I would go along with that sensible advice. Colin Johnson ( https://www.colinjohnsonshoes.com/ ) made my dress shoes, and by dress shoes I define "dress" as the kind of shoe worn with dinner suit and bow tie.They need to wear comfortable, age decently, and you need to like them enough to wear them for the next 10+ years.
I would go along with that sensible advice. Colin Johnson ( https://www.colinjohnsonshoes.com/ ) made my dress shoes, and by dress shoes I define "dress" as the kind of shoe worn with dinner suit and bow tie.
They get worn whenever it's posh frock time and they always garner some comment. I love them.
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Indeed I do, but they are a very comfortable pair of shoes and are perfect for teaming up with casual wear.While I love co-respondant/spectator shoes, are you wearing them with evening dress?
I'd say from a few hundred dollars to around $500 or $600.
I was thinking about getting a nice pair of dress shoes, and wanted some suggestions on what shoes to get that fit my criteria.
prices that are more reasonable and not designer prices
George Costanza turned his Timberland boots into perfectly passable "dress shoes" by spray-paining them black.
That's the thing!I think we should all be able to wear whatever we want.
...and...For a lot of us, what we wear is dictated by budget.
...implies that we don't really wear what(ever) we want but rather what we have to.And most of the guys that I know would not be able to distinguish between a suit, or a sports coat and slacks.
Patent leather is for semi-formal (black tie) and formal (white tie) dress. They absolutely should not have any brogueing.These set me back about $40. There are nights which involve a lot of alcohol. Bars. Night clubs. Extremely dirty dance floors. Even filthier bathrooms. A fight could break out. Spilled drinks, urine, vomit, blood...... I am not wearing expensive shoes.
yet the hill that our cheap, ugly, badly made, toxic clothes we had no choice but to buy, is actually exactly what we want, is one that we're willing to die on
Patent leather is for semi-formal (black tie) and formal (white tie) dress. They absolutely should not have any brogueing.
Just buy a pair of trickers and don't over complicate things.Ffs it's a pair of shoes,
Just buy a pair of trickers and don't over complicate things.Ffs it's a pair of shoes,