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Old 06-02-2020, 10:20 AM
 
Location: As of 2022….back to SoCal. OC this time!
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Every man should have a pair of good wingtip dress shoes. A good pair of wing tips can last for at least 30 years if you take care of them. I have a pair I keep with shoe trees in a cloth shoe bag, so that I always have a pair of polished shoes ready to wear with a suit. When I was wearing a suit every day, I would rotate three pairs. Some of the better shoe companies will actually refurbish these shoes.




Wing tips aren't for suits tho........they are more for dressy casual stuff if you're gonna wear them IMO....for current trends anyways. I dunno about 30 yrs. ago.

My fiance has a pair of wingtip styled boots that look really fashionable & super sexy with loose straight or rolled jeans tho.....or casual slacks.
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Old 06-02-2020, 11:51 AM
 
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Wing tips aren't for suits tho........they are more for dressy casual stuff if you're gonna wear them IMO....for current trends anyways. I dunno about 30 yrs. ago.

My fiance has a pair of wingtip styled boots that look really fashionable & super sexy with loose straight or rolled jeans tho.....or casual slacks.

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. Regarding current trends see:

https://www.gq.com/story/best-wingtip-shoes-for-work

https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-f...wingtip-shoes/

https://www.fashionbeans.com/article...wingtip-shoes/
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Old 06-02-2020, 01:37 PM
 
Location: As of 2022….back to SoCal. OC this time!
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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.




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.

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Old 06-04-2020, 07:49 AM
 
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You know you're an old guy when you have a pair of wingtips.
Yup! I’m 67 and I just bought two pair, LOL
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