Had I to do it over, I probably wouldn't have ordered these Oxford shoes. There are many more higher-quality, nicer-looking shoes than these on the market. It's not that they're horrible shoes by any means. It was the picture of them on Amazon with the perforated tips that reeled me in. I thought that look gave them some flair compared to similar ones I own. But I wasn't as enamored with the tiny holes in these shoes when I saw them in person.

The shoes arrived with closed lacing (shoelaces under the vamps), which I hate. After restringing them, I noticed the shoelaces don't pull in very tightly, leaving a good deal of space between the shoes and my feet. These shoes are sized at 10-1/2 but feel larger on my narrow feet.

Going back to the shoes' style, they have a hard feel and plastic look that you can tell is not real leather. One of the bullets on Amazon lists them as "synthetic," and that's an apt description. Perhaps I'm being overly picky because there's nothing inherently wrong with these shoes. There are just so many better dress shoes than these on the market.

They have fairly pointy toes and a clodhopping sound when you're walking down a tiled hallway. The shoes do appear to be durable and should last a long time. I walked from my parking lot to my office in rain and over rocks and on gravel for a solid week, and they don't look any worse for wear. They may not have the best look and design (in my opinion), but they are constructed well.

You can wear these shoes with suits and nice-looking khakis. Despite my complaints about these shoes, they are definitely on the dressier side. They're priced economically and, admittedly, do have some style. Overall, though, I don't like them nearly as much as other brown shoes I own.