Is it OK to wear deck/boat shoes with jeans?

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 at 6:34 pm  
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At my job, we don’t have to dress up. I work for an IT department and sometimes I have to crawl around on the floor and up in attics. But it isn’t exactly digging ditches either… We try to look semi-dressed up. Would it look dorky to wear boat shoes with jeans and a polo shirt to achieve the semi-dressed up look? Are boat shoes just for shorts, no socks, and to go out on the lake with? I know it might not be the most fashionable thing (that’s okay), but I just don’t want to be doing a well-known nono, like wearing a black belt with blue slacks for example.


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How many pairs of shoes do you own?

Sunday, July 11th, 2010 at 11:00 pm  
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How many would you consider "a lot"? For a man? For a woman?

I know the stereotype is that women hoard shoes.

Does a man owning a lot of shoes seem "un-manly"?

For the record, I own:
1 pair black opera slippers, for wearing with my tuxedo and my midnight blue serge double-breasted
1 pair hand-made black wingtips
1 pair Cordovan wingtips
1. pair hand-made black cap toe Oxfords
2 pairs New Balance running shoes
1 pair New Balance walking shoes in black leather, dressy enough for slacks
1 pair Birkenstock sandals in chocolate brown
1 pair Propet sandals in navy
1 pair navy nubuck bedroom slippers
1 pair navy canvas upper boat shoes

10 pairs

I’d probably own more, but I wear 14 DDDD (actually 13 DDDDDD is a better fit but harder to find) so I often need to get shoes hand made and they’re hard to find.
Good catch, Aussie!
Re: disposable income. My oldest shoes are nine years old and my newest (new pair of canvas boat shoes) are a year old (canvas shoes wear out sooner). I buy sturdy shoes, never wear them two days in a row, and take good care of them. That’s cheaper in the long run.


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