What shoe would you pick in an one shoe wardrobe?

[srivats]

Alden Plain Toe Blucher in shell cordovan #8. Goes with everything.

 

[gshen]

my pick would be these:

 

[von Rothbart]

Vass U last balmoral boots in antique Cognac shell cordovan.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by von Rothbart

Vass U last balmoral boots in antique Cognac shell cordovan.


Do you wear bal boots with clothes other than a suit? I've never worn the pair I picked up at all, and am about to put them up on the sales block.

 

[von Rothbart]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Do you wear bal boots with clothes other than a suit? I've never worn the pair I picked up at all, and am about to put them up on the sales block.

Yes, you call always dress down with a pair of dressy shoes but the reverse is not true.

 

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by von Rothbart

Yes, you call always dress down with a pair of dressy shoes but the reverse is not true.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't mind blucher boots with suits and casual wear, but bal boots for me are reserved for suits only.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by von Rothbart

Yes, you call always dress down with a pair of dressy shoes but the reverse is not true.

I tend to go the opposite direction -- don't mind casual shoes with dressier stuff, but often think dressier stuff looks off with casual clothes. Take Mafoo's longwings. I think those look better with a suit than most bals do with shirt and khakis.

I actually just bought a pair of bals with the intention of wearing them somewhat casually. They're a light color and have some texture to the leather. We'll see how this pans out.

 

[Gus]

I would get a brown double monk, probably the Lobb Naseby or Chapel in the museum calf.

http://www.johnlobb.com/us/#/Ready-T...restige/naseby

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

I tend to go the opposite direction -- don't mind casual shoes with dressier stuff, but often think dressier stuff looks off with casual clothes. Take Mafoo's longwings. I think those look better with a suit than most bals do with shirt and khakis.

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

I think dressier shoes can be worn casual, depending. If you are dressing otherwise very 'street', they won't look right. But if you are wearing more classic casual clothes (Barbour jackets, OCBDs, cashmere sweaters, 501-like jeans, etc.), dressy shoes can look perfectly right.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

I think dressier shoes can be worn casual, depending. If you are dressing otherwise very 'street', they won't look right. But if you are wearing more classic casual clothes (Barbour jackets, OCBDs, cashmere sweaters, 501-like jeans, etc.), dressy shoes can look perfectly right.

Lately I've been reconsidering my stance on this, as I have some beautiful bals that deserve to be unleashed upon the world. And no, I'm not above admiring my own bals. They're magnificent, if I do say so myself.

Until now, though, I've tended to think that dressier shoes could work with the very casual -- denim, sometimes -- and coat and tie. But the nebulous world of biz cas was more treacherous. Saw a guy in full-cut khakis, shirt and brown bals the other night and thought it looked weird. At least the bals were well worn, which helped. But bluchers would have looked better, I think.

I once was militant on this, wearing bals only with suits. I've moderated, but you'll still notice a glaring lack of bals in my WAYW sportcoat pics.

A shame, as I've got some mighty fine bals.

 

[LeatherSOUL]

For me, EG Dover, Dark Oak, 606 Last.

 

[nate10184]

RL Mackay in Dark Oak. I might have EG recreate these to Top Drawer standards if money was no option.

 

[x26]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Lately I've been reconsidering my stance on this, as I have some beautiful bals that deserve to be unleashed upon the world. And no, I'm not above admiring my own bals. They're magnificent, if I do say so myself.

Until now, though, I've tended to think that dressier shoes could work with the very casual -- denim, sometimes -- and coat and tie. But the nebulous world of biz cas was more treacherous. Saw a guy in full-cut khakis, shirt and brown bals the other night and thought it looked weird. At least the bals were well worn, which helped. But bluchers would have looked better, I think.

I once was militant on this, wearing bals only with suits. I've moderated, but you'll still notice a glaring lack of bals in my WAYW sportcoat pics.

A shame, as I've got some mighty fine bals.


Very Clever how you tryed to slip in a complement of your own Bals...

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Alden for Ralph Lauren loafers.

I'm a bit of a loafer myself, so i just gotta.

 

[LesterSnodgrass]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Do you wear bal boots with clothes other than a suit? I've never worn the pair I picked up at all, and am about to put them up on the sales block.

I demand first right of refusal -- best I can tell Doc, we wear the same size.