What shoes do you wear when going out?
All in the title, I basically have either Oxford shoes or sneakers, looking for a pair of shoes in between. What do you wear when going out to places with stricter dress code, i.e. no sneakers?
All in the title, I basically have either Oxford shoes or sneakers, looking for a pair of shoes in between. What do you wear when going out to places with stricter dress code, i.e. no sneakers?
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Upscale sneakers are often permitted, especially black ones that look much better.
Otherwise I would normally go for comfortable leather shoes, no dress shoes though that look too formal.
lol I went to Le Bernardin in sneakers (think Yeezy Zebra) and hoodie (I was new to the US and not aware of dress codes at restaurants at the time), so I doubt anyone will stop you. With that being said, several brands sell in-betweens (you can check out Berluti's leather sneakers for example).
Black Converse All-Stars, and when there's a stricter dress code, Black Leather Converse All-Stars
I prefer to go barefoot so that people can look at my untrimmed nails and give me obnoxious glances
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Personally I usually go with dress shoes although if you’re not trying to dress it up too much could do some nicer sneakers as long as they’re nice and clean
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