The advantage of the knowledge I described yesterday is that you can find the shoes cheaper.
Ralph Lauren is a large chain and is more inclined to reduce some shoes to shift them – it can afford the losses. Edward Green is not. The same logic applies to a certain extent in department stores – they have paid brands a certain price for the product and are then free to discount them as they wish to maximise profits.
So in mid-January expect to find these luxury Ralph Lauren/Edward Green shoes reduced by 50%, even 60%. I picked up a pair last year reduced from around £550 to £220. They’re still not cheap, but Edward Green makes some of the finest shoes you will find.
Down the scale, Peal & Co shoes are a little cheaper than Church’s top start with (£240) and may be reduced even more. Plus, both re-brands create their own styles not found in the shoemakers themselves. So if no styles catch your fancy in the English originals, try these American rebrands. I particularly recommend the Peal & Co black one-piece lace-up.
Is this still true for RL shoes? (Reading from start to finish to celebrate 15 years).
No, sorry. Fewer brands use makers like these today, RL makes everything in Italy too
Good work though!