cptjeff
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Don't feel like you have to if you're not comfortable. Work your way up, getting used to dressing better is a process for most of us. The biggest part to pulling it off is confidence. If you don't feel natural with what you're wearing, then you're gonna come off as uncomfortable. Small steps is best. You came here, so you're clearly ready to take a step from where you are. After taking this step, you'll become comfortable taking the next one at some point, and you can make the jump then.
But those wingtips are in a more casual leather, and as such are intended for more casual use. I wouldn't wear the natural ones with a suit. But with chinos? Hell yeah.
On the loafers note, penny loafers are my go to, and I'm younger than you. Don't worry about the old man bit. Shockingly, things that come off as old mannish when worn by an older man take on an entirely different context when worn by a young one.
I tend to recommend Bass. For the price, it's pretty hard to find a better shoe.
http://www.zappos.com/bass-logan-tan-leather
http://www.zappos.com/bass-gorham-dark-brown
http://www.zappos.com/product/7505634/color/216
Give burgundy consideration for color as well. In regards to what shade of brown goes with mid and light grays; pretty much all of them.
My typical response would be something along the lines of: "Nobody I know wears wing-tips or probably even knows what wing-tips are and I feel like I don't have the confidence in my own style yet to successfully wear a shoe that all of my peers would gawk at." My attitude (read as fear) towards fashion might be partially holding me back. I do like wing-tips when I see other people wearing them, but I feel like I don't know how to properly wear & pair them. Would something like these AE McTavish (in Natural) be acceptable to wear with or without socks, with chinos?
Don't feel like you have to if you're not comfortable. Work your way up, getting used to dressing better is a process for most of us. The biggest part to pulling it off is confidence. If you don't feel natural with what you're wearing, then you're gonna come off as uncomfortable. Small steps is best. You came here, so you're clearly ready to take a step from where you are. After taking this step, you'll become comfortable taking the next one at some point, and you can make the jump then.
But those wingtips are in a more casual leather, and as such are intended for more casual use. I wouldn't wear the natural ones with a suit. But with chinos? Hell yeah.
On the loafers note, penny loafers are my go to, and I'm younger than you. Don't worry about the old man bit. Shockingly, things that come off as old mannish when worn by an older man take on an entirely different context when worn by a young one.
I tend to recommend Bass. For the price, it's pretty hard to find a better shoe.
http://www.zappos.com/bass-logan-tan-leather
http://www.zappos.com/bass-gorham-dark-brown
http://www.zappos.com/product/7505634/color/216
Give burgundy consideration for color as well. In regards to what shade of brown goes with mid and light grays; pretty much all of them.
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