So, a friend would like to buy shoes for his husband and asked me for advice. I don't have any, so I turn to my widely knowledgeable friends for help
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Rockport. They are made with walking in mind, and are very durable and comfortable. They have a variety of styles, including your standard black lace-up. And they're available in the $100-$150 range.
Gotta agree with the Rockport suggestion. They last forever.
Also, men's shoes wear out in the soles, but fixing that costs next to nothing. The uppers are very rarely beyond repair, and that's what shoe polish is for. :)
new rocks last forever (sensesurfer has the exemplary pair; i've only had mine two years and don't wear them constantly) but while some pairs are technically "black lace-ups" you might have to search a bit to find a pair they considered adequately plain.
elf my elf does the same thing btw, only he wears black sneakers, and when they get holes in the soles he doesn't buy a new pair, he just whines at me that his feet are cold and wet when it snows.
A does the black sneaker thing for work as well. only he buys two because he can't stand to be uncomfortable with a hole in his shoe. When he notices a hole he chucks the old and opens the box of new. He spends about 100 on each and I'd say he gets about 24-30 months on them before starting over again.
He does own real black lace-ups shoes and a blue pair. He wears them every time he wears a tie or a suit or even a sports jacket. (which tells you how often..er...rarely that happens)
Also, though it seems like an odd superstition and *was* first told to me by a shoe store salesman, it seems to work for me - if you plunk down 2*19.99 or 2*100.00 or whatever, and buy 2 pairs, and alternate which ones you're wearing fairly frequently, both pairs will be doing better in 2 years than your 1 pair worn every day was doing in 1 year. Letting the shoes rest in between wearing them seems to keep them from getting as beat up.
Not so true for wearing out the soles, which logically has to do with how much time they are walked in cumulatively, but whether they *look* beat up and old or not can be helped by rotating through 2 pairs instead of 1.
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Also, men's shoes wear out in the soles, but fixing that costs next to nothing. The uppers are very rarely beyond repair, and that's what shoe polish is for. :)
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elf my elf does the same thing btw, only he wears black sneakers, and when they get holes in the soles he doesn't buy a new pair, he just whines at me that his feet are cold and wet when it snows.
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He does own real black lace-ups shoes and a blue pair. He wears them every time he wears a tie or a suit or even a sports jacket. (which tells you how often..er...rarely that happens)
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Not so true for wearing out the soles, which logically has to do with how much time they are walked in cumulatively, but whether they *look* beat up and old or not can be helped by rotating through 2 pairs instead of 1.
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