Bostonian Men's Malden Wingtip Oxford

Took a couple of days to break in where the shoe meets the ankle, but they are comfy now. I am a typical size 11, but these 11's were too narrow. The 11 wides are perfect, and don't have that wide appearance like other brands. I am on my third pair of blacks. I did not like the burgundy color, as they are too dark from my brown suits, to dressy for khakis, and I already have my blacks for dark suits, so they are basically worthless unless I wanted to wear them with a burgundy belt and blue suits. Not great winter shoes as there is no traction on the sole, but oh well.

The shoes fit well and are very comfortable right out of the box. They are a little heavier than similar shoes that I have purchased from other manufacturers but the additional weight was not noticeable after walking in them for a little while. The shoes were a good value for the price. I have paid a lot more for wingtips in the past. These shoes look good and are a classic style that I expect will serve me for a long time.Even though the shoes did not ship until several days after my order was placed, they arrived at my home on time, meeting the initial delivery date.

**UPDATE** I bought a pair of these shoes in size 13, and the fit is great. No complaints about this shoe whatsoever...now that I've got a pair that's a full size larger than I usually wear.This is my third pair of Bostonians. I have some captoes and some loafers of theirs and I wear them both all the time. I bought these wingtips in my usual size 12, and they are like a hundred-dollar torture device. It feels like someone's standing on my big toes while slicing off my ankles with a rusty knife. I can't decide whether to exchange them for a 13, or just go with a different shoe altogether. I was disappointed because I really wanted to love this shoe, and it ordered them for a special occasion. Another issue I have with them is that the finish looks much less natural than it does in the picture. They are super high gloss and super purple.

These shoes get the job done. If you don't have the money for a pair of Allen Edmonds and you still want wingtip oxfords, these are a decent alternative.Mine began to have a very noticeable crease on the top middle area after a few weeks of wear. This is even when using shoe trees after every wear and polishing once a week. It is much more pronounced in one shoe than the other. I'm not particularly knowledgeable of what having very flat feet can do to the contours of a shoe, but I wouldn't be surprised if my feet exacerbated the process.They aren't very comfortable, but that could be due to the reason above and might be able to be remedies with a good pair of Powerstep orthotic inserts.

The shoes arrived just when I started my Christmas vacation so my first chance to wear them was for Christmas mass. I worried that being new they would hurt my feet but the leather broke in very gently and they felt great. I have been getting these shoes for years so I knew my correct size especially with the width otherwise I would never buy shoes w/o first trying them. I look forward to years of happy wear.

Let me qualify this review a little, growing up my parents couldn’t afford to buy me the fancy big box of crayons, you know the one with the built in sharpener and 128 colors? I was quite content with the 8 crayon package, but what happened as A result is that my ability to name colors is impaired. I can see, differentiate and appreciate color just fine, but I only know a handful of color names. Well, burgundy wasn't in my package of crayons so maybe he name of that color of the shoes I received was burgundy, BUT they were nowhere near the color depicted on the web site.Now before any aspiring technologist points out my monitor may not be calibrated etc., these were not even close. These shoes were a pinkish purple, and had zero, none, not a hint of depth to the color. It looked like these were spray painted. I was replacing a worn out pair and I had to double take on these. I even went back on line to see if I chose a different color accidentally. These were terrible. The leather was very stiff and the fit ran small.The photo shows a classically styled long wing tip shoe in a classic deep hue, these shoes were like a bad knock-off of what is shown!

It took several days to break these in, which was fine, I figured they'd last. I've had them year now, and they need to be replaced. The soles lasted about 9 months before developing the first hole. The leather held up reasonably well, but the stitching is starting to fray. Probably not awful for the price, but the soles not even lasting a year sort of kills it for me.

I was hard pressed to find a new pair of shoes for a important trip. At the last minute I bought a $200 plus pair of shoes from a brick and mortar store. At home found out they would not work. Cannot find full selection of sizes at those stores anymore. Found the size I thought I needed on Amazon and had rush delivery. Felt good right away, and on trip just got better. Whew, close one. Thank you Amazon.