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^^  That's EXACTLY what I was thinking in the back of my mind re: tongue pads and heel liners!  All of my other shoes fit without all the accoutrements needed to force fit a shoe meant for a different foot.  (Don't get me wrong, none of my other shoes are really on the same level as Lattanzis, but they would be respectable in any situation.  I'm going to clean them up according to the instructions on that Alden of Carmel / Cordovan Care online site and put them up on eBay.  Thanks for the push in the right direction Shooman.  -M-

I have a similar pair of Silvano Lattanzi shoes from Louis. They are indeed wide and roomy, which is just what I wanted for summer shoes. However, the construction leaves much to be desired. I know glues have come a long way, but some special artisanal glue must have been used on the soles, because they started to detach themselves after just a few months of wear, and I had to get the cobbler to put new soles put. Now, just a few years later, the uppers are starting to go, and while all the fancy stitching is intact, the leather used for the lining is starting to give. Yes, it does git me that old aristocratic feeling of wearing really expensive shoes that are now falling apart, but you expect that after wearing a pair for a quarter century, not a three years. These are clearly not shoes made for wearing, but for a collector. The cobbler said they were great shoes, but the materials used were clearly "not what they used to be" as firms skimp and sell to unsuspecting customers.

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