Helmut Lang Footwear

[raijin]

how is the quality of helmut's footwear?
I also heard that 2 stores in the city, rollo and nida, stock hl, can someone verify this for me?

 

[Angelica]

"The city" as in San Francisco? If you mean San Francisco, Nida carries Helmut Lang clothing, it's possible the Nida store on Union carries shoes. Gimme Shoes carries Helmut Lang.

 

[raijin]

yeah i meant san fran, thanks .
which gimme shoes is it do you know?
i believe they have a couple stores

 

[Angelica]

I believe all 3 have Helmut Lang. I'm at the one downtown most often though, so I'm most certain about that one. I also think that they have a better selection of women's HL than men's.

I haven't been to Rolo all that much lately but I think the one in the Castro has HL men's shoes.

 

[Theory]

quality was good pre-Prada.
quality is now OK, of course it took a decline with Prada ownership.
they still have nice leather soles, although i have noticed a lot of glued soles...previously many were stitched, again, Prada uses mainly glued (cheaper) soles.....
i'd only buy helmut shoes on sale or if you are buying a pair for the design only...they are many better options at that pricepoint qualitywise.

 

[kimair]

They carry HL shoes at Neiman Marcus on Union Square. I checked them out the other day...quality seems ok.

 

[faust]

Originally posted by Angelica@Sep 25 2004, 11:01 PM
"The city" as in San Francisco? If you mean San Francisco, Nida carries Helmut Lang clothing, it's possible the Nida store on Union carries shoes. Gimme Shoes carries Helmut Lang.

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Nida store in Hayes Valley has the men's clothing. IMO, Gimmieshoes in Hayes Valley has the best selection, but they told me that they rotate stock between all 3 stores.

I never paid attention to the quality of the shoes, though, as I don't like pointy toes (which means I don't look at the shoes closer) and that's what Helmut has been doing.

 

[runner]

although I only know Lang's shoes made by Ludwig Reiter, they were well-made.

 

[Spacemiu]

do they run true to size?

 

[faust]

Originally posted by Spacemiu@Oct 4 2004, 12:05 AM
do they run true to size?

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No, they run one size bigger.

 

[saturnine]

I thought the heels reminiscent of horse hooves were delightful.