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#1 2017-08-17 11:41:57
- An Unseen Scene
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Astorflex
What is the view of Astorflex?
https://www.oipolloi.com/collections/astorflex?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20delights%20from%20Albam%20Astorflex%20A%20Kind%20of%20Guise%20and%20Reebok&utm_content=New%20delights%20from%20Albam%20Astorflex%20A%20Kind%20of%20Guise%20and%20Reebok+CID_393c6d5e24951099068f2e95ceb907f8&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Astorflex
#3 2017-08-17 13:29:05
- woofboxer
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Re: Astorflex
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#4 2017-08-17 17:44:55
- McGeorge Bundyburger
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Re: Astorflex
To echo Woof and Georgie, the toe is a bit bulbous, but the uppers are of robust quality and the soles are hard wearing yet hugely comfortable. Not for those looking for a Clarks dessie replica, but a superior product.
#5 2017-08-18 00:28:53
- Kennedy
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Re: Astorflex
I like them. I've got a couple of pairs. More heft to them which makes them feel more substantial than Huttons or Clarks.
#7 2018-03-20 10:24:20
- Treble Clef
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Re: Astorflex
Anyone tried the 'DriftFlex' model?
https://www.endclothing.com/gb/astorflex-driftflex-desert-boot-af-dfx-113.html
Looks to have a less substantial sole to the Greenflex, without the leather layer.
#8 2018-03-20 13:37:25
- Leer R.
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Re: Astorflex
Driftflex seem more like Clarks Dessies. I never went over to either Huttons or Astorflex as I still rely on reduced price Clarks, but if I do it will be Astorflex as the quality seems awesome. I also like the company's CSR. I know Acton swears by Astorflex.
#10 2018-03-21 09:24:45
- The Laird of Enfield
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Re: Astorflex
Like thir Walkflex leather boot they dae in the winter months.
#11 2018-03-21 09:44:33
- Classic
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Re: Astorflex
I don't like the shape but the quality seems to be pretty good.
#13 2021-09-28 12:22:33
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Astorflex
Just bought a pair in 'Dark Khaki'. £96 from 'The Hip Store' in Nottingham. Not as bad as it sounds. Lovely Japanese socks at £23 a time. Shoes seem very comfortable. Which is what counts when you get to be an old codger like me.
#14 2021-09-28 13:13:15
- RobbieB
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Re: Astorflex
The Hip Store was where I found out about the Made in England
Good Measure sweatshirts based on original USA design.
'I am a closet optimist' Leonard Cohen.
#15 2021-09-28 16:50:08
- Tworussellstreet
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Re: Astorflex
In John Simons today, a pair of lo-top Astorflex Playboys with a very thick crepe sole. Looked rather nice and was almost tempted.
#16 2021-09-29 02:02:06
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Astorflex
My advice would be, think about buying then putting on one side - if you are heading towards sixty (or are over, which I am). The feet can become tender. £96 for a lovely shoe - but how much do they make at the other end? I often think of this when seeing budget supermarket pasta or tinned tomatoes.
#17 2021-10-28 04:22:16
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Astorflex
I've just bought a pair on Ebay. £45. A kind of sand colour which remind me a little of my old Dexter bucks. No red brick sole, though. Shaun at 'Wild' told me he'd bought a pair of the Dexter at TKMaxx in Derby - a source of astonishment to me as my few trips turned up bugger all.
#18 2021-10-28 05:03:38
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Astorflex
I wonder if it was the 'Rampiflex' that TRS saw at Chiltern Street. A nice boot to be sure.
#19 2021-10-31 01:44:15
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Astorflex
I still got three pair of Clark’s Desert Boots: Sand, Tobacco, Chocolate.
When they are kaputt, I can justify buying a pair of Astorflex. Otherwise my wife will kill me or at least joke about me being a male Imelda Marcos.
Good morning, Andy!
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#21 2021-10-31 01:49:29
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Astorflex
In all seriousness, Astorflex are a seriously good shoe. I'm still keeping an eye on Ebay in case anything else comes up in my size. You might have a look, H.
#22 2021-10-31 02:00:25
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Astorflex
Enjoying recession, inflation and the complete sterilisation of social life or the public sphere in Germany. How are you, my friend?
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#23 2021-10-31 02:29:33
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Astorflex
All right, H, thank you. Not bad at all. A few aches and pains. But still enjoying the clothing, the music, the films. Food and drink. You know.
England is a mess. Nothing to do with Brexit, I assure you, it was a mess before. But I won't get political. T'ain't our thing, bro! (We're in for a hefty dose of inflation, mind, so those old natural shoulder jackets will be better than money. Imagine carting away a barrow-load of old Bass and Sebago just to buy a loaf of bread...). It's raining, so I'll be in most of the day, I guess, reading an excellent American 'tec set in 1950 (camelhair and cashmere jackets already mentioned), planning the main meal (pasta bake most likely), chewing the fat with my wife (hair now growing back after chemo), lazing in Madras, a darned cardigan and some inferior chinos.
Your good self?
#24 2021-11-03 13:01:31
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: Astorflex
New Astorflex handed over by the postie today. I'm infatuated. Don't I have The Weejun to thank for introducing them into the UK? Or John Rushton? Unworn and box-fresh. The seller even sent spare laces.
#25 2021-11-03 13:06:33
- Yuca
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Re: Astorflex
'England is a mess.'
Correct.
'Nothing to do with Brexit, I assure you'
Incorrect.
'it was a mess before'
Correct.
some sort of banal legitimacy