Every man must have a few pairs of dress shoes for the office or other important events. Whether it’s for a business event or your special date, no one can make you look more successful or sexy than a quality dress shoes.
What do you wear on your feet can improve or ruin your appearance. No matter whether you wear a suit best or most expensive in the world, if your shoes are of poor quality, then the corrupted judgments of people against you.
Dress shoes that quality may look expensive. But it is cheaper and more efficient if we consider the duration of use are durable for many years and also the confidence that we get when wearing it.
“With shoes it’s all about quality, quality, quality.” Yes, there is no compromise in quality footwear. Better to have 2 or 3 pairs of quality shoes, rather than having 10 pairs of shoes that are mediocre.
How to know the quality of the shoes?
Quality shoes that we can know of its construction, and there are some things you need to know about this:
- Shoes should be made of quality genuine leather. So was the sole / tread made of leather shoes is also good. Generally, quality shoes can be in refurbsihed or renewed several times.
- The sole should be in sewing at the bottom of the shoe, not the glue
The inside of the shoe is also made from high quality leather, for example, calfskin or calfskin, not made of rubber or other coatings.
- Suture of shoes should be neat and almost invisible
Here is a picture of the basic construction of formal shoes / dress shoe that I got from Details.com:
1. Shoelace / Laces
Formal shoes there are 3 types of oxfords, loafers and boots. For types that use the rope as in the picture above the call of Oxford. There is a fact that formal shoes with straps look better with a suit than any type of slip-on / loafers.
2. Color
Color selection of shoes to be adjusted with the dress / suit that the wear and also the event to be attended. The black color is suitable for events such as business presentations, meetings with clients or other formal events. Brown shoes can be in matching blue suit with navy or charcoal / gray.
3. Shoe Material
There are several types of shoes that you can choose, but the glossy leather material is a safe choice. You also can try on shoes made from exotic materials such as suede or leather crocodile and others.
4. The Toe / Edge Shoes
Toe / toe or pointy ellipse looks more classy on appeal by a square. But many square toe that looks elegant. For the elliptical model shoes classic and never out of date.
5. The Welt
Welt is the gap between the top of the shoe and the sole (6). Shoe welt qualified to have a close enough distance, but can still be seen.
6. Sole
Sole is the bottom of the shoe should be in the sewing, not the glue. In addition, shoe sole leather quality is also quite thick and about a quarter inch in size.
7. Broguing
Broguing is a kind of decoration on the toe, which is usually in the form of decorative stitching and perforated to function as a flow out of the air. A shoe can have broguing or not. But the thing to remember is, shoes that do not have broguing look more formal.
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