Shoe in: Loafers, Brogues and Oxfords

2016/05/09

All snooty named shoes are not created equal. At least that is what we learned during the painstaking, no stone left unturned research for this article. Okay okay, no pain only fun and footwear gain.

Being the people pleasing style mavens that we are, we thought we’d whip up a quick shoe-torial on the three styles.

Loafer: Webster’s definition includes a person that does not work. Our definition includes a shoe with no laces and meets somewhere in the middle of a moccasin and a slip-on.

Brogue: can be found as far back as the 16^th century and sets itself apart not only in age but in its standalone detail, a perforated pattern around the toe and wingtip.

Oxfords: have laces. Yep, that is it. Any shoe with a tongue and laces is technically in fashion terms an Oxford. Oh, and they originated in Scotland and Ireland (2-fer on the cool accents).

And with that, class is adjourned.