Brogues & Wingtip Shoes Guide : How To Wear, Buying Tips & Style Advice

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to brogue shoes, explaining their origins, defining characteristics, and the various styles including full brogues, half brogues, quarter brogues, and Ghillie brogues. They teach viewers how to appropriately wear brogues across different dress codes and occasions, from formal business wear to casual outfits with jeans and chinos.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that brogues are defined by their hole perforations regardless of shoe type (Oxford, Derby, Monk strap), and originated in Ireland and Scotland as functional outdoor shoes
• The Gazette team recommends that the more broguing a shoe has, the less formal it is, and advises against wearing brogues with evening wear or highly formal business suits
• The Gazette team suggests keeping brogue leather simple (box calf or scotch grain) and avoiding exotic leathers, as the perforations already provide texture and visual interest

Episode details: published December 23, 2015 · 204K views · 7:13 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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