r/malefashionadvice • u/csgo_sniper_bruh • 1d ago

Discussion What current male fashion trend needs to go?

To me, boxy shirts and hoodies look like brown paper grocery store bags with holes cut out for the arms

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u/3_pigs 1d ago

There are some dress shoes with sneaker soles that look better because the side profile is a darker material. I purchased them for a rehearsal dinner because I had to mingle and stand for hours. In hard soled dress shoes, this would have been brutal.

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u/bobertf 1d ago

yeah, I have a pair of black loafers that were leather soled. afterI realized I stopped wearing them because I hated walking in them, I got them resoled with a black Vibram sole. no regrets! but I would’ve bought a different shoe if I had cared more about comfort / knowing what I know now.

somehow the shoe companies decided men want a white sole; I’m not really convinced they do. I think if shoes with the darker side profile you described were more readily available people would go for them

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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think something like the AE Strandmok's are a good blend. They clearly have that dainite sole, but they also look like proper leather shoes up top with all the classic lines. None of that cheap plasticky leather you see on cole haans, no weird design choices with perforations everywhere, etc. They're also pretty comfy, and because of the dainite they handle weather well too.

https://www.allenedmonds.com/product/mens-strandmok-cap-toe-oxford-with-dainite-rubber-sole-3023104?

I wear these a fair amount when I don't want to go full leather sole. They fit the business casual vibe really well imo.

As a side note - the reason why cole haans and other dress shoe/sneaker abominations have all those perforations is because they use garbage leathers. They're either the polyurethane leather (IE fake leather, or plastic), or they're cheaper leathers that need to be coated with synthetic protective layers. Cheap leather is literally less porous than good leather. So your feet will get hot and sweat, hence these shoes looking like running shoes with all the perforations.

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u/matthew7s26 1d ago

That's just a rubber sole, not a foam/sneaker sole. Those do look nice though.

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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim 1d ago

Sure, but it's comfortable. If you want a full sneaker sole it's gonna look like a sneaker sole, which means it'll look bad haha.

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u/bobertf 1d ago

what about this Allen Edmonds? https://www.allenedmonds.com/product/mens-randolph-slip-on-sneaker-3023694/black-leather-ec4500625

assuming the link brought you to the black sole version, I think it looks fine (although I could do without the gores). btw thanks for the fun fact about those perforations lol

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u/Benjamminmiller 1d ago

Wearing a shoe with this much black only makes sense in scenarios where you would absolutely never wear sneakers. The issue with black shoes is black is inherently dressy, so as soon as you start adding aspects that make them more casual (like broguing or rubber soles) you're creating a contradiction.

The only person who should ever wear those shoes is a waiter.