$100 vs $500 Men's Dress Shoes - Hallmarks, Quality, Differences & Cost Per Wear Cheap vs Expensive

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00:00 Introduction

Unfortunately, the price isn’t always a good indicator of shoe quality. Even lower-end or not well-known brands often have hugely different prices for the same quality of shoes.

QUALITY HALLMARKS OF SHOES:

$100 shoes
02:45 1. Faux Stitching. It's simply glued and it's there merely decorative to make it look like a more expensive shoe but it's all glue.
03:20 2. Soles. That is probably just a blake stitch or a blake rapid stitch. A composite material that is meant to look like leather.
03:40 3. Details. More often than not, the stitching that you see at the top of the shoe is just injection molded so it's not a real stitch and it's simply meant to be deceitful.
04:16 4. Inferior Leather. Stiffer leather that is sanded and pigmented with dye to hide all the flaws. It creases very easily when you walk in it and will age very poorly.
05:00 5. Unrefined lasts. They can be a little chunky, have kind of a boxy toe, and overall wide so they fit every kind of foot.
05:13 6. Padded Interior. Manufacturers put all kinds of foam inside to make it feel nice and soft to the foot. The foam wears out quite quickly.
05:42 7. Limited Colors. You get black, brown, or tan, and that's about it!

$200-$400 shoes
02:06 Blake construction and the blake rapid.
These are also sewn but less expensive than goodyear welted. The advantage of blake construction is that you get a thinner sole that is softer. The disadvantage is that when you're outside, and it's wet, and it rains a lot, your feet may get wet. Also, the lack of cork in a blake construction shoe makes it less comfortable when you stand a lot or walk a lot.

$500 shoes
01:16 1. Comfort. It may take a little longer to break-in the shoe, but they’re usually made of all leather which means you sweat less, and they have a cork insole which is soft and cushiony so even if you walk all day, it’s still comfortable.
01:34 2. Lasts for years.
01:39 3. Classic and timeless
01:52 4. Goodyear Welted or Norvegese Welt
06:02 5. Leather quality. It is dyed all the way through. It has open pores that are often uncorrected, and you simply get a beautiful leather that develops a patina over time which is exactly what you want because it looks classic and elegant and can be resold.
06:56 6. Heel caps & Toe caps. On a quality shoe, they’re usually made of thermoplastic leather. On a very inexpensive shoe, they are usually plastic.
07:03 Lasts. Generally, are just more elegant, refined, and timeless.
07:17 Colors. Have a much larger color range; blues, tans, greens, reds, orange, and anything else you can think of.

Even if you have the nicest suits, a beautiful tie, a good shirt, and nice cuff links, cheap shoes will overall bring your outfit down.

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