White's Semi-dress Boots..

[Doug C]

Does anyone here have a pair? I'm thinking about buying some but would like to get some input first, just looking for comments and hopefully pictures besides the one's on the website. I have aldens and they are fine but I like a slightly turned up toe area in a boot and I find the Aldens to be very flat. I found the Whites at a site offering them $40 cheaper than buying them through White, anyone used this place?
http://shop.linegear.com/product_inf...556f72a5d56ff2

Doug C

[Mike K.]

Haven't got this particular type of footwear, but I can attest to the quality of White's products and their lifetime repair warranty. Highly recommended!

[Doug C]

I like the look though there are far too few pictures to be found, but I wonder about the heel, it looks a little higher than I normally prefer..

Doug C

[John in Covina]

Back in the mid to late 80's I sold shoes at a JC Pennys in the Montebello Town Center. In the video I watched they said that in shoes if the customer came in with upturned toe sections it was usually because they did not know they had a wide foot and bought medium width shoes that were too large (long in lenght) to accomodate their foot. Since the front section was longer than their foot and their toes did not re-enfoce the sole, the shoe turned up from use. I was able to use that fact to get several people to let me measure their feet and then get them properly fitted.

[ValleyBoy]

Back in the mid to late 80's I sold shoes at a JC Pennys in the Montebello Town Center. In the video I watched they said that in shoes if the customer came in with upturned toe sections it was usually because they did not know they had a wide foot and bought medium width shoes that were too large (long in lenght) to accomodate their foot. Since the front section was longer than their foot and their toes did not re-enfoce the sole, the shoe turned up from use. I was able to use that fact to get several people to let me measure their feet and then get them properly fitted.

You're absolutely correct about the upturn. I have seen this among many men whose cowboy boots are to long. The stirrups do a number on them.

[Doug C]

Thanks guys, but I'm just referring to the natural (new/un-used) look of this boot compared to an Alden. If you look at both the Alden is very flat looking at the toe area while the White is (only somewhat) turned up looking, just a design of the toe box I'm sure. I'm a fan of well fitting foot wear too.

Doug C

[pablocham]

I am wearing my white's right now. I love them. There are no other boots in the world that are anything like them. They look much more extreme in the photo than they do when you are actually wearing them. The heel is about the same height as the heel on a pair of Wellingtons or similar boots. I recommend them. I have, among other shoes, a pair of Alden Indy's and a pair of White's Semi-dress. I don't ever wear the Indy's, but I wear the White's all the time. That is just my taste, for what it's worth.

[jake431]

I am wearing my white's right now. I love them. There are no other boots in the world that are anything like them. They look much more extreme in the photo than they do when you are actually wearing them. The heel is about the same height as the heel on a pair of Wellingtons or similar boots. I recommend them. I have, among other shoes, a pair of Alden Indy's and a pair of White's Semi-dress. I don't ever wear the Indy's, but I wear the White's all the time. That is just my taste, for what it's worth.

Pictures? I'd like to see a semi-dress boot on an actual human foot.

Thanks,
-Jake

[Doug C]

Jake wrote:

on an actual human foot.

That's what I'm sayin'!! I'm considering letting my Aldens go to help fund a pair of White semi-dress boots but I'd like to see someone wearing them before I make that kind of commitment. Ideally I could keep both, but man these darn boots are expensive just to have one pair sit in the closet all the time.

Thanks for the comments Pablo - are yours the single layer leather sole or the composition? What color? I suspect they feel more like you're wearing cowboy boots because of the higher heel - is that a correct assessment?

Do you guys think that the site I posted is a good one, they sell 'em for $40 less than getting them from White's. I think you get "off the shelf" sizing through them but I'm not entirely sure I'd need special measurements. That how I bought my Aldens and they fit great.

Doug C

[Tango Yankee]

Back in the mid to late 80's I sold shoes at a JC Pennys in the Montebello Town Center. In the video I watched they said that in shoes if the customer came in with upturned toe sections it was usually because they did not know they had a wide foot and bought medium width shoes that were too large (long in lenght) to accomodate their foot. Since the front section was longer than their foot and their toes did not re-enfoce the sole, the shoe turned up from use. I was able to use that fact to get several people to let me measure their feet and then get them properly fitted.

These days the problem is that too few places sell (and, I believe, too few companies make) shoes in different widths. The attitude is that if you need a wider shoe, buy the next size up. This is why many of my shoe purchases are made online--I get tired of looking at a shoe I like, only to be told it's not available in my 10 1/2 wide size.

Cheers,
Tom