Cool thanks thanks. Walnut strands so yeah. We'll figure something out. I also have a couple weddings this summer/fall so navy might kill two birds.

Yeah, I love my walnut strands, but they don't work well with a darker suit.

Navy is a good call. You can wear black or dark brown shoes with that and they'll look great. Just do your best to find a good tailor to do the alternations for fit. I wouldn't trust the in-house tailor from a JAB for anything more than pant cuffs.

Salesman at AE said he always pairs his darker navy suits with the walnut strands FWIW

Navy suit with walnut strands takes some chutzpah to pull off imo but definitely can be done. In any case, no way I'd wear that to any interview.

Don't buy a black suit unless you're interviewing for an undertaker job.

Ha ok thanks.

One more question, what's the deal with materials? Is 100% wool the way to go?

for an interview or business suit, yes.

First of all, it's very much frowned upon amongst people who wear haute couture to wear an outfit exactly as it appeared on a runway. You're supposed to take a piece and mix and match it to incorporate it into your own personal style.

Second, I don't understand why you would cherry pick the most outlandish designs and then make generalizations about an entire industry based on that. There's many different high end brands that appeal to more conservative tastes.

Third, it's the same as with any high end market. Some people think it's hilariously dumb to spend $300 on a dinner at Alinea or French Laundry or whatever. Some people save up their money for months to eat at one of those places and fondly remember that meal forever.

Fourth, the people who buy haute couture often buy it with no intention of ever wearing it. Sometimes they'll display it on a mannequin in their house as art, instead of a painting or sculpture. Sometimes they just like a certain designer so much that they want to have a vast collection of their work. For example, the guy on the left here talking about buying Commes De Garcon pieces just to have them in his collection:



As for high end stuff that normal people might actually wear, I thought the two best collections of spring/summer 2015 were Zegna and Lanvin (despite some of the Lanvin pants being poorly tailored).




Overall, I was very underwhelmed this season. Every house seemed to be either doing their same old boring shtick or just slapping brightly colored **** all over the place to make the pics of the clothes more eye-catching on instagram.

I kinda wish I hadn't bought my strands equivalent in walnut. Maybe it's just me but I feel like a darker brown would be far more versatile.

They are sexy as hell but I rarely wear them simply because for suiting up I prefer dark brown and for more casual I prefer my neumoks.

When do you guys wear your strands?

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I've been getting 1-2 wears a week out of mine for work, my place is kind of in between business casual and business (dress pants, button down, tie, no jacket needed, no khakis or polos either). So they're probably the nicest shoes in the office but not by much. Never found them too casual or too formal but I can see how in other situations they would be.

I have the Brooks Brothers strands in dark brown (I think technically they might be chocolate?) and they are perfect with any suit.

My office dress code is basically the same as yours, but tons of people wear nice shoes including many walnut strands.

What colour pants do you wear them with? Navy suit?

this was already discussed itt, but my memory =

- leather shoulder bag
- hand made, vintage blabla
- fantastic quality
- needed for walking around/airplane/casual business meetings with: tablet, nintendo ds, a book, power chords, cell phones, water bottle, a snack, cigarettes, pencil case.

where? i think PVN always recommends the same one.
i remember a story itt where someone sat at the airport with this bag and another man recognised it. did they get married in the meantime?

saddleback messenger or satchel.

http://www.saddlebackleather.com/Shop/Bags-Briefcases

heh

I have the thin briefcase, fwiw. The messenger is a new model, if they had that when I bought mine I probably would have gotten that instead.

great, thank you.

walnut strands with a navy suit can look great if your shirt / tie / socks pairing has some color in it. i think just throwing a lighter shoe against a formal suit if you're wearing, like, a white shirt and a boring tie looks kinda weird.

but yeah, for an interview probably a little too funky.

black suits are for funerals and guys who park cars

i was about to replace my worn out brown oxfords with a strand or strand-like shoe and was trying to decide between walnut and bourbon. feel like bourbon is more versatile for work (95% of my wear of any dressy shoe, i'm not one of these tryhards who wears dress shoes on weekends) but i do love the walnut.

First recent purchases in awhile. Engineered garments batik print jacket and shorts. No I won't be wearing them together.

look trippy. and trippy is good.

Interesting

Hey guys. So I've been wanting new shoes for a while because my current ones are crap, and now that I have a job, it's go time.

Primary use is to wear to work every day. I wear a lot of khaki (?) type pants, button downs, polos, and sometimes jeans, 1-2x/week. Some going out shoes would be good too. They can be the same shoe? I don't need to wear them with a suit. I never wear a suit, and I'll just cross that bridge when I get there. Durability is definitely a priority. Nothing too flashy. Some type of brown. Budget is probably sub-$300. If there's something really nice in the $150 range though I don't see a need to get super fancy.

Any thoughts? All I see talked about here is AE. I know nothing about shoes. Thanks in advance.

Desert boots

Interesting. What's the benefit of the high top? For example

http://www.clarksusa.com/eng/product...t_men/26078358

vs

http://www.clarksusa.com/eng/product...ondon/26067877

The first is what you want, don't get the second.

How come? Sorry but I'd like to understand your reasoning. We may have different priorities about things, and I'd just like to become more educated. Thanks for the quick responses btw.