Categories: Shoes

Would you wear it? The Ultra Plain Dress Oxford

Barney’s New York Whole Cut Plain Toe Balmoral – $179.00 ($375)

The epitome of less is more.  A whole-cut shoe is precisely what it sounds like.  As opposed to being constructed of multiple pieces of leather that are then sewn together, each shoe is made from one piece.  Aside from the heels, there’s no stitching on these.  They’re as sleek and as smooth as it gets…

And not everyone’s cup of tea.

Some look at the tops of whole cut shoes and think they look too blank.  Reminiscing of slippers, or footballs.  Or slippers made of footballs.  But to others a whole cut is the Jaguar E-Type of shoe world.  Drop dead gorgeous in its lines and simplicity, with no serious challengers to its style throne.

These are Italian made for Barney’s, and thanks to a sale they’ve dipped into that sweet $125 – $200 range.  Decent sizes are available too.  An investment for sure, but not so much so that you’ll be stuck at home eating Ramen for the next two weeks.

Too blank?  Or perfect?  Leave you thoughts in the comments below…

Joe

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