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post #16 of 29
10/17/11 at 1:48pm
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Originally Posted by Quadcammer View Post

and? mud can be cleaning and scuffs polished.
I commute by both train and subway daily, and wear a tie and my dress shoes 90% of the time. My shoes don't get any more dirty by being in a subway/train car than they do walking on concrete. Same story with my ties.

Exactly. Snow or floods are pretty much the only things that should make a city-dweller not use dress shoes with a suit.
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post #17 of 29
10/17/11 at 2:07pm
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Originally Posted by WingTips View Post

certainly noticed more folk wearing trainers before arriving at work
if i didnt commute to the city with a one mile walk in the morning i would not even think about alternative shoes. it just so happens that today i started my search in earnest for 'the walk to station' shoes which is proving a PITA because there is no way that im wearing some nice white asics or new balance with my office gear

I have ankle boots with dainite soles just for this purpose.
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post #18 of 29
10/17/11 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by kasakka View Post

Snow or floods are pretty much the only things that should make a city-dweller not use dress shoes with a suit.

For those of us in Canada, there is snow on the ground for months every year. Over the last week in Toronto there has been enough rain and enough puddles to qualify as flooding from a shoe's perspective. Both of these things are typical annual phenomena -- hence, I still absolutely disagree with everything you have written.

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I have ankle boots with dainite soles just for this purpose.
That is a reasonable solution.
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post #19 of 29
10/17/11 at 3:18pm
Does it really matter if a person wants to wear sneakers to save their good shoes? If a person isn't comfortable a particular article of clothing at certain times because they want to preserve it or save the hassle of polishing/cleaning it, then who cares?
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post #20 of 29
10/17/11 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by Axel Ferguson View Post

Nope, usually don't see much mud in the city and I can't remember the last time someone actually stepped on my toes. Just wear your shoes for walking, make sure they fit though.

Mud certainly exists in this city, and sand, and chewing gum, and shit(both human and animal).

I'm thinking if one doesn't want to ruin those expensive John Lobbs or whatevers with it, and one is self conscious about wearing sneakers or galoshes with a nice suit...why not just wear a pair of inexpensive or older beater shoes for the commute, and save the nice expensive, leather soled dress shoes for the clean office environment.
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post #21 of 29
10/17/11 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by jaitaras View Post

Someone at my work always wears suits and odd jackets, however: without a tie. When he wears the suits like that, it makes me cringe. When he wears the odd jackets like that (casual fridays) it makes me think he's dressing for the clubs or something.
Both these looks make me cringe!
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Originally Posted by connor09 View Post

...but I think the choice to wear a tie depends entirely on the individual.
If you don't want to wear a tie, why wear a suit?
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Originally Posted by unbelragazzo View Post

...in my little experience, it seems different in the UK (or at least London), as suit+tie is more common attire both in professional and social settings.
So also is a sports jacket with a tie; and this, in my opinion, is a stylish look less formal than suit with tie.
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post #22 of 29
10/17/11 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by MikeDT View Post

Mud certainly exists in this city, and sand, and chewing gum, and shit(both human and animal).
I'm thinking if one doesn't want to ruin those expensive John Lobbs or whatevers with it, and one is self conscious about wearing sneakers or galoshes with a nice suit...why not just wear a pair of inexpensive or older beater shoes for the commute, and save the nice expensive, leather soled dress shoes for the clean office environment.

dude, you can't really compare where you live to where most of us live. Obviously where you live, wearing lobbs on the every day commute might not be a hot idea.

London, nyc, hk, is a different story.
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post #23 of 29
10/17/11 at 10:47pm
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i think it certainly depends on where you live. London has relatively temperate weather so wearing smart shoes is safe most of the time. I always assumed most people who wear trainers with a suit have cycled to the train station.
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post #24 of 29
10/18/11 at 7:58am
I'm 95% sure that most of these people aren't doing this for practical reasons - they really just don't give a fuck about how they look.
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post #25 of 29
11/27/11 at 11:27pm
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Originally Posted by Thrifter View Post

I'm 95% sure that most of these people aren't doing this for practical reasons - they really just don't give a fuck about how they look.

In my experience, that is the truth. Most people I know literally get dressed in the dark and are to lazy to even think about what impression they give. The motto I live by is to dress everyday like I will be murdered in those clothes, and thus want to go out looking presentable for the unlikely bystander who discovers my mortal remains.
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post #26 of 29
11/28/11 at 6:14am
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Originally Posted by lenahan View Post

Well, I know many people who wear sneakers to and fro work, with their ugly converses or other sneakers in a bag. It looks awful; they claim it is comfortable. In all honesty, my most comfortable shoes are my Allen Edmonds. I find sneakers uncomfortable. As for the tieless suit, I see it all the time. I can often be seen tieless with a suit later in the evening, but that is because I am running out from my apartment at 8 for a trip to the liquor store, convenience store, or a short meaning at 7 with friends. It is generally that I took my tie off and did not put it back on. As I often change my shirt once I return home from classes (college student), I may just run out for a hotdog tieless, as my I did not yet choose a tie to wear for my next class, Dinner, the movies, etc...

I study at university in London, and the idea of anyone wearing a suit/tie to classes is really strange. Even with a cardigan and blazer I am overdressed compared to my lecturers, let alone my peers. Interesting cultural difference.
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post #27 of 29
11/28/11 at 8:38am
An englishman wearing sneakers with a suit? He didn't happen to hop off the bus and into a 1950s blue police box did he?
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post #28 of 29
11/28/11 at 12:48pm

I think most of these people are changing on the way to the office. I don't bother unless it's snow, then I'll wear snow boots with whatever and just deal with changing at the office. Anyone who thinks I'm consciously wearing snow boots as a piece of my outfit when looking at everything else is clearly missing the point.

 

Keep in mind that most of these people are changing from New Balance monstrosities to square toed Kenneth Cole monstrosities anyway.

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post #29 of 29
11/28/11 at 7:09pm

Shoot, it was wet AT WORK today and this is what happened to a relatively nice pair of Johnston and Murphy SkiMocs...

 

 

 

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Never mind the commute, I have to look presentable at work, even in crap weather.  I have never, ever had a commute that involved public transportation, so not only do I just hop in my car and go, I don't see other commuters, except from the shoulders up, as they drive next to me.  I do know that guys in their 20s dress a hell of a lot differently than old codgers in their 40s, like me.


Edited by cincydavid - 11/28/11 at 7:20pm
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