S. Madden Juneau Boot – $80
| Draykee Brown Boot – $78
| Wyndham Brown Oxford – $60
Steve Madden’s ability to make a stylish, affordable, and yes, sometimes weird pair of shoes isn’t just limited to the dress oxford realm. The company also cranks out affordable casual shoes with regularity. Here’s three of their least expensive and perhaps most desirable pairs up for grabs right now.
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Juneau Boot – $81.19 for Black
| $78.38 for Brown
That stripe detail is going to scare off a lot of people. Which is too bad because if you keep the rest of your outfit on the more minimalist side, that could be the one, perfect, stand-out detail that makes your casual look. Not for anything other than laid back situations, they could become your favorite pair of bang-around-town boots.
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Draykee Boot – $99.95 for Black
| $78.71 for Brown
Is the stitching on the ankle a little goofy? Undoubtedly. Are you going to be wearing these boots with shorts? (Please say no). If not, who’s going to see it? Your jeans should cover that part leaving you with a great pair of well shaped casual boots. They’re thin enough in the toe that you’ll most likely be able to pull off a casual blazer with them.
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Suede Wyndham Oxford – $71.96 for Black
| $59.99 for Brown
Men Everywhere are embracing the idea of looking more polished while still dressing down. Upgrading your casual style doesn’t take much when it comes to shoes. Oxfords can be comfortable and beat up. And they look a hell of a lot better on your feet than running shoes when driving around town or working around the house. These suede oxfords come with an unfortunate pre-wear on the heel and toe (it’s more noticeable on the black pair) but you really can’t beat the price.
Not crazy about the boots, but I like the oxfords. Maybe i’ll pick up some black ones since I already have my brown clarks
I recently embarked on a Zappos adventure in search of casual brown shoes. I tried lots of different brands and finally ended up with these:
http://www.zappos.com/red-wing-shoes-porter-shoe-earth-full-grain-leather
From Red Wing. They’re quite comfortable, and as you said, are definitely a massive step up from sneakers for normal kicking around town, going to class, or hanging out.
Next step is to figure out the best way to take care of them. The shoe store guy I went to gave me Meltonian Leather Lotion as a good all-around conditioner (the bottle says, “cleans, polishes, preserves”) but I think I want to figure out a good moisturizing lotion for the shoes as well, I need to figure that out.
Maybe you should do an article on shoe care — how do you take care of your nice shoes?
Oh, and one more thing about those Red Wings: They’re on sale right now for $86, and it looks like most normal sizes are in stock.
I second the article on Shoe care.
A feature on shoe care… got it… I’ll kick that around a bit. Thanks fellas!
BTW its great what you do man and that you do it for free. I’ve found great items through your site for really cheap. It saves me a lot of time and money. Just want to let you know its appreciated…no article requests here. Just thanks.
Well, there are some ads on the site and whatnot, so it’s not completely out of the good of my heart, but… thanks, it’s appreciated…
not loving the boots but the oxfords look nice…just got these off of asos and loving them ( http://www.asos.com/Asos-Collection/Asos-Suede-Brogue-Shoes/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=902873&cid=5773&Rf-400=12466&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=200&sort=-1&clr=Grey ) For the price you cant beat these things. Their international shipping to the US is so reasonable too.
I’ve seen those before. Way too dandyish on me, but… would look terrific on the feet of many other guys. Good find. I’ve had my eye on these clean point dress shoes from ASOS For awhile, but… I’m just not sure yet.
Joe-
For around $50 i think asos has some of the best real leather/suede dress shoes around!!! Love the blog keep it up!