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Allen Edmonds shoes true to size?

Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:21 pm
Posted by Crescent Connection
Lafayette/Nola
Member since Jun 2008
2169 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:21 pm
Looking to purchase a pair of Allen Edmonds (their anniversary sale ends at the end of the month). Never owned a pair. For those that own them, do y'all have the same size as running shoes like Asics, Brooks, On Clouds. Should I size up/down?
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
2089 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:22 pm to
They have these things called shoe stores. I heard a rumor they have people that will fit your foot to the shoe brand.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
5037 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:23 pm to
Go to the store in Canal Place and try them on! Seriously.
Posted by PacWilly
Member since Jun 2010
561 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:25 pm to
The Allen Edmonds size will be lower. I wear 12 in a sneaker and a 10.5 wide in AE.

Be prepared. AE looks great and will last but they are not comfortable shoes. I’m talking about the all leather soles.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
105315 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:25 pm to
You conveniently left out your shoe size. What are you trying to hide here?
Posted by SATNIGHTS
Red Stick
Member since Jan 2008
2270 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:26 pm to
I have the Grafton boots and they are a size too big. I am an 11 but could have went 10.

I have a pair of the tennis shoes and they fit.

On the site it tells you if they run big or not.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51379 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:31 pm to
I have a few pair of dress shoes from AE and just ordered my regular size.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
5037 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:31 pm to
I’m a size 11 1/2-12 in most shoes. For the AE Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue, I went with sizes 12. I think the Fifth Avenues are looser than the Park Avenues. The AE bit loafers I have are also size 12s, but they are a little too loose, should have sized down in those.

As others have said, the real leather shoes take lots of time to get comfortable. I have leather soled Fifth Avenues that I own, and these are more comfortable than the daynite soled Park Avenue pair I have.

Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
14630 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:33 pm to
Just go with the 350's. They are a universal fit.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3722 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:33 pm to
quote:

AE looks great and will last but they are not comfortable shoes. I’m talking about the all leather soles.
My AE shoes are very comfortable. I’ve never had issues with foot pain or discomfort in them.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98402 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:35 pm to
my onclouds are 1/2 size smaller than my AE
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
21517 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:37 pm to
quote:


I have a few pair of dress shoes from AE and just ordered my regular size.

Same here.
Posted by Lazy But Talented
Member since Aug 2011
14858 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 12:38 pm to
Order multiple sizes. Keep one. Send the rest back.
Posted by StonewallJack
Member since Apr 2008
846 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 1:37 pm to
Allen Edmonds are true to size and very comfortable for dress shoes
Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
4078 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 1:39 pm to
I wear size 10D, shoes, boots, chukka. I have 12 pair of AE shoes, some w/leather soles, some w/Dainite, some w/combo leather & rubber, all bought on sale. They all fit, and all are very comfortable…
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
25620 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 1:41 pm to
quote:

AE looks great and will last but they are not comfortable shoes.


This. I can J&M all day, no problem but my two pair of AE's suck in the comfort department. I have a good friend who says just the opposite with the brands. You may want to try them on in a store if you can.
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
86750 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 1:46 pm to
quote:

AE looks great and will last but they are not comfortable shoes. I’m talking about the all leather soles.


Don't agree with this at all. I've got 4 leather sole pairs and one danite sole pair, and they're all extremely comfortable.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
83262 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 2:42 pm to
You need to get your "normal" shoe size (ie, non athletic/running shoes) which I'd assume will be a size down.

I think most dudes have two "normal" sizes - running shoes and everything else. AE is true to size for me in the sense that it's what I wear in everything that isn't an athletic/running shoe.

I wear a 14 in Brooks and On (and Asics/Mizuno/NB, etc.) and 13 in AE.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Member since Feb 2008
21596 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 2:51 pm to
The ones I have had run true. I think I’ve got about 5 pairs of them. Almost never wear them anymore - WFH most of the time.


Gives me time to post here.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
54664 posts
Posted on 4/24/25 at 3:38 pm to
Yes. The 65 last is true to size. The 1757 last (Higgins Mill, Chandler, and Patton), run a little large because the toebox is roomier since they are boots.
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