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Also, are you on team round toe or team square/chisel toe?














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@archibaldleach @Claghorn @sugarbutch --Thanks for the advice! Updates below, though I tightened the list to 13 ties instead of 16 to make it slightly more manageable.

One additional question: do yall see any conflict in a fit containing a brown tie and black shoes, or vice versa?



Styles:
1. Solid
2. Repp stripe
3. Pindot
4. Neat

Colors:
1. Navy
2. Burgundy
3. Black
4. Brown
5. Gray
6. Dark green


(6) SOLID
..........Navy
..........Burgundy
..........Black
..........Brown
..........Gray
..........Green


(2) REPP
..........Navy
..........Brown


(2) PINDOT
..........Navy
..........Black


(3) NEAT
..........Navy
..........Burgundy
..........Green
 

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Question: would brown captoe oxfords be useful in a shoe collection that already has....blah blah blah

Of course they would. Unless you're part of some weird new SF ascetic tendency that says men should only have three pairs of shoes. Or, maybe, ten or something. Since when were shoes an either/or? How many shirts you got? And loads of those are probably the same. Shoes, man. Get more shoes. These AND some more countrified derbies. Because this is Styleforum, and shoes are loved, and changed daily like socks and ties and stuff. ******* YES!

Thanks, I've been looking for a pair of reasonably priced long wings/gunboats for a while now, so I guess you're right on that one.

Also wholecuts, adelaides, balmorals, double and single monks, royal, full, half and quarter brogues (oxford and derby), Norwegians (split toes and construction), Belgian, Venetian, tassel, penny and Prince Albert loafers, double soles, haf soles, long boots, short boots, balmoral boots, chukka boots, Osloer boots, spectators...a lot of spectators....how much longer you need to think about this?

II still don't understand why derbies' are not conservative business dress and my apologies to Monkeyface for not understanding it but I like this derby.
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But I think I should go for this
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Right, back to Noodles' shoes: what we have here is your sub-conscious starting to tell you useful things instead of recite advertisements from GQ. Your brain is telling you that there is something wrong about pair number one, and it is that a cap toe is a more formal style - conservative business dress indeed, while a derby is less formal. We will come back to that. Then what you have picked out instead, despite having expressed no prior interest in a more country look, is a full or wingtip brogue. Which works perfectly well as an oxford or derby. Why? Because the elements are consistent: a brogue is traditionally a heavier country shoe, thereby having a consistency of purpose with the casual derby. Yet it is also well-established as an option with a suit, particularly in oxford form, where the two styles cross over.

I would generally say still that an oxford brogue would be better for your conservative business dress needs than a derby. But then I would also be full of crap, because I have a full brogue derby that I wear with a suit. It's on an elegant last, it's black and shiny, and the brogueing, double sole and open lacing do not diminish it: it's a little like the concept of wearing brown shoes with a business suit, in that it could be seen as less formal, but provided it retains some dressy elements (in this case, being black and shiny and elegantly-shaped therefore very much NOT a country brogue), it works. That's also a matter of personal style. I think a heavier shoe might be something you enjoy the look of.

Now of course there's a contradiction there because I just said mixing formal and casual in one shoe was why yours weren't right. But you just have to trust me here, that breaking rules is better when it is preceded by their understanding. I think you can get away with the second shoe here as a very deliberate rule-break. But it does look pretty "country", and I'm not sure if the last shape is consistent with your conservative business dress. I'd suggest you perhaps look again and get a black oxford brogue on a prettier, dressier last, if the design appeals - and no reason why it shouldn't.

are my RLBL derbies that bad?!

Derbies vs oxford
to a commoner like me, they just look the same and I just cannot figure out what makes an Oxford more formal.

Closed lacing makes a neater shape across the top of your foot and the overall effect is more elegant. Open lacing is designed to make it easier to put your shoes on and take them off, especially with thick socks, when you've stood in some cow **** or whatever.


Those are fine Noodles. Made by Sassetti in Italy

But $1250 retail??

Madness. Listen to JRD, and see previous suggestions to LTBR: $1250 would buy a different pair of shoes for every day of the working week, and none of them any less attractive or well-made than these - or at least two pairs of real stunners. Stop looking at the labels, Noodles, and look at the damn shoes.

Also, are you on team round toe or team square/chisel toe?

cf. Monkeyface above: the correct answer is "both".
 
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@Sundance, I personally do not have an issue with a brown tie worn with black shoes. Others may disagree and it is perhaps a bit of a contentious issue, but I think you'll be fine. If you want to take extreme caution, don't do it, but otherwise I think you can be fine. That said, most outfits where a brown tie works can also take brown shoes so it may be a moot point.

@Rudals, suits on a daily basis are a fact of life for you. Oxfords are more conservative business dress than derbys and are traditionally considered more appropriate with suits. Disregard this if you like, but if you are wearing suits on a regular basis, you really should just suck it up and buy the sorts of shoes that are actually designed to be worn with suits. Others have explained the whole closed vs. open lacing point and the Manton thread cited is useful too, so I'm not going to get into it. Ultimately, if you are actually making the effort to buy new stuff, why would you want to waste time and money on things that are sub-optimal?
 

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Sundance, that list seems good to me.

Everyone talking about captoe derbies: Please. A sleek example is perfectly fine with a suit. This is America, dammit.
 

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Is there no #teambicycletoe?
 

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Please. A sleek example is perfectly fine with a suit. This is America, dammit.

This is Styleforum, dammit. Why would we suggest he buy anything that's "perfectly fine"? "This is America" (or insert country of choice) is an invitation to the average. No, sir, Noodles must be elevated beyond.
 
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