men's dress shoe problems - man always scuffsdamages dress shoes - how to prevent shoe damage hi! i'm antonio centeno, the founder of realmen real style. today, i'm going to be answering the question, "how can i stop scuffing mydress shoes?" if you haven't already, please subscribe tomy youtube channel. by doing that, these videos
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awesome and you should check it out. this is the question that came in. "keepingmy shoes clean and in shape is my biggest style problem. i don't know what it is, buti always seem to scuff up my shoes and run them down. as a result, i've started usingcheaper brands in anticipation of simply replacing them. do you have any tips or pointers thati could use? thank you." all right, so this is an interesting questionbecause this guy is having such a problem that he's decided, "well, i'm scuffing upthese shoes anyway. i might as well just get the cheap brand," and really i think he'sheading in the wrong direction. my advice would actually be to upgrade. now, i don'tknow exactly, he didn’t tell me exactly
what brand he started with, but i'm assumingthat he's -- let's say he's in the $75 to $100 dress shoe range, so maybe bostoniansor something like that. it's a decent shoe, but it is not an allen edmonds or an aldenor a church's. those are shoes that you can expect to spend $300 to $600 a pair. a lot of guys, we're used to sneaker prices,so for us, "i would never pay that." well, you would pay that amount of money if youunderstood the value you're getting with a pair of allen edmonds, and i know allen edmondsright here in wisconsin. those are the uppers and that's the top part of the dress shoe.that's going to last you 30 to 40 years if you take care of it. you polish it. you keepit. you don't let water and moisture build
up in there. these things are going to lastfor almost ever. the other great part is whenever the heelof the shoe starts to fall apart, you simply send it back to the factory, and yes, it'sgoing to cost you a hundred bucks, but they will almost rebuild you a brand new shoe.it's going to be your old shoe, but it's going to be like new again, and this is an awesomedeal. for men that are on their feet and understand that shoes are one of the first things thatpeople, when they look you up and down, they take a second to look at your shoes and it'sa huge factor. just ask anyone. it's something that they notice and they look on the manand they make very interesting decisions based on what he has on his feet.
okay, so you're asking, "well, how is thatgoing to help? i'm spending more money, so am i going to be wasting more money?" no,because when you upgrade, you get better leathers. you get a better build. you're going to makesure to work with a salesman at a shoe store who knows and can help you get those firstpair because he's going to help you not only with -- most of us are used to, "okay, i'ma 9" or "i'm a 9 â½" or "i'm an 11 â½". we're not used to actually widths on shoes, andhe's going to help you find the right width. so whenever you upgrade to a higher end shoe,they can also adjust on a lot of the higher ends the actual arch as well. so you're goingto get a better fitting shoe, one that is much more comfortable because actually it'sgoing to come closer to being the ideal fit
on your foot. and because the shoe feels better, it fitsbetter and you're going to walk better. i don't know if you're dragging your feet operhaps you're just being a bit more clumsy. maybe the shoes you're wearing right now,there's just too much heel down there. the heel is too clunky or perhaps the styles are,but if you go work with a good salesman -- and these guys usually work at places where they'reselling allen edmonds or alden or other higher end brands -- he will help you find the style.just let him know what your problems are and it could be just simply what you're wearing. i know when i wear work boots, i trip overthings quite a bit more because my work boots,
they've got steel toes. they're heavy workboots and i'm just not used to work -- well, i don't wear them every single day, so yes,i'm not used to it. i used to work in construction, but the point i'm getting at is they're goingto help you find the right style, the right size, exactly what you need. and when you upgrade to a higher quality,you get so much more than just the looks. you also have a wider variety of styles. soif you're scuffing the top of your shoe, he's going to help you choose colors because atthe end of the day, you cannot stop -- everybody scuffs their shoes, even kings or princes.look at their footwear that they've been wearing for 20 or 30 years.
that's actually -- gosh, i can't rememberthe exact print, but they know that he's owned this certain pair of shoes because there'sa certain scuff mark. yes, there are people that track this stuff in the photos. i don'treally track it, but i just thought it was an interesting comment how you could actuallysee how people become attached to their shoes and they love them even when they start pickingup those little dents, those little cuts. and to me, that's what gives the shoes a bitof character. you may not be able to completely polish itout, but you could definitely make it so that it's very hard to notice, and that's anotherthing you're going to want to do, is make sure to shine, to clean, to polish your shoesmore often especially that polishing wax.
i mean, the cream and the conditioner, that'sgreat, but it's going to be that top layer, that polishing wax that whenever you scuffthem or you rub them against something, it actually is going to rub off that wax layerand not get into the leather, so that's another thing that you're going to want to turn itinto a habit, and you will whenever you start spending more money on shoes because you'regoing to realize that you're just more careful. it's like driving a higher end car. i rememberthe first time i drove a really high-end car. i was incredibly careful when i was drivingthat vehicle because i knew the value of it. with lower end shoes, you treat them likelower end shoes, so i don't think that's where you want to go. that's all i have. again,find a salesman that can help you out. these
guys understand shoes. they'll be able tolook at your feet and they will be able to find you the right pair for your needs bothprofessional and personal. if you've got a question about men's style,you know where to go, mensstyleqa.com, great website. i've got it going. we've alreadygot a couple hundred questions and answers there, and we are paying attention to this.youtube comments, i love seeing you guys in the comments down below when i try to getdown there, but if you comment on this video and it's already a month, a couple monthsold, very unlikely that i'm going to be able
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it. okay, guys, i'll see you in the next video.bye-bye.
