1. Genuine Goodyear welt construction. Top quality leather welting is securely stitched through the upper to the insole rib. On modes requiring the clean appearance of a close heel trim the welt runs from the heel forward. For other styles, such as brogues, where the solid look of an extended heel trim is appropriate the welt is stitched all around the shoe.

2. Long wearing rubber dovetail heels with leather inserts. Solid brass slugging gives secure attachment yet allows for easy rebuilding.

3. Upper leather selected from the top grades of the finest tanneries in the world. Rich, aniline calfskins, luxurious calf and kid suedes, and genuine shell cordovan. Hand stained and polished to the classic patina that is the hallmark of the custom bootmaker's art.

4. Classic patterns, crafted with extraordinary attention to detail. Made on our exclusive lasts, designed for comfort and refined appearance.

5. Every Alden New England shoe carries a tempered steel shank, precisely contoured and tripled ribbed for extra strength. Truly the backbone of a fine welt shoe, the shank provides the proper support and shape so necessary when your day involves walking and time on your feet.

6. Oak tanned leather bends are cut into outsoles at our factory for maximum control of quality.

7. Every pair of Alden Shoes has a full leather lining chosen from our special stock of supple glove linings and smooth, glazed kip linings.

8. Flexible natural leather insole of pure vegetable tannage. Unsurpassed for breathable comfort and long wear, it assumes over time the contours of your foot shape giving a truly custom quality to the fit.

Beneath the sole is a layer of natural cork, providing additional resilience and insulation.

The original tassel moccasin. Often copied… never equaled.

The refined lines of our Plaza last make for a most elegant collection of dress shoes. In fine imported calfskin and rich suede.

Using the centuries-old method of pure vegetable tannage and hand finishing, the single tannery still producing genuine shell cordovan today is indeed practicing a rare art. The tanning process takes a full six months to complete and produces leather that is soft and supple, yet very durable.

Alden stands as the acknowledged master in working and finishing this special leather into extraordinary footwear. Cordovan demands the measured pace of hand shoemaking and patient finishing, responding to such careful work with unmatched luster.

Over time, the patina in Alden Shoes genuine shell cordovan shoes will only improve, deepening with each polishing and showing to full advantage the especially rich character of the leather. As durable and comfortable to wear as they are beautiful to look at, genuine shell cordovan shoes truly are Alden's masterworks.

All day comfort in a slip-on. Trim, well proportioned designs expressed in fine aniline calfskin.

The Bal Oxford, a long time favorite for business dress. Carefully detailed throughout, with oak leather outsoles, full leather linings, in hand stained calfskin.

The Blucher Oxford, solid foundation of traditional business dress. The all-day comfort of Alden's classic lasts, realized in the finest calfskin with natural veg tanned linings and sturdy oak tanned outsoles.

Our unique combination of glove soft leathers creates a new level of flexible comfort. In soft calf with vegetable tanned insoles and our special flex leather outsole.

The famous Alden All-Weather Walkers in plain toe and Norwegian front handsewn models. The exceptional insulating quality of genuine plantation crepe makes it an ideal outsole for winter dress, with reinforced leather tip for long wear. Our plain toe is also available with a lightweight microcellular rubber sole.

Classic Alden patterns, dressed down for casual wear. Rugged full grain leathers and suedes, rubber lug outsoles.

Genuine hand sewn moccasins, carefully crafted in the USA.

The Goodyear-Welted construction of Alden shoes provides the best in comfort, support, and wearability. Welt construction is designed to allow rebuilding but the process requires the utmost in skillful craftsmanship and shoemaking experience.