I am just not sure how these will look with normal oxford type shoes.
I wear extra-cushy Rockport walking shoes with crepe soles, gel insoles, and the most heavily padded athletic socks I can find. All you can see beneath the spats are the toes, which are highly buffed. In the Army, they would be MoD brogues (like a wingtip oxford), but nobody gets close enough to tell the difference.