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Originally Posted by villageidiot1
There are different kinds of wingtips. They have become a more casual shoe since the days of our fathers, grandfathers (or probably great grandfather in your case) wearing black Florsheim wingtips in the 1950s and 60s. Johnston & Murphy has come out with more casual wingtip shoes. See https://www.johnstonmurphy.com/search?q=wingtip&sz=24
I have never worn wingtips with jeans, I usually wear running shoes with jeans. The traditional black wingtips are very appropriate with a suit. I worked for one of the large public accounting firms where starched white shirts and navy blue and charcoal gray suits were the norm. Most men wore wingtips. One of the reasons were these shoes held up much better in Pittsburgh winters than Italian loafers.
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Wingtip shoes are not for today's formal contemporary fashion for men because it doesn't match the straight & clean lines men wear today. It's not like they wear the cut of trousers our Dads & grandparents wear....ita! My grandpa probably likes Johnston Murphy...& the cut of pants that go with it. There's nothing wrong it.........I'm just giving my opinion on a little more contemporary style....something that says success AND fashionable.
For formal business tho like the O.P. asked.........it's more fashionable to go with a sleek & clean "dress shoe" IMO. If it's casual business dress....like charcoal or lighter gray suits.....ita. But my fiance works in a setting where lighter gray or brown suits are not really worn. Dark navy blue or black. Or.........he's super casual in loose rolled jeans & wingtip boots (edit: or loafers with chinos & a sweater & no socks).....& that's a super sexy look on him. It's funny how business dress has changed so much from my grandparents day.....it's super formal business to the nines or jeans.......nothing in between.
Just say no to khakis.