A1923 / Adiciannoveventitre (Augusta)

[endersgame]

^^ thank you

[awlouie]

Might be an easy fix...you should check with your cobbler.

[swami]

Did you get a rubber layer added on to the heel prior to wearing?
Cobbler might have pulled the nails out in the process, which could have compromised the integrity of the heel.
I make it a point to have him sand the heel and hammer the nails further instead of pulling them out
Regardless there is no point in contacting Augusta , Like awlouie said simple fix.

[sargon97]

Same thing happened to both my pairs of Augusta's (and other shoes I have had in the past). Heal started separating from the sole. Just a tiny bit and not a big deal, you can glue it or better yet have another nail put in. Just a side note, its not so easy to, "find a good cobbler" anymore; So things that should be simple to fix are often not.

[endersgame]

yes, i added rubber on the heel, but this was just recently.

cobbler says the glue has come undone on the heel portion. possibly old glue or whatever. this is minor and i opted to just fix it. but i still emailed augusta to make the problem known..

[eckblk]

augusta s/s 2011

This looks amazing, linen over horse leather (from HLorenzo's blog)



HLorenzo's preview (not sure if anybody's posted this)

http://hlorenzopreview.blogspot.com/search/label/Augusta

[Atom]

This looks amazing, linen over horse leather (from HLorenzo's blog)

How do this kind of boots age? Somehow a strange idea to use horse (that lasts forever and fades fantastically) and cover it with linen.

[MASUGNEN]

Isn't that the purpose: as weather and wear detrement the linen, the leather appears?

Leather and linen are my two favourite fabrics. Togeher they work nicely. Maurizio Altieri understood that, elaborated on bags and boots.

[eton97]

How do this kind of boots age? Somehow a strange idea to use horse (that lasts forever and fades fantastically) and cover it with linen.

I had a pair of these a couple of seasons ago. Firstly the linen simone uses is extermely tough and hard-wearing, so in the 18m that i owned them, the linen was still 100% intact.
But I think MASUGNEN explains it perfectly regarding the breakdown of the linen over time.
On a personal note, I did sell mine because I wanted a pure leather boot and found the linen quiet uninspiring

[MASUGNEN]

Let's extrapolate on the relation between leather and linen. Are they similiar in aspect of wear gaining essence, that they are induced identity by use and age?

[jcotteri]

Do you mean together as one laid over the other or as a completely separate entity?

[stretcheroo]

Augusta has arrived...

at A. Received these photos this afternoon:

coarse horse leather back-zip


wedge horse leather back-zip


mutant leather side-zip


horse leather back-zip

[Faust]

Funny, this is one designer thread where the shopping talk is fine, cause there isn't much room for the esthetic/philosophical talk.

[kunk75]

you mean in that they are lightly inspired by xxx?

[theaddict]

you mean in that they are lightly inspired by xxx?

hahaha, what have I started???