Oxford Shoes Guide - How To Wear, Buy & Combine Men's Oxfords

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to oxford shoes, covering the defining characteristics that distinguish them from other shoe styles, exploring the many different types of oxfords available, and offering recommendations on which oxfords to prioritize when building a men’s shoe collection. They also discuss how to customize oxfords through shoelace color changes to create different looks.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team defines oxfords by their closed quarters and typically include a cap-toe and center seam, distinguishing them from derbies and bluchers
• The Gazette team recommends starting with a black cap-toe oxford as the foundational shoe, then expanding to a half or full brogue in mid-brown, with additional colors like burgundy or tan as the collection grows
• The Gazette team argues that changing shoelace colors is an affordable way to transform the appearance and formality of an oxford, shifting it between casual and formal contexts

Episode details: published March 18, 2016 · 474K views · 7:09 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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