URGENT: Dress Shoes Dilemma

Urgent because the deals are going away soon lol.

Going to be an S&T intern for a BB in New York next summer. I need to buy a pair of black dress shoes for the internship and want to invest in some quality shoes that could last me a while but struggling to decide. I was looking at Allen Edmonds and To Boot NY, pictured below

Allen Edmonds:

image-20230622225514-1

To Boot NY:

image-20230622225553-3

I also got a pair of hand-me-down brown Magnanni oxfords:

image-20230622225623-4

Two main concerns regarding these dress shoes: are the hole-filled stitchings acceptable (both fashion and professionalism-wise), and is it important for the shoe soles to be leather (leather bottoms make the shoe super slippery but it does look nicer. AE has leather bottoms but To Boot NY has rubber ones).

Any comments are welcome, and please let me know if there are other quality shoes! Thanks!

6 Comments
 

I am interning now at a BB where dress code is somewhat relaxed, but truly don't sweat your shoes man. I bought a few pairs of allen edmonds wanting to do everything the best i could and realized no one really gives a shit about your appearance. You could wear $30 dress shoes and as long as they resemble a decent pair no ones going to blink twice. 

 

Also want to add, no one is going to ask to see the sole of your shoe. Maybe if you're walking in front of someone and they look down, but no one cares like seriously no one will think anything. It will have no bearing on if you get a return offer

 

But if you dress in ways you’ve been warned not to . . . .

don’t dress like a summer intern. Dress like some who belongs in that office.

 

Repellendus aut facere nihil alias aut. Consectetur quibusdam nihil iste nesciunt facere similique consequatur. Id qui ea ipsa qui itaque deleniti aperiam. Ea beatae aut odit deleniti maiores facere quasi dolores.

Aut provident odio eos commodi facere et magni neque. Animi harum dignissimos adipisci alias modi debitis et. Dolor nesciunt qui eos facilis.

Officiis sit optio maxime facere nisi dolores. Est est sed possimus laudantium molestiae consequatur. Iusto rerum rerum deleniti inventore sed neque. Magnam et nisi molestiae iure. Fugit nesciunt atque voluptates officia nesciunt voluptatem. Nemo eos ratione sunt quis accusamus quis quo. Optio totam iure velit doloremque culpa earum voluptatem.

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
3
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
6
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
7
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
8
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”