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.

These are very handsome, well-made wingtips. I have recently become a big fan of Bostonian shoes, and I have always been partial to Clarks, anyway. They are quite comfortable, but do require some breaking-in. I wore them around the house for about a week before wearing them outside. They ARE stiff, but it is important to remember that wingtips are SUPPOSED to be stiff. The toe-cap and wings (longwings on these shoes) are there to make the shoe sturdier than standard oxfords. The stiffness will ease over time. These are clearly shoes that are meant to last. The leather sole gives excellent support, and the slightly padded insole makes these very comfortable walking shoes. The burgundy colour ("oxblood") is beautiful, and the leather has a very nice finish. They run a bit small. I usually wear 8.5, though sometimes 9 with thicker walking socks. I wear a 9 in these with thin socks.

I have a wide foot, hard to find exactly what I want and still maintain that classic, stylish look of a great wingtip. Shoe fits very good, comfortable to wear, even though they are not broke in at all. I don't wear the shoes a lot, but it is nice to be able to slip them on and not have the shoes hurt my feet. Will order a pair in cordovan and brown.

What a fantastic shoe! The width, length, style, color...all perfect!!! it looks exactly like the picture. In addition the shoe arrived quickly. I purchased the 9W burgundy and I plan on buying the black one as well in this style. Huge fan of Bostonian shoes here and I intend on staying loyal to this brand.

Liking everything but the fit at the ankles. The edges of this shoe dig into the skin under my ankles. It can be painful. I'm putting heel pads to lift my ankles above the edge of thi shoe, otherwise it's a great shoe.

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!

Got these on sale for half what I've paid for same quality shoes at retail shoe stores. As long as you know your size and have no unusual foot problems, even using the sizing chart gets you an excellent fit and value. Great all leather upper and lower dress shoes.

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.