How to Choose the Right Men’s Shoes
Among a number of groundless stereotypes existing in this world there is one, that concerns shoes, and in particular – shoes and sexes. This ludicrous and insulting stereotype suggests, that all women care about their shoes – and that all men never do.
Quite on the contrary, now one can easily find guys, that have huge shoes wardrobes and who try to match shoes and clothes (besides, there still are women, that con not even articulate, which trend is in in shoes fashion this season!)
If we forget about gender gap, we’ll see, that some of us see shoes as practical necessities, and others have a shoe obsession. However, the majority of people all over the world’ probably, match the middle of the scale. Despite this, many men feel quite uncomfortable when facing a variety of styles in men’s shoes. Some of them get used to one type of shoes (for example, work-type boots) and remain in this style forever. Others even avoid certain clothes, or attending events because sneakers were not appropriate there.
Mainly this happens not due to the disdain for other types of shoes, but to a lack of confidence when it comes to choosing casual shoes. That is why we are happy to present you General Rules for Men’s Shoes, that will help you to avoid problems when choosing between types of shoes.
- Choose shoes that match your pants or are a tone darker, than they.
- Remember, that shoes do not need to be a match with your socks. Socks function as a tie – this is a small item, that bring the whole image together.
- Try to match your shoes to your belt, if you are wearing one (of course, this is not a good idea, if you wear a multy-coloured striped belt or something like that).
- Speaking about jeans, you can wear the shoes of almost every style or colour, but be sure, the shoes are not to shiny – that they do not look like they were mend fro a more classical suit.
- Boots, lug soles, sneakers, loafers and sandals look gorgeous with jeans, but for you not to loose your head in this vortex of choice, make your choice oriented at your shirt. If you are wearing a sporty polo-shirt, loafers will look great, for T-shirs choose sneakers or retro-style shoes. Long, artsy button-downs work well with sandals or moc toe oxford styles.
- As one of the critics said, “whether you call them Dockers, chinos, or khakis, there are a variety of loafers, oxford and other men’s shoes that work well with casual pants.”
- The ornamentation and style of your shoes must lead your image. For example, a tassle or a buckle is a little more on the dressy side, while a woven pattern or heavy stitching is a little more on the casual side.
- If you choose shoes for dress pants, wear a pair you would like to wear with a suit. Shiny material shows, the shoes are quite dressy, as well as bulky heels and soles.
- There are also special rules of colour matching of your shoes with other clothes. For example:
• Black shoes will do with navy, grey or black tones.
• Brown shoes pass to tan, brown, beige, greens, other darker earth colours.
• Burgundy shoes work well with khaki, lighter browns, blue and grey.
• Tan shoes will look good with lighter earth colours, as well as blue, beige, lighter tan or white.
Take Care of Your Footwear
We have to take care of our footwear regardless the weather and the season of the year. How can we do it in the right way? Learn now some small, but useful tips, that will help your footwear remain beautiful for a long time!
- when buying footwear choose it not only by its outlook, but also by the right size.
- patent-leather footwear must be regularly dubbed with milk, and after it dries down -clean up to glittering. Also one can wipe patent-leather shoes with a cotton wool wad, wetted in milk, and when they dry off, finish wiping with a half of an onion. Than one can gloss the shoes with flannel.
- suede shoes and shoes made of nubuk shall be cleaned with a brush after each wearing, and in case of extreme necessity they can be also cleaned by sandpaper.
- shoes from artificial (especially from fashionable metallized and textile) exterior materials can be cleaned with a wet soft wad.
- in case you decide to clean your shoes with spirit, acetone and other organic dissolvents, the paint will fade away, and a sole can also fall off.
- soggy and wet shoes must be dried far from the sources of warmth and after drying the shoes are greased with a lot of crème.
- for the shoes not to deform, the tips of the heels must be replaced at once, as soon as their wear is detected.
- mould on your shoes can be moved off with the help of a wad wetted in gasoline.
- for the footwear to keep its form, put some paper in it before storing it in the wardrobe. Stuffed in your shoes, the paper accumulates moisture. The leather will be spoiled, if you dry your shoes near a fireplace or a radiator.
- colourful plastic boots can be well-cleaned with the help of vaseline. It gives glitter and prevents the appearance of chaps.
- for your leather footwear to remain looking bright and new, we recommend to take care of it with an emulsion crème, that keeps the leather elastic and also protects the footwear from moisture, therefore making the time of its use longer.
- leather shoes can from time to time be wiped with glycerine. If the leather shoes are worn out and do not glitter, one can also wipe them with a fresh orange peel.
- white leather shoes should be washed with a foam rubber sponge or a soft brush, wetted in a warm solution of washing powder. After that the solution must be washed off and the shoes must be dried. Then the shoes should be greased with colourless shoe polish and rubbed with a velvet ribbon.
-new footwear is not recommended to be worn in wet weather. First wear it, when the weather is warm and dry, for the soles to get covered in sand – the footwear will not leak water than.
- for the hard backs of your new shoes not to chafe your sole, rub them with a camdle, wet soap or wet them with some spirit.
- for wet leather shoes not to get hard, they must be greased with vaseline after drying, and some hours later - cleaned and rubbed to glitter White spots of water on you shoes can be eliminated with the help of vinegar.
The Biggest Pair Of Shoes Was Created On The Philippines
The biggest pair of shoes was created on the Philippines on October 28, 2002. The length of each boot comprises 5.5 meters, the width is 2.25 meters and the height of each boot is 1.83 meters. A 37.5 meter high giant could have worn this pair of shoes.
The masterpiece of shoe production was carefully thought of and created by a group of 10 masters from the city of MARIKINA – the shoe capital of the Philippines. Today the pair, the price of which is estimated to be of 2 million peso (37411 dollars), is exhibited in the shoe museum of MARIKINA. It took the masters 77 days to create the shoes. The upper part of them was made of 30 square meters of Cordoba leather, and the insole, sole and welt demanded correspondingly 250, 280 and 80 kilos of plant tanned leather. The masters from MARIKINA also needed 225 kilograms of clue and a kilometer of threads! From this huge amount of materials one could have manufactured 250 shoes pairs of average size.
Giant boots have all chances to be included into the Guinness Record Book – for today the pair, that holds the record, is only 3.12 meters long.
Shoe shopping - treatment or illness?
Many of us are absolutely sure, that the best treatment against depression is shopping. However, this point of view has recently been disproved by the British scientists.
The sociologists of Great Britain counted during a research session, that an average British woman spends 55 thousand dollars on her shoes, and during her life 27 thousand dollars are spent on the bags. The majority of British women have not less than 17 bags, and those, who consider themselves to be bag-lovers, have about 25 purses. 92% of women nearly suffer from shopaholia, and 75% of all the money spent by the shopaholics is spent on shoes and accessories. The majority of the British women are ready to buy at least one new pair of shoes a month, with an average price of 70 dollars. They are sure, that doing this not only helps them to look more fashionable, but also cures their depression.
Still the scientists do not agree with the shopaholics and ask them not to mix up a reason with the consequences. Or, better, an illness and treatment. The fact is, that when we are in a bad mood, we are really prone to buying, and buying a lot. But in many women shopping in the time of depression also causes extra negative reactions – in particular, the lowered sense of self-assurance and dignity. A team of scientists from Essex carried out a research, during which 44% of the questioned stated, they felt badly after shopping, and 50% of the people said, that the tension only strengthened.
In the end the scientists made a conclusion: in 22% of cases shopping in the time of depression worsens the depressed state of a person, that is why the spent money does not bring any satisfaction. That is why, for you not to spend your money in vain and not to become even more depressed, scientists advice to “get healed” with the help of fresh air and walking or jogging.
