[0:00:00] Hi.
I’m Antonio Centeno.
I’m the founder of Real Men Style.
And today, gentlemen I’m going to be talking about the wholecut oxford.
Is it the perfect dress shoe?
Guys, all the samples and everything I’ll be showing you in the support article and
throughout this video are going to be coming from Paul Evans.
They’ve been a sponsor for well over a year.
Get ten pairs of their shoes and I have to say their modern wholecut oxford is – it’s
a beautiful shoe.
They’ve got in three different colors.
Go check them out, but let’s get into the details.
So, there are three defining characteristics of a wholecut oxford dress shoe.
In addition, I’m going to give you five reasons why you should consider this being
one of the shoes in your wardrobe.
It’s not going to probably be the first shoe that you’re going to want to own, but
definitely maybe the third, fourth, fifth shoe that you decide to add to your classic
wardrobe.
Okay, guys.
So, the three characteristics.
Number one is it’s made from a single piece of leather, so that’s why it’s called
the wholecut and that its defining characteristic.
Notice how it’s smooth all the way ‘til we get to the back, it’s got that stitching
right in here.
In addition, it’s a closed lacing system.
So, what that means is it is the dressiest of all of the lacing systems simply by the
simplicity and the elegance of it, it’s also going to be a dressier shoe.
And, I’ll get into those details here in a second, but those two things are defining
characteristics.
And finally, because it is so simple it’s going to have a more elongated look.
So, if you want your feet to look thinner and longer, this is going to be the best shoe
for that.
Okay?
So, let’s talk about the five reasons that you should consider having the wholecut dress
shoe in your wardrobe.
Number one is going to be versatile.
So, what I like about this is you can dress it up and you can dress it down depending
on the color.
If I went with a solid black, I could actually wear this with black tie.
Now, bring it down all of a sudden if I went with brown such as I have here, I can wear
this with pretty much any type of business casual outfit that has a jacket.
And that – that’s probably the one rule I do and where it is limited in its versatility
is I feel it’s a shoe that should be worn with a jacket.
So, the outfit I’m wearing right here, It’s a dressy shoe and that gets us to point number
two.
The minimalist design.
So, because the minimalist design is actually, again, it’s going to be very versatile,
but it’s also is going to be something that’s going to draw attention to itself, but it’s
going to do that in a good way.
A lot of times men are wanting to draw attention to their shoes and they’re going to wear
something that has, you know, a lot of maybe color on it or something has a lot of texture.
Because of the minimalist design because the simple nature of it, that by itself is going
to draw attention and I think is one of the defining characteristics.
Point number three, the high quality leather.
So, as I’ve talked about its made and its defining characteristics, it’s cut from
a single piece of leather.
Now, if we take a hide and we look at it, the key with this is that there can be no
blemishes or no mistakes on the leather, so what does that tell me?
That it’s going to be a better quality cut.
When it comes to other types of shoes and I got a wide variety.
You see like a calf toe made for, you know, with various parts right here.
They can actually take smaller parts, so if they get a hide that has some blemishes on
it, they can kind of piece around those blemishes, they can’t do that with a wholecut.
So, basically, that’s why you’re also going to see it will be a little bit more
expensive and only on higher-end shoes is simply because you take that quality piece
from the hide that’s relatively large.
Point number four is they’re easy to maintain.
So, I was bringing it up here, but if you’ve got something that has a bit of broguing in
it or, you know, all these other designs.
When you’re applying polish when you’re cleaning, you’re having to kind of dive
in there sometimes with various brushes, sometimes some of the polish is going to get in there.
Same thing with the calf toe, you’re going to – I know, whenever I’m cleaning them
I always got bits that get stuck in there.
With the wholecut, it’s just one piece and you can get in there easy maintenance.
And, number five is it conforms to the feet.
So, with the whole piece of leather, what you’re going to find is after multiple wears,
it will expand slightly.
So, what does this tell me?
Whenever I’m buying a pair, buy maybe a little bit closer, it’s okay if it fits
a little bit snug.
Same with Western boots, it’s actually going to expand out just a bit and conformed to
your feet and you’re going to actually get a better fit.
Now, with those five positives, they also come a few things you got to be careful of.
So, be aware that it’s usually going to be a more narrow cut.
In addition, after you’ve worn the shoe for, you know, hundreds of times you’re
going to start to see definitely some creases.
I think creases are sign of you just wear and tear good quality especially if you’re
taking care of and you’re conditioning the shoe, but just be aware that you will start
to see creases in the shoe.
So, guys that’s my opinion of a wholecut.
I think it is possibly one of the, if not the perfect dress shoe.
You can dress it up, you can dress it down.
Let me know what you think in the comments down below and go check out Paul Evans.
Like I said, I’ve got about ten pairs in my wardrobe of their shoes.
It’s a great company, I’m happy to have them as a supporter.
And, guys I’ll see you in the next video.
Take care.
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