New Shoes.

http://www.stylewithsubstance.com/shoe/johnfluevogweirdmetal.jpg

With a cat face!!!!

i wear the kenneth cole tone locs

I need help in this regard, because I don't like heels either. I used to be able to get away with a Cuban Heel, which I could actually balance in, but these days it just makes my feet hurt.

I've GOT to find something to wear on my feet that isn't trainers or hiking boots! (I forgot about my hiking boots until Ed reminded me, but I only ever wear them in Wiltshire.)

The top two are close, but why oh why do they have the heel of the foot balanced on a little tiny spike like that? The heel of the foot is a precision machine, don't make it balance on a pin. I want something similar to that, but with the heel bit flat horizontally, rather than flat vertically, if you see what I mean?

Try here - be warned that the site seems dodgy and takes an age to load.

I have already said that I don't want you!

I've switched from Chucks to PF Flyers because I needed to be able to put in an insole - somehow the sizing is even dumber than Chucks so I had to order 15s.

I bought some black Allen Edmonds Fifth Avenue factory seconds in their factory second sale. No obvious defect that I can see. Def the nicest pair of dress shoes that I’ve owned, simple but the leather just looks and feels so much richer, even the smell is nicer.

hello I am a big nerd and wear these in the black/gum color
https://www.nike.com/t/sf-air-force-1-mid-mens-shoe-rlVGpl🕸

I bought some checkerboard vans. Solely because SPICOLI. LOL

aside: user half jack near top of thread posted a pic in 2003 that still links. i was kind of amazed at this and went to the source, a blog called style with substance that hasn't been updated since '09 but still holds its place on the web. kind of a little internet museum for ya if you're curious. wayback machinations.

carry on.

they aren't new but I'm being an even bigger nerd and wearing these today

https://bdgastore.com/products/af1-downtown-hi-sp-acr-003

caved and bought my first pair of knit sneakers -- can't find a hotlinkable pic but it's these swift run pks
https://www.amazon.com/adidas-Swift-Run-PK/dp/B07B4PSDKZ

most comfortable thing I've ever worn and gonna be amazing in hot weather

lol, I just realized the image I posted above a while back of my pointers has been replaced with images of silver and gold vejas

Anyway, I was actually gonna put in a word for Beckett Simonon -- one of these internet only companies that takes advance orders, mostly for dress shoes but now they also do boots and sort of luxe sneakers. I'm not really a fan of their sneakers, but I did order a pair of burgundy oxfords from them and they are pretty sick and incredibly well-made for $160. I want to buy boots from them now, the only problem is the lead time means I won't have them til January and I kind of want boots now.

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/72709393_10162341255745304_8437753966443364352_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_oc=AQkZbRp2zEZPgPjNlPnagKLwfshWBxvIEzE-QyJkrYs3LIZX40bh10uR2G3XmMerfbE&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=266224b76b40a6b99eecd68f9e733706&oe=5E26551D

is that like a white contrast stitch on the sole?

they look nice though unfortunately i have no reason to buy or wear dress shoes these days.

No it’s just the light reflecting I think. The color is also oddly hard to capture in photos.

ah ok, that makes much more sense.

I wound up ordering another pair of beckett simonons in *the before time* and finally got them recently. This is a pic from the site, not of mine, but this is what they look like

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0175/8496/products/color_black_1_sutton_derby_1000x1000.jpg?v=1564531820,%20//cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0175/8496/products/color_black_1_sutton_derby_750x750.jpg?v=1564531820%20,%20//cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0175/8496/products/color_black_1_sutton_derby_450x450.jpg?v=1564531820,%20//cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0175/8496/products/color_black_1_sutton_derby_150x150.jpg?v=1564531820

wow. beautiful.

I am becoming a bit of a stan of the company - wish the shoes didn't take months to arrive, but I guess that's why you pay what you pay for them.

I have two basic leather dress belts from them as well, also v good

Trying to decide between these two:

https://assets.adidas.com/images/h_840,f_auto,q_auto:sensitive,fl_lossy/918940e30da149dda00eaca700fc6198_9366/NMD_R1_Shoes_Blue_FY5983_01_standard.jpg

https://assets.adidas.com/images/h_840,f_auto,q_auto:sensitive,fl_lossy/1582a086d7604cdda350acb700b3464c_9366/NMD_R1_Shoes_Grey_GV7382_01_standard.jpg

Just ordered my first ever pair of Chukkas. I used to be sort of against them, but I need some kind of non-black, semi-casual office shoe that goes with a lot of stuff. Guess we'll see how they look in person.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0277/9027/products/2GBRA_PairFront_116201_2048x2048_crop_center.jpg?v=1630686995

Yeah, those turned out bad and I'm returning them. Color is really ugly in person, less red and more tan than pictured, and I'm not sure the chukka shape suits me anyway (I feel like in pics they're always shown with extremely slim leg pants, jeans that are hemmed high, and I have thick calves and can't wear super slim-legged pants without looking like I'm wearing tights.

Seems like tons of mens shoes are out of stock rn. Supply chain I suppose.