what to wear with brown crocodile shoes?

[mmdht2]

what to wear with brown crocodile shoes? are they too casual or showy to wear with dark suits to work?

 

[teddieriley]

Depends. You work at a zoo?

 

[rnoldh]

Originally Posted by teddieriley

Depends. You work at a zoo?

Welcome mmdht2, newcomer.

Pretty rough

mmdht2 has all of 8 posts. I think he will see that most on SF are not partial to reptile shoes.

Some are though, and SF is more accepting of them than AAAC, I think.

 

[SGladwell]

A purple four-button suit and a walking stick with a skull on it?

And definitely a faux-sable coat.

 

[Teacher]

Pics? There are croc shoes, and there are croc shoes.

 

[mmdht2]

gotcha. they are ugly to me but i thought that it was just my bad taste and thin wallet. so why are they made in the first place? are they super durable and comfortable to wear? the reason i post this is because i saw a pair of brown croc shoes on ebay at $20 starting bid and they are usually >$1000 new.

 

[zjpj83]

Most exotic skinned shoes are very ugly square toed things.

There is a handful of classic ones that are made. In my opinion, to pull it off as a classic look, it has to be a rounder toe with minimal broguing or other decoration. Either a simple captoe, or a plaintoe laceup or derby.

 

[mmdht2]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...d=UCP-15702422

 

[Tomasso]

Originally Posted by zjpj83

to pull it off as a classic look, it has to be a rounder toe with minimal broguing or other decoration. Either a simple captoe, or a plaintoe laceup or derby.

And with a matte finish.

 

[zjpj83]

Originally Posted by mmdht2

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...d=UCP-15702422

The style is very 1970s. But you could do much, much worse.

 

[Teacher]

Those aren't so bad...in fact, as croc shoes go, they're pretty nice. I think they'd go nicely with a variety of casual outfits, from dressier linen or cotton pants (not chinos, jeans, or moleskins, maybe fine-wale cords) to wool (finer tweeds, worsteds, and worsted flannel -- not sure about woolen flannel). Go with browns, olives, darker blues, and if you're adventurous, darker grays. Don't pair them with black or lighter colors, with the exception of tans.

 

[RIDER]

There is a handful of classic ones that are made. In my opinion, to pull it off as a classic look, it has to be a rounder toe with minimal broguing or other decoration. Either a simple captoe, or a plaintoe laceup or derby.

You mean like this?

 

[mmdht2]

again, what are the selling points on croc shoes? duarbility and comfort? they look like they are very pliable and would last a life time.

 

[zjpj83]

Ron - yup, those are great.

 

[Cravate_Noire]

From the Saint Crispin's Homepage.
They are bespoke, but some of the rtw model are also offered in Croc leather.