Don't buy The WRONG Dress Shoes Check these 3 Main Points when Buying a pair of formal shoes

[@arthurcatalanotto1151]

Once you get into wearing the higher end shoes, the cost of getting them resoled is well worth the price. You are correct, the fit and last are very important. I have worn fine dress shoes for 14 plus hours on some days with no problems. I wear well broken-in loafers when going through airports. Do your research online and buy from those that have good customer service and return/exchange policy. Thanks for another great video.

[@TheNunakun]

I actually am excited to wear doen my stock soles so that I can custom welt them to how I want. I mainly buy used for this reason, and more economical as well 😊 But size is king more than quality itself. I have a practically new pair of John Lobbs that I don't wear or even like much due to to being a little loose.

[@omarernestotinocorobles376]

Hi! Just found your content, and I have been enjoying it so much! I have two questions that may even be good ideas for future videos: 1: do you know any good brands with reasonable pricing for formal boots ? I usually rather wear cap toe formal boots rather than shoes for work, but I always struggle finding good quality for reasonable pricing. I recently got a pair of custom made balmoral boots from Idrese and I quite like them, but I think quality could have been a bit better for the price. 2: in one of you videos you mentioned that John Smedley has an outlet online store and I rushed to that and ordered a few items. Is there other good brands that you are aware of that have an outlet store ?

[@EnduringAttire]

Thanks man!! for reasonable price boots Meermin is the best option but for some people are a bit hard.

[@williamkazak469]

I purchased a number of Church's shoes many years ago. They are very nice. Don't forget to nourish your leather shoes, otherwise they will show cracks on top.

[@Pietervdv]

I recently bought a pair of chukka's from Untamed Street, and they're Blake stitched. Designed in the UK and manufactured in Italy. From what I understand, Italian shoes are usually Blake stitched for comfort reasons. All I can say is that I wear them very often because of their comfort. I also got some Portuguese Goodyear welted chukka's that are more formal in their appearance. They did need a bit more breaking in, and they're not quite there yet, but they're comfortable nonetheless, and in my view, a bit of a bargain at their price point.

[@EnduringAttire]

Yes that's it, blake is more flexible therefore more comfortable but a bit less durable

[@mignotmaxime2409]

In GY constructions, isn't the GoodYear stitch actually the hidden one inside tying the welt, the upper and the wall (gemming, groove or lip) from the insole together? The channel stitch being the one (securing the welt to the outsole) visible from the outside and often mimicked in cemented and Blake dress shoes? Aren't Saint Crispin's and Zonkey Boot handwelted GY comfortable from day one?

[@EnduringAttire]

GY is not hidden inside because the stitching is outside I mean as you mentioned in welt, a welt interposes the uppers and the sole, meaning that the sole is not directly sown onto the uppers. You can see that min 5:32 when I went to the factory kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXbEiKSdoa6kgdUsi=QzIHyo2OIIPlBFRY

[@mignotmaxime2409]

@@EnduringAttire I may not get it perfectly, but what Imeant was that in GY construction there are two soles (the outsole as you refers as "sole" and the grooved insole or insole with gemming) and there also two stitches (the first hidden one being oblique and going through the grooved insole or the gemming, the upper and the welt while the last one being a visible from the outside vertical stitch going through only welt and outsole). The oblique hidden one is what I refer as the GY stitch while the other one is just the channel stitch.

[@mignotmaxime2409]

Some Ralph Lauren purple label were made by Edward Green and Gaziano & Girling if I remember correctly.

[@EnduringAttire]

Thats interesting could be EG cause I never saw any colab of Gaziano & Girling for other brands, But I know EG made it for some brands before.

[@philipphortnagl2486]

Do you know Morjas? What you think about them

[@EnduringAttire]

Yes, they're quite good, made in Spain, but havent tried them