Shoes, shoes, shoes

Goddamnit, want:

http://images.camper.com/is/image/Camper//36351-001_L?JGVzaG9wMyQ=

185 fucking dollars

http://images.camper.com/is/image/Camper//36351-001_C?JGVzaG9wMyQ=
http://images.camper.com/is/image/Camper//36351-001_T?JGVzaG9wMyQ=

Someone please recommend comparable but cheaper shoes suitable to wide feet

Wound up buying a pair of camper asias w/shades of grey & black. I feel like they massage my feet when I walk.

Scythian women's felted boots, Leather, cloth, tin, and gold. Pazyryk burials in the Altai Mountains. 300-238 BCE

http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/hermitagepazyryk36a.jpg

How to remain stylish while smoking pot, getting tattoos, and conquering the entire Eurasian steppe.

is there such a thing as nice looking/non peacocking shoes/boots for the rain?

There are plenty of nice hiking boots with full Gore-tex liners, or at least were when I last purchased them 28 and 7 years ago. The tongue on these is typically attached on the sides to the boot upper, so there's a continuous "sock" of impermeable/breathable material that will keep feet dry so long as one doesn't step in puddles more than 5 inches deep.

Eg, some 161 models of waterproof boot at REI (excluding the ridiculous for urban wear mountaineering boots). Some just have non-breathable liners, which mean your feet will be in a sweat swamp my mid afternoon; upgrading to goretex or equivalent breathable liner is worth it. Plenty here that don't "peacock".

Can't decide if these AE dress shoes on sale are nice or freakish

https://www.allenedmonds.com/dw/image/v2/AAXI_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-allenedmonds-catalog/default/dwe68648e4/images/2.1/mens-shoes/maclennan-7439-black-angle-web.jpg?sw=736&sh=736&sm=fit

nice but also remind me of
https://i.imgur.com/ngfWPoe_d.jpg

Those shoes seem completely normal.

yeah I guess. There's just something subtly weird to me about them having literally no lines or perforations whatsoever, like you don't see that a lot on a men's oxford. Like a face missing features or something. But I tend to be oversensitive to stuff like that.

They are not freakish, just trying a little too hard. Like raspberry-flavored milk instead of plain or chocolate.

Yeah, and I guess the end of the day that's just not really what I want in my wear with a suit to work shoe, no matter how much I'd love to get a pair of AEs for $240 instead of $400.

wholecuts are pretty ostentatious imo

They are a bit Jil Sanders, but I like that type of minimalism.

meanwhile, been kind of eyeing these greats

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0238/2821/products/Mens-Pronto-FW17-Leather-Nero-Product-102.jpg?v=1527876119

I want shoes that look similar to these (including color) that are either (1) better quality than cole haan, or (2) cost less than $300. I don't trust Cole Haan for $300.

https://shop.nordstrom.com/s/cole-haan-american-classics-kneeland-cap-toe-oxford-men/4992562
https://n.nordstrommedia.com/id/074cf117-35cc-4138-8868-36dbddeb2874.jpeg?crop=pad&pad_color=FFF&format=jpeg&trim=color&trimcolor=FFF&w=780&h=838&quality=70

Matching the oxblood is hard. More used to that on longwings. Couple of Meermin things that aren't quite there.
https://www.meermin.es/en/10145511520000se-52-101455-expresso-antique-calf-e-expresso.html
https://www.meermin.es/en/10152010100000se-10-101520-burgundy-calf-e-burdeos.html

yeah, those are quite nice though

I can’t get comfortable with the whole high end, handcrafted small batch leather sneaker thing no matter how much I stare at the pics (Greats, Koio, etc). The styles just don’t compute to me.

Something I really despise about luxury brand sneakers "inspired by" famous kicks/streetwear

https://media.gucci.com/content/PdpEditorialHalfStandard_800x629/1623398404/PdpEditorialHalfStandard_OUVERTURE-21-069_001_Default.jpg