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AE McAllister (balmoral) vs AE Players (blucher) with jeans + blazer?

zerostyle

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Which of these would you go with for wear with slim, dark jeans and a blazer?

I like the extra broguing of the McAllister near the tongue (see top view), but I feel the lacing style of the Player's shoe is a bit more casual and might work better with jeans:

McAllister - more formal lacing
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I think what I like most is this extra broguing because is make the wingtip feel less long & awkward looking from the top view. (Wingtips always have this long, torpedo like shape that I think looks great from the sides, but not so much from the top. Anyone else agree?)

I'm not a big fan of the closed lacing, but I suppose people wear Strands with jeans all the time and those are balmorals.

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Nordstrom (AE) Player's shoe - blucher
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Obviously they are pretty similar. Thoughts?
 
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Tequila

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The Player shoe is inheritently more casual because of the lacing, but brogued shoes go poorly with jeans if you ask me. I know a lot are going to disagree with me on that one, so take that as you want.
 
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Tequila, I used to feel the same way for sure. Lately, I'm kind of under the impression that any nice shoe that draws a little attention to you is rarely a bad thing when worn casually.

Anyone else?
 

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blucher if you're going to wear with jeans. personally I'd never wear a pair of those w jeans though. much sharper with chinos, but even then, the blucher is better.

a lot of broguing always = blucher for me nowadays.

i like my bals to look slick. :rotflmao:
 
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blucher if you're going to wear with jeans. personally I'd never wear a pair of those w jeans though. much sharper with chinos, but even then, the blucher is better.
a lot of broguing always = blucher for me nowadays.
i like my bals to look slick. :rotflmao:


If that's the case, then why does nearly the entire forum here advocate the Strands as a great casual shoe? To me, other than its beautiful walnut color, they have all the elements of a formal shoe: cap toe, balmoral style lacing, etc.
 
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