It has been entertaining, to say the least.
After years of your husband giving you and your two daughters a hard time about the money that you have spent on shoes, your husband seems to have had a change of heart. Ot at least a change in his fashion vocabulary!
You are not sure how the transformation occurred, but two weeks ago your husband came home and announced that he needed to go shoe shopping. Most specifically, he indicated that he was looking for a pair of monk strap shoes. Because you had no idea what he was talking about, you spent the next few hours looking online at everything from expensive Italian mens shoes to the increasingly familiar monk strap shoes in a number of shades of brown. You soon discovered that there was an entire lexicon of colors and styles in a world that you had previously never explored.
As far as you can tell, your husband’s recent interest in high quality footwear is the result of a future business trip that he is preparing for. Although he dresses in business casual most days when he works in town, it seems that he wants to update his look for this next, and future, sales trip, as well as a summer conference he will be attending.
Ever since your husband’s announcement, and the resulting time you have spent online, you, too, find yourself looking at the footwear of the men you see during the day. Being able to name the styles and color by their specific names, you finally feel that you are up to the task of helping your husband start his shoe search. For while he knows that he wants to update his footwear, he does not have the shopping experience that you have perfected!
Are You in Search of a Nice Pair of Men’s Dress Shoes?
Some jobs are more formal than others. Although some people can wear casual clothes to work most of the time, many people have at least a few meetings a month that require a dressy look. For men, dressier clothes are always more expensive, and when you have to spend more money you would like to know that you are at least investing in quality. If you have not bought men’s dress clothes for awhile you may be unfamiliar with the latest fashions, as well as the fashions that never go out of style.
For instance, mens designer monk strap shoes, as the name implies, are closed by a strap and a buckle. With no laces, this style is considered moderately formal and is acceptable in many kinds of settings. Although not as formal as a full Oxford she, it is more formal than an open Derby. Many men begin by purchasing a pair of cordovan colored shoes as this is a tone that matches many slacks. The decision to purchase a black pair is often a second choice. And while the style formality, style, and color are important, comfort should always be a major concern.
Consider some of these other mens fashion facts:
- Mens leather dress shoes last longer if you rotate the pairs that you wear at least once every other day. Footwear material tends to compress when you walk, so rotating the pairs that you wear will give your shoes time to spring back to normal.
- If you have a good deal of money invested in your shoes, you might want to also invest in shoe trees to help keep your shoes healthy. the purpose of a shoe tree is to help retain the shape of the shoe and will dry them out faster. Shoe trees basically come in two basic types: plastic and wood. Plastic shoe trees are great for traveling because they are light-weight. Wooden shoes trees absorb the moisture and the odor from the shoe and are a better choice for your more expensive purchases.
- Monk strap shoes are just one example of the many styles of shoes that contribute to the fact that men?s dress shoes account for 6 % of the shoe market share.
- We appear to be living in a time when men are increasingly becoming more aware of fashion. For instance, men?s designer footwear witnessed current retail value sales growth of 39% between the years of 2009 and 2014.