After a great experience with the Daltons, I subsequently tried the Kenilworth's, but just could not find a size that did not involve heel slippage and/or bowing in the middle of the show. In one last swing for success, I ordered two pair of the AE Park Avenues (9D and 9.5D)... got them today and in a blind taste test, tried the 9D and... heel slippage and bowing. Argh. I don't think I can slide down to say, 8.5D (I am a 9.5D in the Dalton's, which I believe are on the same lasts as the Kenilworth/Park Avenues), so I think I'm done with AE's for now. Damn.
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After a great experience with the Daltons, I subsequently tried the Kenilworth's, but just could not find a size that did not involve heel slippage and/or bowing in the middle of the show. In one last swing for success, I ordered two pair of the AE Park Avenues (9D and 9.5D)... got them today and in a blind taste test, tried the 9D and... heel slippage and bowing. Argh. I don't think I can slide down to say, 8.5D (I am a 9.5D in the Dalton's, which I believe are on the same lasts as the Kenilworth/Park Avenues), so I think I'm done with AE's for now. Damn.
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Gabe: Good luck on avoiding bowing. I went through around 4 pairs of PA's and still ended up settling on a pair that bows only moderately instead of insanely.
They 9's do run a bit long on me, not sure how much of a reason that is for it. 8.5E's were a little tight in the toes. I'm starting to think I should have gone that route and just stretched them out.
I have a pair of 8D's here I picked up at the Beren sale (brand new) if you want to buy them for around $220 shipped. You can probably swap them out at an AE store for 8.5's.
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I would suggest going in to an AE store and getting fitted. I tried some of their shoes I had purchased from online in an 8.5D and my heel kept slipping so I went with 8D. That stopped the heel slippage but there was no room in the toe box. I went in and they ordered 9C for me and they fit me perfectly. The narrower shoe was long enough for my toes and was narrower in the heel so my foot wouldn't slip out. This solved my issue with the Park Aves and Strands. Unfortunately they don't make most of their shoes in a C width, including the McTavish.
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Hey fellas - thanks for all of your input - as someone suggested, I spoke to an AE rep via chat and she suggested I try out the 8.5E's on an exchange, so gonna give that a whirl.
I live about 90 minutes from the nearest AE store unfortunately, so getting sized properly wasn't an option this time (although I did get sized at that same AE store when I got my Daltons).
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They just opened their first-ever dedicated (i.e., Allen Edmonds only) store in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago, and there's been one in Charlotte for some years.
At least a few dozen people live in each of those cities...and those are just the ones I know of personally, since I've lived in those places. And those stores do appear on the website's store locator.
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