Black quarter-brogues with a suit in an NYC biglaw firm?

[sadkfjaskfaj]

I want to start wearing black quarter-brogues captoe oxfords in calfskin to my work, in a large NYC law firm. Like these.

I've looked around the office but I can't spot that many brogues, mostly black captoe oxfords (plain with no broguing)...but I'm also not trying too hard to look lol, I have bad eyesight and I don't want to stare at people's shoes for too long. So I might've missed some.

Any idea on whether it'd be acceptable? Dress code is suit with no tie every day. Pretty conservative work environment tbh, I'd wear double monks only on Fridays.

My gut says yes, because the broguing is so subtle (only on the captoe) but before I drop some $$$ I'd like some input. Many thanks!

 

[jdp234]

Perfectly acceptable for even the stuffiest of the Cravathivan and Polkwell set. Punch-caps are barely barely less formal than plain captoes, to the point where (IIRC) Flusser discusses them both in the same paragraph in his books (so he thinks of a punch cap as a variant of a plain captoe rather than a true member of the fractional brogue family).

 

[WithBBQSauce]

If your office is suit, no tie, the last thing you need to worry about not being formal enough is a pair of black punch caps.

 

[JLPII]

Punched cap toe oxfords are perfectly fine. As you said, you needed to stare at others' shoes to check any broguing or not. It wouldn't stand out.
Though if I were you, I would wear plain cap toe oxfords with no brogues, alternatively with hidden seams, just to differentiate with others.

 

[TN001]

There is no large law firm in NY or London where those would not be perfectly acceptable.

 

[brax]

100% appropriate.