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Is wearing dress shoes to dinner as a 20-something dude appropriate or is it too antiquated?
Is wearing dress shoes to dinner as a 20-something dude appropriate or is it too antiquated?
Is wearing dress shoes to dinner as a 20-something dude appropriate or is it too antiquated?
oxfords are too stuffy and formal to be worn without a suit. Wear a chunky brown derby instead, those can be pretty casual
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Bought a pair not dissimilar to this today (though not as nice). The NPS Blair derbies. Got a good deal too. Maybe I’ll post when they arrive
not true. beat-to-shit brogue oxfords (esp. wingtips) look great with chinos and button downs.
What do you mean by ‘to dinner’? If you mean going out for a nice meal with other people, then they’re fine. If you mean sitting at home eating pizza in front of the tv, then it’s probably overdressing.
Who made these?
My initial thought was Mecciarello but it’s not
Depends on where you’re going to dinner. Olive garden? Yeah you’re gonna look like a tool. Fine dinning restaurant? Totally appropriate and normal.
assuming you’re going to a nice place and it makes sense for your outfit, dress shoes are fine
In my opinion, calfskin oxfords go with a suit and nothing else.
Suede oxfords can be "business casual".
The most versatile high quality shoes are:
black calfskin chelseas (if you are thin)
suede or grain leather dress boots
suede chukkas
penny loafers of any leather type (even cordovan)
It is very difficult to go wrong with any of these.
Recs for grain leather dress boots?
C&J Islay
Depends on the overall outfit I guess. Also depends on the type of dress shoe. As another anon said I have a pair of chunky derby shoes that I wear casually.
brown oxfords are perfectly appropriate