Dressing up can be a drag for men: itchy suits, constricting collared shirts and shoes that pinch. Yikes. Fortunately, a comfortable slip on dress shoe, once considered a formal footwear faux pas, is now completely acceptable to wear for all occasions. Here are some of the sexiest, most sustainable models from Zappos.com and a few tips to finding the perfect pair for you.
Using vegetable tanned leather and a wick-away lining, Timberland has constructed a truly magnificent loafer. The Onuma Driver Venetian is an effortlessly stylish shoe that can be worn with casual khakis or even dark jeans, as easily as it can be worn with dress pants. To ensure your dress loafer is dressy enough, select a pair that matches, or is darker than your trouser.
A detail, like the tassle on the vegetable tanned leather Bostonians’s Danver shoe, can be a lovely addition to a formal loafer. However, you must keep up a good shine on this shoe in order to wear it as the loafer was intended: formally. Also, in general, try to match your belt color to your shoes, unless you have a multi-colored belt, in which case you should use your discretion.
If the verdict is still out over the cool status of a penny loafer, deliberate no more: they’re golden. A north eastern collegiate look never goes out of style and a penny loafer is a subtle shout out to prep school chic. For example, Timberland Palladian Penny Loafers have the nifty topography that makes a penny loafer, i.e. a little slit for a penny to be tucked into, but with a rugged sole.
Quick guide to colors:
Black shoes ——> navy, grey or black pants.
Brown shoes —–> tan, brown, beige, greens, other darker earth tone pants.
Tan shoes ——->blue, beige, lighter tan or white, lighter earth tone pants.
