Shoes (paging Frank Ridgeway)

Johnston and Murphy's suck ass.
For under $200 you can get a pair of Cole Haan Nike Airs.
I have a pair and they are best dress shoes I have ever owned.
A polished black that goes with suits to khakis to jeans.
And some damn comfortable you won't think they are dress shoes and they aren't since they are cushioned like running shoes.
They also make them where the air capsule is covered and you can't tell what they are.
Mine cost $150 before tax at Dillard's and just about any good department store will sell them. I was at Parisian (Macy's?) last week to get a haircut and I saw some on sale for $100, but they didn't have my size.

 

Do they only come in black, Jay?

 

Black, brown, pretty much every color.
Don't order them online, they'll be more expensive. Head to the mall and hit the nicer department store, i.e. not Penney's like a Dillard's or your local version and see what they got.
I only bought the polished black so I could wear them suits. They are that dressy, but so comfortable. These are the only kind of dress shoes I'll buy from now on.
Plus they are Cole Haan's, so they'll last forever.

 

Thanks, Jay, we may have a winner.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006MZZO8/ref=olp_product_details/104-8128095-9378305?ie=UTF8&seller=

$115 on amazon now, and this is the black and brown.



These are the ones I have and so comfortable, I just might go find them and wear them around the house. Like slippers.

 

I HIGHLY recommend the Cole Haan Nike Airs, too. And this is a good price.

 

Try Geox. The most comfortable shoe that I've ever worn and I've tried a lot because I have bad feet from hoops. I've worn their casual shoes for a couple of years and they came out with more formal shoes about a year ago.

I have a pair of loafers and lace up shoes which work with a suit. I paid about $100 for the loafers and $160 for the dress shoes.

 

After reading your comment, I went back on eBay and checked. When I got a job that required wearing a suit every day, I got three pairs of J&M shoes from this buyer, didn't pay more than $55 for any of them. That was about 4-5 months ago. Now he is no longer a seller, and from the looks of his feedback, left many of his final customers in a lurch. Maybe they were hot shoes.

 

I'd love to find comfortable shoes, but have never been lucky (or had much patience shopping for them).

I was born with some weird deal where my pinky toe is permanently lying on top of the adjacent toe (kind of like I was crossing fingers).

TMI, I know. But if there are any foot experts out there, is there a name for this?