I bought these to wear to the executive level floor at work and they definitely fit in in terms of looks. Very sleek looking, pretty comfortable overall as far as dress shoes go anyways. The laces are starting to crap out a little bit at this point getting really "crinkly" and I feel like one day down the road they will probably break during tightening. Great value though I think they were around 40 bucks or something, but compared to some of the other shoes ($80-$120) they are great. I bought them trying to avoid spending $100+ dollars on a shoe and would have been happy getting 6 months out of them. It's been 4 months now and they are still going strong so I am happy with them overall and I think they will last quite a long time.