Best brogues for the best price?

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Ah, dancing...a favorite activity of mine. Docs...have no place on any dance floor. There is always something better...Red Wings, skate shoes, leather or thin rubber soled boots or shoes...but not Docs. Ill-fitting, clunky, and sticky soles...they are for walking.

One more thing...and yeah I know this is an opinion, but it's pretty close to mainstream acceptance of style. Chunky is not classic formal, nor is it elegant. A chunky "dress" shoe is more like a pearl-white Escalade with gold emblems and spinners, whereas a classic, sleek dress shoe is more like MoR's ride in his avatar picture. Chunky dress shoes are formal in the same way that big glasses with thick black rims can be sexy on the right girl.

My favourite dance shoes for the club are definitely skate shoes! Not quite right for formal wear, though apparently Prada makes patent leather brogue sneakers...

The OP purchased "Cali-brogues," which take chunky to a whole other level beyond Docs: steel toes and combat soles. I'm interested to know how troxel87 plans on wearing them? They definitely suggest an alternative approach to formal wear...