Dress shoes mini datasheet

[Hypno]

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Furthermore, what are the odds you'll like wearing your pair of $500 shoes for 30+ years anyway? Most peoples fashion sense changes a lot over time.

I have a pair of Johnson & Murphy cap toes that I bought in 1994 that I still wear and have been resoled many times. I think I paid $139 for them at the Genesco outlet in Nashville.

I still have a solid navy 42L Hart Schaffner & Marx suit that I bought in 1994 for $550, but it hasn't fit me for at least 20 years. Will give it to my son. I have considered giving him my Tag Heuer watch that I bought in 1999 (which I bought for myself when I reached some personal goals) but its not really in style any more. It looks fine, like the picture below but with a black face.

Both the shoes and the suit are classically styled and still in fashion. Even the watch is still a solid fashion choice. I do agree with you that it is foolish to pay big money for something that will go out of style.

 

[C-Note]

An up and coming shoe and boot company in the US is called Grant Stone. I haven't bought a pair from them, so don't have any personal experience, but the Dappered blog that someone mentioned in an earlier post loves them.

I also recommend Blundstone, which I believe is an Australian company. They sell slip-on, waterproof boots that you can either buy with thick soles to look more rugged, or thinner soles to look more dressy. Unfortunately, Blundstones have recently become popular with the gay community in the US, so that may drive the prices up and ruin their reputation with the rugged crowd. I take my shoes off when I enter my house, so having slip-on boots is more convenient for me than lace-ups.

A shoe company that I've been wanting to try for a long time is called Cobbler Union: https://www.cobbler-union.com/ . It appears that their shoes are Alden-level quality at Alan Edmonds-level prices.

One of the best places to get good shoes on steep discount, besides buying slightly used, is in Nordstrom's semi-annual sales if you live in the US.

 

[MKE-Ed]

I have a pair of Johnson & Murphy cap toes that I bought in 1994 that I still wear and have been resoled many times. I think I paid $139 for them at the Genesco outlet in Nashville.

I still have a solid navy 42L Hart Schaffner & Marx suit that I bought in 1994 for $550, but it hasn't fit me for at least 20 years. Will give it to my son. I have considered giving him my Tag Heuer watch that I bought in 1999 (which I bought for myself when I reached some personal goals) but its not really in style any more. It looks fine, like the picture below but with a black face.

Both the shoes and the suit are classically styled and still in fashion. Even the watch is still a solid fashion choice. I do agree with you that it is foolish to pay big money for something that will go out of style.

That Tag Heuer watch still looks good by today’s standard. I actually considered buying the automatic version of that watch back in the early 2000s. It’s a classy looking watch that’s a nice size. Way too many Swiss watches today are way oversized.

 

[Max Roscoe]

Blundstones are indeed Australian and I LOVED my pair (bonus is they don't have laces but instead an elastic part in the back, so they are fast to slip on and off. They had a problem of the rubber soles crumbling that I'm sure you can find easily if you search.

I believe they fixed that problem, but Blundstone has moved most of their manufacturing out of Australia, so I'm no longer interested in them. The Chinese may make a fine shoe, but if I'm going to buy a Chinese shoe, I'll just buy a Chinese brand directly. I'm not going to pay a premium to some Australian SJWs just for slapping their name on it.

Theres an Aussie brand called Rossi that makes a Rossi Endura that is a competitor to Blundstone. I would check them out.

Blundstone Australia announced that, due to increased costs, it would shift production and manufacturing activities from Hobart and New Zealand to Thailand and India within the year, resulting in 360 job losses in Australia.[6] However, Blundstone planned to continue to make 200,000 pairs of footwear at the Tasmanian factory each year,[7] most likely gumboots.[8]

Australian's construction union the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union announced that it would boycott the company if it moved its operations overseas.

There's nothing wrong with that Tag, as long as that's the style (dive watch) you are going for. There are plenty of great automatic watches starting around $300-500. I love Hamiltons. The advantage is you can own several different styles for the price of a more expensive brand, and if you no longer like the look of the watch, you are only out a few hundred and not $1,000+.