Patent shoes or not?

[msulinski]

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My primary reason for disliking this look is due to the business connotations, with the black cap-toe being the standard business-formal shoe. Its like notch lapels on your dinner jacket.

 

[AwfullyNiceGuy]

My primary reason for disliking this look is due to the business connotations, with the black cap-toe being the standard business-formal shoe. Its like notch lapels on your dinner jacket.

Just after posting I came to the very same realization just moments after posting. Also the plain-toe seems visually far more comparable to the pump, because there is no secondary ''line'' from a potential cap-toe.. Oh well, I will be wearing cap-toe for the theatre come 5th of sept. anyway!
Even if I don't have an extensive black-tie calendar(as in nearly none) the pump has a strong appeal to me, for all it's worth it looks damn good.

 

[YRR92]

Would a black highly polished leather balmoral with a captoe be a crime with a tux? I realise there seems to be an agreement on plain-toe being superior in this thread, but couldn't one argue that a captoe makes for a chance of spit-shine, which could work in the favor of the sleek and elegant black-tie code?

But if you want that degree of shine, then why not go for patent? Captoes are a compromise between practicality (having a shoe that's useful for more than just black tie) and form.

 

[AwfullyNiceGuy]

But if you want that degree of shine, then why not go for patent? Captoes are a compromise between practicality (having a shoe that's useful for more than just black tie) and form.

You're probably right, I will put a plain-toe balmoral/opera pumps on my to-get list.