A man’s mind is only ever as good as he treats his feet, which is why I detest that stalwart of American business fashion, the loafer. Who observes a man wearing a pair of loafers and says, “That man wore the best shoes to the party” or “Those shoes are beautiful”? No one. The loafer is a shoe for which there is no good justification.

Which is really just to say both that I’m shopping for shoes and that if I had $300, I would totally buy a pair of these.