog which will allow us to film the
most comprehensive and in-depth collection of dress shoe reviews
available anywhere if you're looking to purchase a pair of Allen Edmonds look no
further than our video reviews we're not paid for these reviews and all of the
shoes are returned to Allen Edmonds after we're finished with them if you
have any questions or comments please share them in the comment section below
I try to get back to all those questions personally and remember that at hanger
project.com we have the most extensive collection of luxury garment care and
luxury shoe care accessories in the world as well as other products for the
well-dressed please check us out. Allen Edmonds is one of the few remaining
great American shoe makers 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 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 and in short an investment and lasting
quality that for many has fostered a lifetime appreciation of fine footwear
for anyone looking to make their first investment and a high quality Goodyear
welted leather dress shoe there's no better place to start than Allen Edmonds
Park Avenue this simple cap toe Oxford is a classic a staple that belongs in
almost every closet and it'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 number 5956
and walnut for a more extensive review on the entire collection of Park Avenues
please check out our longer Park Avenue review.
The Allen Edmonds Park Avenue in walnut is what I would refer to as a classic
light brown or chestnut this is the lightest Brown of the entire Park Avenue
collection this is a great more casual dress shoe that is great for anyone who
dresses in lighter colored suits it's a great shoe to wear on the weekend or at
work whenever you're dressing a little bit more casually Allen Edmonds two
closest other finishes to the number 5956 walnut are gonna be the number 2179
and coffee or the 5610 and dark chili comparing the number 5956 walnut to the
number of 2179 coffee and then the 5610 dark chili really shows how this shoe
really stands out as a beautiful nice light brown shoe the coffee is a much
more neutral medium brown and then once you get to the dark chili you begin
introducing some red and some additional dimension into the shoe with these three
shoes right here in order to light to dark you would have the walnut the
coffee and the dark chili and then the oxblood which we'll review in a
different video really takes it in a different direction by really
introducing some reds and purples it's very clear that the walnut is in fact
the lightest of all these shoes and for this it's one of the reasons I like this
shoe so much because it is such a light brown color it's a beautiful palette for
you really to evolve this shoe in any directions one of the things that I love
about a beautiful brown shoe especially one made from a high-quality open grain
leather is that the patina or color really evolves the more you polish the
shoe it's this patina that gives a shoe character as it ages and makes it
totally unique to you even polishing a shoe like the number 5156 walnut with
a simple light brown polish will darken and burnish the shoe over time as the
open pore structure accumulates the oils and other waxes but you could certainly
be even more deliberate in your evolution of this shoe by using a medium
brown polish there really give dimension to the patina here you could easily
apply a medium brown polish to the toe cap and then some of these sides and the
back quarters and because again it's such a light brown color it really would
show that polish very easily once you begin antiquing a shoe with the second
color polish you really can create a very dynamic than
that has an incredible amount of character and it could easily be
accomplished with this light brown walnut now that said just polishing this
shoe with the light brown polish would still make it beautiful and we recommend
polishing all new shoes straight out of the box because again a little bit of
wax and nourishment for the leather and take what is already a great shoe and
make it more beautiful the Allen Edmonds Park Avenue and calf skin is a truly
iconic american-made shoe that is constructed with a nice full grain open
pour leather a 360 degree welt that allows the shoe to be recently easily
resold and a full leather outsole for anyone looking to begin investing in
high quality leather dress shoes the Allen Edmonds Park Avenue is a great
place to begin if you have an exceptionally beautiful pair of Allen
Edmonds Park Avenues please share it with us by posting a picture on
Instagram and hashtagging us with hashtag kirby Alyson and hashtag hanger
project we'd love to see you share your shine if you enjoyed this video give us
a thumbs up and please subscribe to our Channel and turn on your notifications
by clicking the bell to the right of the subscribe button so that you can learn
whenever we release new videos if you have any questions or comments about
anything we discussed on this video please ask them in the comment section
below and of course please visit Hanger
Project.com where we have the largest most comprehensive collection of luxury
garment care and shoe care accessories in the world as well as many other
incredible products for the well-dressed and while you are there subscribe to our
newsletter to receive notifications of new product launches promotions as well
as a weekly digest of all the videos we publish here on our YouTube channel I'm
Kirby Allison and we love to help the well-dressed acquire and care for their
wardrobes thanks for joining me.
you