Help needed: dressing more casual for new client. Dress shirt with jeans and sneakers. Do I go with the Allen Edmonds ($180) or Common Projects ($420)

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Throw away both pairs and buy a decent pair of dress shoes or loafers

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Considering they look almost exactly the same and you're only buying these for more casual attire, go for the cheaper ones.

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This is the most consultant problem thing I think I have ever seen. That said, I would also look into getting quality jeans as well. What are you wearing now?

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Paige!!!!

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Common projects, but you can get them significantly cheaper when on sale. I got mine for ~$250

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what site did you find them on sale

Check out Greats brand or Oliver Cabell. Both are comparable and much cheaper. I personally love my black on white Greats Brand leather sneakers

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Also, Greats are can be resoled whereas the AEs have a cemented sole. Not sure about Common Projects

Go with Vans

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This is going to come as a shock, but in this case, the Allen Edmonds are actually “knock offs” of the Common Projects and hence the lower price. Just like if you’re trying to dress up right you would want to go with Allen Edmonds, if you’re trying to dress down, take that just as seriously too and get the Common Projects.

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Neither

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OP - are you a professional ninja?

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Are Allen Edmonds dress shoes comfy?

For their price and style, their oxfords are comfier than Magnannis and shoes in this tier but not comfier than Cole Haan.

Their loafers feel like sperry topsiders ... which to me is top comfort

Eccos are a good option for a shoe that looks like this. Wear mine to the client all the time. Also just bought an all white pair of cole hans for $100 vs. the common project ones (which I badly wanted). They look nearly identical

I love my CPs. I was originally going to get the white ones but I went to Barney’s to check them out and fell in love with the pebble grain jawns

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