New to quality shoes, living in salty/snowy michigan, Allen Edmonds?

[aaron321]

So AEs have some goodyear welt options but that means I'd be walking on flat leather in the winter right? So if I go with a rubber sole then the shoe only lasts as long as the sole does right?

Is there a better option for winter dress shoes? Usually here we get less than 6 inches except a couple days every winter season. On particularly snowy days I can bring my shoes separate of course. For those who don't know michigan but feel they can help me here 9 out of 10 days all the parking lots and sidewalks are shoveled or plowed to where you are just stepping on matted down snow or melting ice/salt and not "sinking into" snow per say.

 

[ter1413]

Get whatever shoes you want.
Then get 2 pairs of these:

Keep 1 at your office and 1 at home.

 

[yanagi]



So AEs have some goodyear welt options but that means I'd be walking on flat leather in the winter right?  So if I go with a rubber sole then the shoe only lasts as long as the sole does right?

Shoe construction is separate from sole choice. This shoe, for example,

http://www.allenedmonds.com/shoes/m...e/SF6104.html?dwvar_SF6104_color=6104#start=6

can be resoled by AE as long as the uppers are in good condition.

 

[aaron321]

Thank you guys. Since there are always puddles of melted snow and salt here I think I'll just be my ocd broke self and only put on my shoes once I get to work. I already have decent boots.

 

[turkoftheplains]

Overshoes, changing at work (as you do), beaters, or rubber-soled dress boots with lots of TLC and frequent rotation. Dilute vinegar solution followed by conditioner and rest for the inevitable salt stains.