Formal footwear

[thescot]

Just for clarification, I'd like to set out a few definitions.

In the US, we call just about any lace up shoe on "Oxford." Slip-ons are often called "loafers."

This is what we would call a "Blucher Oxford" in the US; I think it's called a "Derby" in the UK, I'm not from the IK, so you can correct me:


Note, the shoe lace holes are in flaps (for lack of a more precise word) that lay over the tongue.

This is what we call a "Balmoral Oxford" or Bal Oxford:


Note that the lace holes are not in flaps.

We still are people divided by a common language.