Lombard v. Vernon v. Parliament

[dylanmacarthur]

Whichever I pick I'll mostly be wearing with business casual. It'd be nice if it could easily cross over into business formal, but that's not a necessity.

What say you, SF?

Parliament

Lombard

Vernon

Also open to other suggestions.

 

[bjornb17]

of those three I'd probably pick the vernon. The lombard looks nice but the brogues look a bit heavy for my tastes.

 

[dylanmacarthur]

Originally Posted by bjornb17

of those three I'd probably pick the vernon. The lombard looks nice but the brogues look a bit heavy for my tastes.

Yeah that's a good point regarding the Lombard.

What about the Parliament? Do you think both the Parliament and the Lombard work well with business formal and more casual?

 

[rnoldh]

If it will definitely fill a spot in your business formal shoe rotation, I would go with the Parliament.

The Vernon could obviously work, but it depends if you would rather have simplicity or more brogueing.

Bluchers are a bit less formal to me but if the Lombard works for you in what you would consider a definite business formal occasion, then I would say consider it too.

So, short answer, get whichever of the three models that you like the most. The color on all three is very nice BTW, and since I have a feeling that you do not have a huge shoe rotation, then your consideration of 3 different brown shoes is a good thing. Prior to SF I might have bought a black bal or blucher as my only dress shoe. Now, I cant imagine doing that. All three of your potential choices would be good colors IMO.