Suggestion for boots under $300

[Stainless_Steel]

I am a tennis shoe and jeans guy, but I'm looking for a nice pair of boots to wear with a dress shirt and blue jeans to go out on the weekends in. I prefer them to be brown. So can anybody give me some suggestions on a nice pair under $300.00? I'll give K to all who respond with helpful info.

Thanks for help

 

[karde]

I am a tennis shoe and jeans guy, but I'm looking for a nice pair of boots to wear with a dress shirt and blue jeans to go out on the weekends in. I prefer them to be brown. So can anybody give me some suggestions on a nice pair under $300.00? I'll give K to all who respond with helpful info.

Thanks for help

Ya know I have been thinking about boots recently too, glad you brought this up.

I found this: http://www.askmen.com/fashion/fashiontip_250/285_fashion_advice.html

But they don't really talk about a more casual rugged boot, which is what I have had in mind. Now I am not talking work boots, but somewhere in between that and a more formal ankle boot.

 

[ZKaudio]

these are as basic as you can get

http://www.shoebuy.com/sb/s.jsp/r_s...-65.77548/sh_C_Boots/p_6/st_27109/sbstl_27109

do NOT buy them in baby calf though or I'll have to make digger ban you. BTW most of that brand's shoes have similar toes, so I'm sure you can find a brown pair.

 

[MikeMartial]

It depends how casual you want these boots to be. You might be looking at the boots Z suggested, and thinking "Oh, man, there's no way I'm wearing a squared off ankle boot like that!!" But they will look ten times better than a rounded toe boot. Trust me.

I have a few pairs of each, and the square toed boot always looks classier than the rounded toe, even in jeans.

 

[ZKaudio]

i would go point toe'd personally... but if you are short and thick, i'd avoid em

 

[Stainless_Steel]

Thanks guys for help. I'm 6' and thick with wide shoulders. What do you suggest for that build?

 

[karde]

How perportional are you legs to upper body?

Somebody with longer relative legs looks better in a narrower/rounder shoe (IMO) while with shorter legs, a more square look looks better.

 

[Stainless_Steel]

Not real sure if I have long or short legs, but it would probably have to be a wide boot because I have wide feet. I can't wear a regular runnning shoe and it be comfortable. I have to get them wide.

 

[karde]

Not real sure if I have long or short legs, but it would probably have to be a wide boot because I have wide feet. I can't wear a regular runnning shoe and it be comfortable. I have to get them wide.

ask a girl, she will tell ya.

 

[ZKaudio]

also has a LOT to do with what you wear... do you wear jeans that fit you? OR jeans that are baggy, a la abercrombie fit. If you wear baggy jeans, I'd not worry about your shoes as you have more pertinent issues to address.