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re: Suggestions on Dress shoes

Posted on 4/20/25 at 10:25 pm to
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
5032 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 10:25 pm to
quote:

Ferragamo


What an absurd suggestion.

OP, check out Johnston and Murphy.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
54664 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 10:28 pm to
If staying under $200, go for used Allen Edmonds on eBay. Can get great deals on park avenues.
Posted by Z Cavaricci
Member since Jun 2020
1705 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 11:01 pm to
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
67929 posts
Posted on 4/20/25 at 11:29 pm to
quote:

Allen Edmonds has a sale right now. They’ll last you 5 times as long as mall brands like J&M.


Out of curiosity, in what ways?
Posted by 214
Geaux Tigers
Member since Mar 2025
1514 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 2:21 am to
Now & Later Gators

Posted by tigerinexile
NYC
Member since Sep 2004
1385 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 3:40 am to
quote:

Out of curiosity, in what ways


I don’t think that J&M make a Goodyear welted shoe anymore so they can’t be re soled
Posted by DMAN1968
Member since Apr 2019
11721 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 4:28 am to
Speaking as a man who has to knock the dust off my dress shoes when it comes time to wear them a $50 pair will probably last me a lifetime.

Just let the wife pick some out.
Posted by HillabeeBaw
Hillabee Reservoir
Member since May 2023
2290 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 4:32 am to
Get you a pair of Stacy Adams baw
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
54664 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 5:21 am to
You are right. CH and JM use glued soles and fake stitching. Cobbler showed me how Ch uses a paper welt now.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
9918 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 5:31 am to
Depending on how brown the other shoes are, look at Oxblood or a similar color. Black is a lot less versatile than I thought it was 20 years ago. It screws up dark grey and navy suits.
Posted by jafari rastaman
Member since Nov 2015
2318 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:06 am to
Get you some Allen Edmonds made out of Cordovan Leather. They will last you a lifetime with a nice shine. Plus the leather comes from a horse’s arse.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
18210 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:38 am to
quote:

Allen Edmonds are great shoes. Just don’t get the light brown lace ups with white soles that all your friends are wearing. They look retarded.

This can't be stated enough. Dress sneakers should not be a thing, they are an atrocity.
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
38932 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:51 am to
Merrell Brevard Lace

Posted by Hou_Lawyer
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2019
2067 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:52 am to
Magnanni or Mezlan
Posted by Alltheway Tigers!
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7669 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:58 am to
quote:

Black is a lot less versatile than I thought it was 20 years ago. It screws up dark grey and navy suits.


How is that? Easiest combo in the world is black shoes with a dark grey or navy suit.
Posted by bamabenny
Member since Nov 2009
15181 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:59 am to
I got a pair of Amberjacks a month or so ago and they’ve been great for multiple wears a week.
Posted by Alltheway Tigers!
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
7669 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:59 am to

Don’t understand the fascination with Edmunds. No style with the rounded off features. However, each is own.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
19980 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 7:03 am to
Ecco makes very comfortable and good quality dress shoes. I have had brown and black pairs.
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
5953 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 7:04 am to
AE quality has gone downhill the past several years.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
83262 posts
Posted on 4/21/25 at 7:31 am to
Absent a tux, i haven’t worn black shoes in a decade and i wear professional attire a fair amount
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