A khaki brown lace-up derby with a plain toe, cloth-lined, on a welted rubberised sole — 20 ounces at a US 7.5, over a 1-inch outer heel.
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Read this before you buy it for the leather: CALTO describes the upper three different ways. The opening paragraph says "bespoke suede pebble grain leather", the style line says "pebble grain leather", and the material line says "genuine suede leather". Pebble grain is a smooth embossed finish and suede is napped — they are not the same thing, and we cannot tell you from this listing which one arrives. Ask us and we will get it confirmed before you order.
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Welt construction, not cement. Nearly every height-increasing shoe in this range is glued; this one is stated as welted, which is the construction a cobbler can in principle take apart and resole. On a shoe with an internal lift it is still worth asking first — but it is the difference between a repairable shoe and a disposable one.
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Open lacing, which is the point of a derby. The facings sit on top of the vamp and pull wide, so it takes a higher instep than a loafer or a zip boot can — the most adjustable fit of the dress shapes here, and the reason to choose it over the J1420 slip-on.
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1-inch outer heel, 5 1/4-inch shaft, 20 ounces at a US 7.5. Only the inch is visible at the back of the sole; an integrated insole carries the rest. The specification states no total height figure — the three inches appears in the product name only, so treat it as unconfirmed.
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Half sizes at 8.5, 9.5 and 10.5; the run stops at a US 12. No 13 on this last, no half size below an 8.5, and standard D / medium is the only width made — no E, EE or 4E.
This is the most formal shape in this group of CALTO styles, and khaki brown puts it at the business-casual end rather than the boardroom end — it will go with chinos and odd trousers more easily than with a dark suit. A cloth lining rather than leather keeps the weight down; a rubberised bottom rather than leather costs it the sound and the flex of a proper dress sole. Two things to note from the listing itself: the copy calls the shoe an apron derby in one sentence and gives it a solid plain toe in the next, which are different toe treatments; and its own photography groups it with a J1311 and a J1313, neither of which 360STORE carries. For a slip-on instead, the CALTO J1420 is a lace-less oxhide loafer; the CALTO J1200 and J1502 are further J-series styles listed separately.
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Khaki brown only. US sizes 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11 and 12 in standard D / medium width — no wide fittings and nothing above a 12. Cloth inner lining, rubberised bottom, welt construction, double stitched; plain-toe lace-up derby; 1-inch heel, 5 1/4-inch shaft; 20 ounces based on a US 7.5, with actual weight varying by size. Ships in a CALTO retail shoe box. Imported. The upper is described inconsistently — "suede pebble grain leather", "pebble grain leather" and "genuine suede leather" all appear on this one listing, and those are not the same finish. No total height-increase measurement appears in the specification either; the three inches is stated only in the product name. Care instructions, the specific country of manufacture and any true-to-size guidance are not published for this style. Contact us if you need any of it confirmed before ordering.
