The importance of leather shoes to men
Leather shoes symbolize a person's reputation, dignity and strength, especially business people, who must wear new shoes and good shoes. Clean and polish your shoes before you go out to visit others. Usually, we should pay attention to the maintenance of shoes and oil and mend them in time. When the repair marks of leather shoes are very obvious, it's time for new shoes.
What occasions are leather shoes suitable for?
1. Wear formal shoes when attending important occasions and formal business occasions.
Dress leather shoes, also known as three-joint leather shoes, have joints at the front end and are in a three-piece leather structure. It can be divided into inner ear type and outer ear type: inner ear type leather shoes, that is, the ears tied with shoelaces on both sides of the top surface of the shoes are sewn to the lower layers of the uppers on both sides; Outer ear leather shoes are sewn on the upper layer of the upper on both sides.
The inner ear style is more formal than the outer ear style: because men's shoes and shoelaces are closed, their feet look like they are wearing formal clothes.
The most formal of all these shoes are black Oxford shoes. For all important occasions or business occasions, black Oxford shoes are the first choice for formal wear.
Another well-matched dress shoe is Brock shoes.
Brock shoes are also called embossed leather shoes because their uppers are decorated with carved flowers. This kind of shoes was very popular in the19th century, which originated from the traditional Scottish leather shoes. At first, this kind of shoes was suitable for women's shoes. Later, this piercing style was transferred to men's shoes, and a mixed style of Oxford shoes and Brock shoes was developed. Because of its rural and folk factors, carved leather shoes are simpler and rougher than Oxford shoes originated in the city, so brown Brock shoes can be matched not only with formal clothes, but also with casual clothes.
It is very formal to wear lace-up shoes for work and daily business activities. Casual shoes are also very popular in some creative industries.
Casual shoes refer to shoes that are easy to put on and take off, including soft-soled shoes and various casual shoes sewn with piping. Casual shoes are generally not as formal as lace-up shoes, but they save the wearer the trouble of tying and untied shoelaces, and are cooler than lace-up shoes, so casual shoes have become popular rapidly since they first appeared in the United States in the 1930s. Nowadays, casual shoes have frequently appeared in the workplace as classic styles, but in real formal occasions, lace-up shoes are still a better choice.
It is worth mentioning that monk shoes, one of the casual shoes, are particularly popular in France and Germany. It is considered to be between formal lace-up shoes and casual shoes, and often walks in the workplace in a suit.
In informal and business leisure occasions, the choice of shoes is much more free. You can match shoes according to your own clothes, and you can fully show your personality for all kinds of mashups. In fact, casual shoes and sports shoes with suits have long been commonplace and were not taboo in the past.
From formal, informal to casual, shoes show obvious regularity in modeling elements: traditional style is higher than special style, bright quality is higher than wool, black is higher than light color, lace is higher than non-lace, and plain surface is higher than floral surface. In short, it is a universal principle in the social workplace that recessive elements are higher than dominant elements.
Will leather shoes become looser and looser?
The looser the shoes will be. Because leather shoes are tough, they will become loose when worn for a long time. How much they will loosen depends on the quality of leather shoes. It is suggested that when buying leather shoes, choose the shoe size that suits you according to your comfort. The width of the shoes should be completely opened when the foot is stressed, and the length of the shoes should be based on the fact that the toes do not become warped until the shoes do not pinch the feet, and the feet do not slide back and forth in the shoes when walking.
What are leather shoes made of?
1. cow leather has fine grain surface, dense and fine pores, thin skin and fine fibers, and is tightly woven. Cowhide leather shoes have the best quality and higher price among leather shoes. Cowhide is divided into cowhide, buffalo hide and yak skin. Most of the upper leather is cowhide, the leather is smooth and flat, and the grain surface is the most detailed. Generally, buffalo hide is used to make soles instead of upper leather, because its grain surface is rougher than cowhide and its fiber structure is loose. But in recent years, with the progress of production technology, it has also been used as shoe upper leather after fine processing. Yak skin resources are limited, the quantity is small, and it is rarely used for leather upper leather. The outsole of cowhide shoes includes molded rubber soles and buffalo leather soles. ?
2. Pigskin leather shoes have good air permeability and wear resistance, but the surface is rough and unsmooth, with obvious needle-shaped pores, poor elasticity and water resistance, and easy to expand and deform after water absorption. Leather shoes made of pigskin generally belong to middle and low-grade leather shoes. Pigskin is also often used to make shoes. In recent years, pigskin upper leather is more beautiful than before by polishing technology and has become one of the popular varieties. The outsole of pigskin shoes is generally made of rubber soles. ?
3. Goatskin is mostly used as suede upper leather. Goatskin is used to make women's leather shoes and children's leather shoes because of its thin skin, high elongation, soft and comfortable leather, smooth and meticulous grain surface and easy dyeing in bright colors. Because of its soft texture and low fastness, goatskin is generally suitable for leather clothes, gloves, handbags and so on. And it is not suitable for making leather uppers.
4. Artificial leather shoes Artificial leather shoes are made of vinyl chloride foam artificial leather as the upper leather, like rubber products as the bottom, and made of viscose. Artificial leather shoes are light and beautiful, and the price is low, but the disadvantages are: poor air permeability, not too strong, and easy to harden at low temperature. ?
5. Synthetic leather shoes Synthetic leather shoes are generally made of non-woven fabrics and polyurethane synthetic leather, with rubber or plastic as the bottom and adhesive injection molding. Synthetic leather shoes have good tensile strength, cold resistance, wear resistance, strong water resistance and poor air permeability, but they are better than artificial leather shoes. In recent years, there are also many leather shoes made of wet leather of advanced synthetic leather PCI leather. PCI leather is a kind of advanced synthetic leather, which can be divided into flat leather and wet leather. The flat leather has simple manufacturing process, poor air permeability and low price. Wet skin is beautifully made and has better ventilation effect. Now some high-grade brand leather shoes are made of wet leather, and some are even more expensive than cowhide leather shoes, but they still attract many consumers. ?
6.PU leather shoes are made of cloth or non-woven fabric, impregnated with polyurethane (PU) resin, and made into colorful and beautiful imitation leather with various patterns on the surface through a series of technological processes. Strong simulation, uniform quality, no mildew, and certain water resistance and solvent resistance. However, the hygroscopicity, moisture drainage and air permeability are not as good as those of natural leather. In addition to the above kinds of leather, in recent years, the leather industry has also applied some new materials and techniques to the production and processing of leather upper leather, which has broken through the past traditions and habits, giving people a sense of freshness and being welcomed. Such as: frosted leather, embossed leather, patent leather, soft upper leather and glory leather.