Originally Posted by facet 


I personally would have no problems wearing either colour with those pants. I happen to like the contrast of light shoes and dark pants though.

Originally Posted by likeaboss 

I'm hoping to find a nice loafer that I will be able to wear with these pants while on vacation:

Navy, Med Grey, Med Brown, Light Beige


I'm restricted to ordering online without trying on because it seems loafers are out of season in every shoe store in my city. I'm fairly confident that my size is a 10.5D. All my shoes are 10.5, and Allen Edmond's sizing guide online confirmed that, along with the medium width. This will be what I consider my first "real shoe" in my collection.

Would a color like this work for all pants?
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-Allen-Edmonds-GEORGETOWN-Slip-Ons-Walnut-Brown-Men-Dress-Shoes-/220860188383?pt=US_Men_s_Shoes&vti=US+Shoe+Size+%28Men%27s%29%0910.5&hash=item7915619bf9
Or prefer something darker, like this:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mens-Bass-GILMAN-Penny-Loafer-Brown-Black-Shoes-/120740013538?pt=US_Men_s_Shoes&vti=US+Shoe+Size+%28Men%27s%29%0910.5&hash=item61cc073915

Originally Posted by Lionheart Biker 

Hi. I´m new in the forum, but not so new in the fashion world. I started really caring about fashion and dressing properly a few years back, and since then have also becomed a bit obsessed with it and certain brands (dsquared especially) and also some great online retailers, like Mr. Porter and Luisa via roma. I´m kinda using this as an introduction thread because i´m not too sure where to start posting. And I come with a question, to do some justice to the topic of the thread: do i have to wait a certain time or do i need a specific amount of posts before I can open a new thread on the buying and selling forum? ´Cause I´m looking for something and I wanted to create a thread to see if someone had said item...

Thanks in advance for any answer and looking forward to learning a lot in this forum.

Originally Posted by csjesse 

need to pickup a few chino shorts in various colors, wondering where to go (gonna be hitting the orlando premium outlets, so jcrew/brooks/etc)

thanks!

Originally Posted by Lionheart Biker 

Hi. I´m new in the forum, but not so new in the fashion world. I started really caring about fashion and dressing properly a few years back, and since then have also becomed a bit obsessed with it and certain brands (dsquared especially) and also some great online retailers, like Mr. Porter and Luisa via roma. I´m kinda using this as an introduction thread because i´m not too sure where to start posting. And I come with a question, to do some justice to the topic of the thread: do i have to wait a certain time or do i need a specific amount of posts before I can open a new thread on the buying and selling forum? ´Cause I´m looking for something and I wanted to create a thread to see if someone had said item...

Thanks in advance for any answer and looking forward to learning a lot in this forum.

Originally Posted by likeaboss 

If I'm in a store looking at shoes and I don't recognize a brand name, how can I tell if the shoe is well made? Along the same lines, what makes a shoe 'worth buying' in terms of quality?

Originally Posted by onix 


There are many factors that determine quality, but the top 2 for dress shoes are construction and material. Construction-wise, everything must be stitched or nailed together, absolutely no glue job. Unless you're looking for a specific type of leather, I would avoid all leathers that have been corrected (corrected grain, patent, pebble grain, suede, etc., you name them), just plain non-corrected leather with no scar.

Originally Posted by ILikeBacon 

I just recently bought a RLPL sample tie off someone here. The silk is pretty thin compared to my other ties. I was just wondering if sample sale ties always have thin silk? Are sample sale ties generally worse quality? There must be a reason why they are much cheaper than regular ties.