Gentleman Style--Boots for your suits.
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To continue the post on Suit Shoes, here is a guide to your Suit Boots.
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General rules of thumb:
All formality rules of shoes apply to boots as well.
Once upon a time, boots were the preferred footwear with formal attire. That changed as the popularity of the Oxford shoe rose, and status of the boot dropped.
However, the shoe will not protect you well against the elements, and boots are now the preferred wear in inclement weather.
Sure, you can use the galoshes, but they are designed to protect your shoes, not you. And they are utterly useless in snow and freezing wind.
To continue the post on Suit Shoes, here is a guide to your Suit Boots.
thread-58378.html
General rules of thumb:
All formality rules of shoes apply to boots as well.
Once upon a time, boots were the preferred footwear with formal attire. That changed as the popularity of the Oxford shoe rose, and status of the boot dropped.
However, the shoe will not protect you well against the elements, and boots are now the preferred wear in inclement weather.
Sure, you can use the galoshes, but they are designed to protect your shoes, not you. And they are utterly useless in snow and freezing wind.
I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters all the same. They love being dominated.
--Oscar Wilde