Reading thru, now realised that I'm on fashion shoes all these while.. LoL..
couldnt bring me to like church coz it seems so daddy-like.. will check out the others.. thanks for bringing up this old thread back to life..
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You wouldn't go wrong with any of the brands mentioned by ivan..... Personally, i started off with two Loakes bought from Plal, then accumulated nearly a dozen of dress shoes over the years..... Mostly Ballys and English shoes.... >5 Ballys, 3 Church's and a Handgrade Crockett & Jones... All of my dress shoes except for one have one thing in common, ie. Goodyear welted.... Imho, none of the Ballys or Church's that i owned can match the craftsmanship and the leather quality of the Handgrade C&J...
I've tried JL and EG, they are of course better quality then the Handgrade CJ or the Church's, but i feel at the price of more than 5k - almost doubled the price, i find it very hard to comprehend - a point of diminishing return!
And, Church's has been expanding their line of late after Prada's takeover..... So u have more choices nowadays and not just the 'uncle' collection.... That said, that's one of the main reason why most of the shoe snob hate Church's these days....for the fear that they are becoming more of a fashion brand instead of a pure shoemaker!