Hi Lovelies!
It’s time again to vote for your favorite new historical shoe style, to help me determine which to open for pre-ordering next. The winner of this vote will be released in January/February.
Please select the shoe style you are most likely to order in January/February. Please take the estimated prices into consideration. If you do not like any of these, or don’t intend to participate in the pre-order, please refrain from voting. I’m trying to get an accurate gauge of pre-order participation, so that we do not have to cancel another style.
*Please Note: Not all of the shoes I previewed in the last post are ready to be released. The styles in this poll are what is ready right now. We have a whole year of goodies planned out, but we can’t do them all at once (though believe me, I would love to) so please bear with us and vote only if you intend to purchase this shoe should it win the vote and be released next.
Here are the candidates:
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*All of these styles will be available in sizes 6 – 11, including half sizes, B width (sorry, no wide widths available), and in the colorways shown only.
17 Comments
Lucy
January 4, 2014 at 9:38 AMI really love the Gettyburg shoes !
If they could be grey or more brownish it would be better, because the green colour does not match any of my dresses 🙁
Johanna
January 4, 2014 at 9:57 AMI love the Nankeen, but I'm not going to order any of these shoes, so I'm not voting.
Laurie
January 4, 2014 at 12:15 PMIn unofficial shoe to have next poll I vote for Renoir!
Cassidy
January 4, 2014 at 1:50 PMI have no money so I'm very properly not voting in the actual poll, but I have to say that I LOVE the Gettysburg (as the early Victorian is my new Thing). But I also see a lot of merit in the Tissot, as that style tends to be one that results in making do with thrift-store lookalikes, and it would be great to have the option of a true historical version that doesn't require alteration.
Sheri at Galla Rock
January 4, 2014 at 3:38 PMFor we ladies with a firm foundation, please consider wide widths at least in the 10-11 range!
Kelly
January 4, 2014 at 5:41 PMI've been waiting for the Tissot forever please, please do that one.
Anonymous
January 4, 2014 at 6:12 PMGiven we're in the middle of the Civil War sesquicentennial, I'm guessing you can sell a large number of Gettysburg booties–they're also different from any modern offerings. I'd buy a pair.
Lauren Stowell
January 5, 2014 at 7:49 PMI agree – it'll be the first offering in that general time frame.
Anneliese
January 5, 2014 at 3:47 AM*Sighs* If I had any money, I would buy a pair (or two) of every shoe you make! Though, a very tough decision, I vote for the Gettysburgs! (After visiting Gettysburg for the first time, I've reaffirmed my love for everything and anything Civil War)
Anneliese 🙂
Anonymous
January 5, 2014 at 7:34 AMI voted for the Gettysburgs because I've been looking forwards to them forever! But I also think they're a good choice because they represent a time period you don't already have covered. The other shoes, while beautiful, are from eras that you already offer shoes from, and are therefore perhaps not quite as urgent. =)
Lauren Stowell
January 5, 2014 at 7:49 PMI agree!
Unknown
January 5, 2014 at 4:41 PMYou did carry a US size 12! Why are you not carrying larger sizes, considering you have the market cornered on historical footwear?
Lauren Stowell
January 5, 2014 at 7:53 PMWe don't carry size 11.5 and 12 anymore because they simply didn't sell, and the cost of production turned out to be greater than what we made on them. It actually cost us to sell the higher sizes, and we found that when everything else had sold out months and months before, we were left with 11.5 and 12 on the shelf for months and months after. Considering we'd only order about 4 pairs, that's really poor, and not a smart way to stay in business.
Unknown
January 6, 2014 at 2:10 AMI'm buying the Gettysburgs whenever they are released, but with year-end retirement account distributions and various other expenses, this month isn't quite the ideal time. They'll go on Visa, no problem, whenever, but my bank account will be happier if it's later rather than soon.
Unknown
January 6, 2014 at 2:12 AM(ok, what's the point of letting you comment with an account type that shows up as "Unknown" after you put in your password? Thanks, blogspot. Previous comment is supposed to have been by "Mme Bahorel".)
Thread-Head
January 6, 2014 at 3:52 AMThe Nankeens are coming home, barring unforeseen financial reversals. While I'm a fan of most of your offerings, this particular style gets top marks because it is not represented in any sense among my current wardrobe of reenacting shoes.
Lumikettu
January 6, 2014 at 1:03 PMNankeen! I'd so hope that those shoes could have a warm lining so they'd be wearable for colder weather costuming!