Cool leather shoes/boots?

[MetroStyles]

I really want to get some nice leather shoes for the night scene. I have plenty of decent leather shoes that are more conservative/professional (i.e. Allen Edmonds) in cap-toe and wing-tip, but nothing that looks good with jeans. I have never had non-conservative leather shoes/boots and do not know where to start.

Of course, I'm not looking to spend too much money here. No more than $200. They do not have to be great quality - I just want them to look nice. I don't even know where to look, but everything I see in NY is either crazy expensive like Varvatos or kind of cheap looking like Zara. Is there a middle ground? I did see some decent boots at Diesel but they were sold out and overpriced anyway. Any guidance at all is much appreciated.

 

[ratboycom]

do a search for club shoes in the forum that had some decent shoes for jeans in it

 

[gqcao]

I just got these boots from bluefly i'm and more than happy with it. very nice pair of boots. much nicer than i expected. you can use the 20% off coupon here to a total of around $107. what a deal!!
http://www.bluefly.com/pages/product...41053475&nsa=1

 

[drizzt3117]

Chelsea boots usually work well, in either brown or black, I've had good luck with italian shoes such as Santonis, some Gucci/Prada, maybe Ferragamo. The question is whether you want to wear nice shoes out to clubs etc because they can get thrashed. Lately I've been wearing some AE shoes from time to time and my Moreschi and some other monkstraps and they seem to work fairly well. The AE shoes were worn in when I bought them and I antiqued them to give them a nice patina, look good with the right stuff IMO.

 

[masqueofhastur]

http://www.northerner.com/html/ker-shoes_172.html

These look pretty cool. Damned if I can think of any clothes to go with them though.

 

[ratboycom]

Sick, those boots are fugly dude,

 

[Jl24]

Originally Posted by gqcao

I just got these boots from bluefly i'm and more than happy with it. very nice pair of boots. much nicer than i expected. you can use the 20% off coupon here to a total of around $107. what a deal!!
http://www.bluefly.com/pages/product...41053475&nsa=1

I saw these too but they didn't have my size

 

[prozach1576]

Kenneth Cole Reaction makes a lot of ankle boots that are inexpensive and good looking.

 

[Arethusa]

No it doesn't. Just say no to Kenneth Cole.

 

[ratboycom]

Arethusa you beat me to the punch

Say No to Kenneth Cole? Wait, you mean Square Toes Arent Cool?! Damn!

 

[Arethusa]

To be entirely fair, Kenneth Cole New York does occasionally make reasonable and even decent designs (these are usually copied from much better designers), and the quality in the New York like isn't always awful. But for what you pay for a Kenneth Cole New York shoe, you can get something much better with some judicious shopping (CT, RMW, etc). The Reaction line, however, is unrelenting garbage. As a general rule, just avoid Kenneth Cole altogether. You'll pay far too much money for far too much crap.

 

[Stazy]

Originally Posted by masqueofhastur

http://www.northerner.com/html/ker-shoes_172.html These look pretty cool. Damned if I can think of any clothes to go with them though.
I think this would:

 

[drizzt3117]

Originally Posted by Stazy

I think this would:

ftw

 

[redmania]

What do you guys think of these?

http://www.loake.co.uk/our_shoes/pro...ge=DESIGN&sub=

I'm thinking of buying a pair to go with some dark denim!!!!!

 

[Frittata]

Originally Posted by redmania

What do you guys think of these?

http://www.loake.co.uk/our_shoes/pro...ge=DESIGN&sub=

I'm thinking of buying a pair to go with some dark denim!!!!!
imho are there much nicer chelseas ... even if you stay with Loake:
http://herringshoes.co.uk/product_de...p?si_id=115409