Men's Gold Glitter Slip On Dress Loafers

An all over glitter finish on a low, fully lined slip on is what the Men's Gold Glitter Slip On Dress Loafers are for, and they are cut in one medium width only. If you wear a D that is the whole story and the shoe is straightforwardly good at its job. If you wear anything broader, read the sizing section before you go further.

One Width and Nothing Wider

Plenty of formal shoes offer a D and an EE and let the buyer choose. This one offers a D only, and on a shoe with no lacing that limitation bites harder than it would on an oxford, because there is no opening to let out and no strap to release.

The run also stops at 14, so both ends of the range are narrower than usual. Anyone above that size or accustomed to a wide fitting is better served elsewhere, and saying so is cheaper than a return.

Gold Next to Metal Hardware

Gold on a shoe has to agree with the gold everywhere else in the outfit. Cufflinks, a watch, a belt buckle and a tie bar in silver next to a gold shoe leave two different metals arguing at opposite ends of the body.

Lighting changes the reading as well. Under warm tungsten a gold glitter surface goes deeper and brassier, and under cool white LED it stays brighter and sharper, so the shoe that looked restrained in a store mirror can look considerably louder in a hotel ballroom. Inside, the interior is fully lined over a full length EVA cushioned footbed, and the heel is a low 0.75 inches.

Prom Over Wedding Party

Prom, a graduation dinner, a milestone birthday and a New Year event all give an all over glitter loafer somewhere to be. It works best against black, midnight navy and burgundy, where the shoe is the only bright thing in the outfit.

These are the wrong pick for a groomsman. A wedding party is a coordinated set of five or six people photographed together, and a gold shoe in the line breaks the set unless everyone is wearing one.

Twelve Sizes No Wide Fitting

Twelve sizes are cut, 7 through 14, with half steps to 10.5 and whole numbers above it. There is no 11.5, so that foot takes the 12.

When you sit between sizes on a slip on, go down rather than up. The opposite advice applies to laced shoes, where the lacing takes up slack, and it is wrong here. A loafer half a size too big lifts at the heel with every step and there is no mechanism to stop it, while a loafer half a size snug across the top will settle as the lining compresses.

Glitter, Metals and Storage

Does the glitter come off onto trousers or a car seat? The surface is a finished fabric rather than loose applied sparkle, so it is not shedding by design. What does happen over time is dulling at the flex point across the toe, which is wear rather than loss.

Should the shoes match my cufflinks exactly? They should agree, not match. Gold shoes with gold toned accessories look deliberate even when the shades differ slightly, while gold shoes with silver accessories read as two unrelated decisions.

How should they be kept between events? In a soft bag with nothing stacked on top. Pressure across the toe of a slip on flattens the vamp where it is meant to curve, and on a textured surface that flattening shows as a dull band.

Can they be worn with a plain black suit rather than a tuxedo? Yes, and it is the easier of the two looks to carry off. A black suit with a black tie and gold shoes reads as a considered choice, where the full tuxedo raises the formality of everything around the shoe and leaves it doing more work.