Dress Shoes

[MSP "Sarge"]

I have been looking for a nice pair of dress shoes. Black lace up. I picked up a few and noticed that they were made in China! WTF!

What brand do you like?

[jason]

I like Bates, http://www.batesfootwear.com/US/en-u...ture_PTYP=1070 , their dress shoes are "assembled in the US". Their boots are wicked comfortable, wear out semi fast, but are damn comfortable.

[mattjmcd]

Allen Edmonds. Good looks, cork bed, factory refurbs etc etc etc.

[rjacobs]

Johnston and Murphy makes good stuff. Not sure on where they are made since I have one pair that was made in Italy and the other 4 pairs I am not sure where they were made. One pair I just replaced in june lasted 4 years of uniform wear walking through all kinds of nastyness 16 days a month.

[SHIVAN]

Johnston & Murphy or Bostonian. No idea where they are made or assembled, but they have offered me years of good service.

[6933]

Shivan- So many things you and I are similar on. That's no smoke blowing. I may be your brother from another mother(or father). Good luck with both. I have found my shoe needs/likes align quite closely w/Brooks Bros. selection. Buy once, cry once was never so appropriate. A quality pair of shoes can last many years.

[ballistic]

Ecco Austin April Toe Ties. Extremely comfortable, rubber soles. I had a pair of Rockports that caused shooting pains in my feet waiting around in court or on my feet teaching all day. Mine say made in Slovakia on the label.

These Eccos are as comfortable as my Mephistos and Havana Joes. I've worn them while teaching on my feet all day with no discomfort or fatigue. You can get them at a local Nordstrom. Their service is all it's cracked up to be.

[Naxet1959]

Cole-Haan, Johnson and Murphy are my favorite top tier shoes; for more comfort and better cold weather soles, Rockport.

[EzGoingKev]

Johnston and Murphy makes good stuff. Not sure on where they are made since I have one pair that was made in Italy and the other 4 pairs I am not sure where they were made. One pair I just replaced in june lasted 4 years of uniform wear walking through all kinds of nastyness 16 days a month.

I have several pairs of Johnston Murphy's and they are nice shoes, but you have to be careful about where the shoes are made. They have a few different lines with their top of the line stuff being made in Italy and their lower lines being made in China and Mexico.

My question is what are you going to be doing in these shoes?

Getting a pair of shoes to go with a suit you wear to weddings & funeral is going to be different than buying a shoe that a plainclothes detective would need.

[Chief1942]

"In 1892, Milton Florsheim began producing shoes in a small factory located in Chicago, Illinois.........."

I haven't purchased a pair in awhile since they tend to last me a long time (not prone to frequent "dress shoes" often). Every pair I've had fit well, were comfortable, and lasted. In all honesty I'm not sure if their construction has been farmed out to Mexico or China, but at one time they were made right here in the good ole USA. But then so were soooooo many other things also.