Cheap VS Expensive Dress Shoes

Timestamps:
0:00 - Cheap vs Expensive Shoes ($35 vs $150 vs $395)
0:33 - Leather quality
2:13 - The Soles
2:54 - Construction quality
4:30 - The Verdict

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[JohnBradydoesstuff]

I’ve always believed that it’s better to buy high quality items, If you can afford them, obviously. No where is this more important than shoes. I have a pair of Allen Edmonds that I’ve owned for 30 years. They’ve been resoled 4 times. And they are still the best looking shoes in my collection. There is no substitute for quality.

[ziaride]

At the upper end of any product type you start getting less return on the money. Best to find that sweet spot in the upper middle/lower top price point where almost best quality is cheapest.

[BambooScar]

Finally a breakdown of why stuff costs the way it does. I always thought all dress shoes hurt but I’ve always bought $75 shoes and wouldn’t want to spend more if my feet were going to hurt either way!

[havenhenare-heke]

A lot of my mid tier dress shoes are mid-tier around $200 price point have been real good. I’ve had them for about 4 years. I also found if you have a couple shoes in your rotation, it helps stretches the lifespan of your shoes a little bit as opposed to wearing the same pair right down! Great video though 🙌🏽

[craigtiano]

I recall walking into a Florsheim store in 1990 and asking for a pair of black dress shoes that would hold up to wear every weekend, for 10-12 hours a day, feel comfortable, and look good. The elderly salesman suggested a pair with full grain uppers and a rubber sole, saying these were the most comfortable shoes they offered, extolled the virtues of the full grain upper, and apologized for the rubber sole. They weren't cheap, about $150 at the time (about $300 today). I wore these every weekend for 18 years, and then sporadically since then. The soles are original, with a small amount of wear to one edge of the heel. The tops, despite showing some creases from TEN THOUSAND hours of wear, are still nice enough to wear to a funeral. In fact, they are my "go to" pair of shoes any time I'm going to be walking outside or spending a lot of time on my feet. Today, I don't think you can buy shoes of this quality without spending a lot more than $400.

[budiharyadi]

Funny story, I had a glued oxford shoes from a fast fashion store, and they actually lasted quite a while (4+ years), but guess what, when the outsole chose to finally came off, they did so on my graduation ceremony 😂 I still laugh everytime i see my graduation pics

[danlutter]

You can find Allen Edmonds on ebay for cheap also. I just got a brand new hardly worn pair of walnut strands for $95.

[getdachoppa]

I wholly recommend Allen Edmonds factory seconds. With a good wax & polish, they are indistinguishable from the full price shoes.

[karlr]

Calculating the cost per year (which depends a little on assumptions, such as the number of resoles and cost of resoling the shoes), the results are surprisingly close for all three options.

[oliverdelica]

Ohh pretty shocked that you did recommend the cheap version over the mid range one

Which I'm impressed cuz I just got a pair of Oxfords and they pass on the cheap category

[nghiatrang]

Is it mean that you would not recommend Thrusday Captain ($199)?

[kenken]

I had some great Chelsea boots from Mephisto. I liked those and they lasted several years already until my recent unfortunate incident.

[thechairman]

I'm not trying to say that cheap shoes are as good or better, but before I got back onto the style wagon, I bought a few Bruno Marc shoes from Amazon, like $35 each. They've actually held up very well from wearing each once or so a week over at least five years and probably more. They're fake leather, but they don't have rubber soles and at least the heels have a wood block, which I'd never seen before. They were the only dress shoes that I ever owned that clicked when walking. I just wished that back when I was wearing leather shoes that I had bought something better than DSW.

[ziamyakoub]

Thanks Thomas for all those explanations we really need 👌

[jonstern]

I think you can get the mid and the high tier shoes well cheaper than those prices quoted. Also (and increasingly now) you can get quality show with stitched or welted rubber soles (Dainite, Vibram etc). The video should have mentioned that. They are many people's preferred option, including mine

[R_Drizzle]

I'm new to your channel. I really appreciate the quality information you provide. I find it very helpful. Thank you.

[chraman]

Very good! I agree with your recommendations!

[a.m.]

It's of course up to you if you want one pair of shoes for the next 20 years. I don't even know if I've got that much time left. I'm quite ok getting several pairs of $150 shoes in rotation. Then, I change them out every couple of years. I don't have storage space for hundreds of shoes, so I don't wish to keep all the older ones for too long. Why buy shoes to last 20 years if I don't intend to keep them that long?

[fumanpoo]

To start, some of us cannot afford $500 shoes or $100 T-shirts. You be thinking lobster, I be thinking Burger King.