Your favorite Biz Casual shoe?

[68bronco]

My current go to is the Johnston Murphy Martell Wing Tip (brown) - which I really like - but I am looking for an alternate style in black.

 

So far I’m considering the following:

1. FJ casual wing tip

2. Cole Haan zerogrand wingtip

 

I’m looking for some ideas guys!

[drvrwdge]

Ive got the Cole Haan Grand Essex Oxford and really like them. Can wear with jeans, a suit, chinos or 5 pocket pans. Tee shirt, oxford, polo, sweater. You name it.

[sharkiesj]

True Linkswear knits. Comfy, stylish, lightweight and comfy. Did I mention they’re comfy? :)

[68bronco]

The Cole Haan Essex has a nice look.

The true link knits are a little more casual than I would prefer.

[j.b.newton]

I like the Cole Haan ZeroGrand's if you are on your feet a good bit. Basically the old nike free soles with typical CH upper. The Grand's are more of the lunar's from nike. (Nike sold them a few years back, but CH kept a lot of the designs, if I remember correctly).

[68bronco]

Thanks JB

 

How does that shoe fit in your opinion? My foot is a bit wider than normal, so if it runs narrow to normal then I may need to go W.

[GSDriver]

Allen Edmonds

[jdc944]

The zerogrands are the best shoes that I have ever had. I've got 4 pair of Johnston Murphy shoes that are almost brand new that never get worn. I go with the zerogrands everyday. I am tempted to start wearing them with a suit.

[Johnny_Fairway]

Tough to go wrong with Clarks or Bostonian.

[Joepa324]

Peter Millar horse bit loafers. I am on my 7th pair!

[bscinstnct]

Ecco kills it ; )

[j.b.newton]

> @jdc944 said:

> The zerogrands are the best shoes that I have ever had. I've got 4 pair of Johnston Murphy shoes that are almost brand new that never get worn. I go with the zerogrands everyday. I am tempted to start wearing them with a suit.

 

I can't go that far. Something about the soles/treads just dress down the suit too much - even if that's what every sportscaster wears now. I prefer the typical leather sole for a suit.

[j.b.newton]

> @68bronco said:

> Thanks JB

>

> How does that shoe fit in your opinion? My foot is a bit wider than normal, so if it runs narrow to normal then I may need to go W.

 

 

They fit a little tighter than J&M. J&M regular width are usually a bit too (just barely) wide, but CH's fit well.

[JohnnyCashForever]

J&M Ski Moc

 

 

J&M Ski Moc II

 

 

 

AE Wilbert

 

 

 

I don't think that they make the Ski Moc (Beefroll penny loafer) or the Moc 2 (Beefroll tassel loafer) anymore.

[jdc944]

> @"j.b.newton" said:

> > @jdc944 said:

> > The zerogrands are the best shoes that I have ever had. I've got 4 pair of Johnston Murphy shoes that are almost brand new that never get worn. I go with the zerogrands everyday. I am tempted to start wearing them with a suit.

>

> I can't go that far. Something about the soles/treads just dress down the suit too much - even if that's what every sportscaster wears now. I prefer the typical leather sole for a suit.

 

I have never been able to wear anything but leather sole shoes with suits, but I am closer to making a change. You are right about the sportscasters. I took my 75 year old dad out and got him a pair. They didn't have his size in stock, so I had them shipped to his house. A few months passed and I never saw him wearing them. I asked him why he didn't like them. It turns out that my mom opened the box and told him that he could not wear them. I told her to turn on ESPN and look. He can wear them now. He loves them and all of his friends are getting them.

[68bronco]

> @jdc944 said:

> > @"j.b.newton" said:

> > > @jdc944 said:

> > > The zerogrands are the best shoes that I have ever had. I've got 4 pair of Johnston Murphy shoes that are almost brand new that never get worn. I go with the zerogrands everyday. I am tempted to start wearing them with a suit.

> >

> > I can't go that far. Something about the soles/treads just dress down the suit too much - even if that's what every sportscaster wears now. I prefer the typical leather sole for a suit.

>

> I have never been able to wear anything but leather sole shoes with suits, but I am closer to making a change. You are right about the sportscasters. I took my 75 year old dad out and got him a pair. They didn't have his size in stock, so I had them shipped to his house. A few months passed and I never saw him wearing them. I asked him why he didn't like them. It turns out that my mom opened the box and told him that he could not wear them. I told her to turn on ESPN and look. He can wear them now. He loves them and all of his friends are getting them.

 

:D

[Wriggles]

Rocksport Capitals, a cap toe leather oxford with a rubber sneaker type sole. Very comfortable and dressy, I've been wearing them for thirty years.> @jdc944 said:

> > @"j.b.newton" said:

> > > @jdc944 said:

> > > The zerogrands are the best shoes that I have ever had. I've got 4 pair of Johnston Murphy shoes that are almost brand new that never get worn. I go with the zerogrands everyday. I am tempted to start wearing them with a suit.

> >

> > I can't go that far. Something about the soles/treads just dress down the suit too much - even if that's what every sportscaster wears now. I prefer the typical leather sole for a suit.

>

> I have never been able to wear anything but leather sole shoes with suits, but I am closer to making a change. You are right about the sportscasters. I took my 75 year old dad out and got him a pair. They didn't have his size in stock, so I had them shipped to his house. A few months passed and I never saw him wearing them. I asked him why he didn't like them. It turns out that my mom opened the box and told him that he could not wear them. I told her to turn on ESPN and look. He can wear them now. He loves them and all of his friends are getting them.

 

Your Mom reminds me of my Mom. She would always comment on something, and say, "WE don't like them." Dad would reply, " YOU don't like them." And that was that, Dad would do as he was told. They both passed in 2005, Mom at age 87 and Dad, almost 86.