@Joe MacAfee Thursdays does make that all weather rubber sole! Most people aren't versed well enough about the best kinds of rubber outsoles that can be recrafted. One can do what they please with that original sole then! Keep your Thursdays in good shape!! They're great pieces. Even their dress shoes.

@Carl Ronny Birkeland Love to hear it, Carl!

Thanks to mentors in my life my style changed for the better when I was younger. In college I took to dressing as best I thought. Sweaters, 1/4 Zips and button-down shirts, dark denim and chino pants. I wore a selection of boots and oil tanned leathers, or corduroy style shoes. My mentors had expensive taste and dressed well to match such taste. I would aim to do the best I could with whatever budget I may have had at the time. I didn't drive the nice Corvette everyday, like he, but my SUV was always clean and the chrome shiny. I worked aside him selling suits and men's clothing before leaving for a step up in quality men's clothing at the time. That next step helped my outfitting in more ways than one. I was able to dive into 100% wools, Pima & Egyptian Cottons, Silks, and Cashmere. My wardrobe grew and my desire to outfit myself even better grew simultaneously. I continue to find pure wardrobe pieces as I can. My goal is to add the best items I can respectively have and wear. Lately I have been fond of finding the best leathers in footwear I can. I have been striving to find vintage American made footwear that was the cream of the crop from past decades. I have done well to add to my collection and pair with the rest of my wardrobing thus far.

I'm not sure what it is, but I feel like you shoes are missing tassels for this look haha 😉

@Chad Smith I'm sure you'll create an outfit with them one of these day for your OOTD haha!

Eh! I think that it doesn't do the job complementing to Cords. Those textures clash. The tones of the outfit and the style of pants work with warmer pallets and other fall textures for proper outfit harmonies.

Can’t say I would ever compliment and individual on the pairing. I suggest against it when I have that question brought up in the shoe world. All about taste and building up an outfit. I personally believe all sneakers can do is take your outfit down notches in style and formality. Throw a sport coat on with jeans and sneakers if you want casual tastes. That’s just my opinion haha