Perfect Shoes!
- Thread starter Aclone
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Want!
I thought the King of perfect shoes for basketball/jumping had already been claimed! 
Not sure hwy I am not pictured here.
Is the suit - gym shoe combo a real thing? ESPN dudes all seem to be matching casual shoes with a suit.
I have to give a presentation next month. Wonder if I could pull it off
It is a thing, though it's a bad thing in most cases. Need a very specific look for the sneaker to go with a suit, and most people miss badly. Easier to just wear dress shoes. Guys also wear suit jackets with jeans. A jacket with jeans is fine if the jacket matches the casual vibe of the jeans. But a suit jacket doesn't do that.
I guess it depends on how formal it is. Personally, I just can't stand dress shoes much (never did really). My go to 'dress' shoe now is a classy looking (I think) black leather walking/casual/basketball-type shoe (not sure how to describe it). I make sure it's clean, shine it up a bit. It passes the test for me. Maybe the key is that it is a no-frills 'black' shoe, made by Nike. [Edit: It kind of looks like the shoes in the first post of this thread, only the swoosh is much smaller and gray, all the rest is black, including the sole.] But there is very little that I dress up for by choice, anymore.
For me, it's comfort, and that means a lot! I could probably improve it a bit more by putting some dress shoe type of laces on them.
Bring a shoe like that, that is 'passable', comfortable, and wear those right up to your presentation, and then afterwards. For the presentation, switch into some dress shoes?
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