https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 13 May 2026 23:12:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867690 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:59:28 +0000 Molly L-R 867690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the Nayas, but I'm a sucker for heeled shoes that do up with a ribbon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867526 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:09:35 +0000 DonnaF 867526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz et al: Tongue pads are just another doo hickey that has peel off paper and then you stick them to the underside of a shoe tongue. I have some old ones lying around. You can probably pick them up at Target, Payless Shoes, drug stores, and other places that sell shoe petals, heel grips, and all those other doodads we stick in our shoes in an effort to make them more comfortable and wearable. Sometimes they stick, and sometimes not so well. I have concluded that doodads never work as well as shoes that fit perfectly. But for me, that's a rarity and like finding Mr. Right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867517 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:00:53 +0000 unfrumped 867517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is my dilemma entirely. You all are helping me think through it. It may not be possible to do the different outfits with one pair of shoes. In that case the budget has to reckon with it. Or think outside the box more. Different footwear solutions or more limited disciplined outfits and let others lie. Or a combination. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867507 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:51:24 +0000 Suz 867507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I much prefer the AGLs, especially with skirts. But if the comfort factor isn't there, back they must go. I think you could go cooler and lighter in tone for wearing with skirts/ dresses, and it might not be possible to find a shoe that works equally well with the khaki and with dresses, given your skin tone. So you might just need two pairs of shoes. (How's that for enabling?) </p> <p>I am very intrigued by this tongue pad Donna speaks of. I have never heard of it, but it is something I suspect I also require! I am wondering if it might solve a problem I have with my Doc Marcies. Donna, if you are still there, what is a tongue pad? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867461 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:01:03 +0000 hedgiehog 867461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually like the AGLs. I like the way they look with trousers and the pencil skirt but I'm on the fence with Parsley about the full skirt in #3. Maybe I'm just not fashion forward enough... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867315 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:41:42 +0000 Kalli 867315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No point in buying super expensive shoes unless they are the holy grail one! I say keep looking but at least with the Naya it's less pricey, so you are willing to trade off more. I still think you can do better though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867294 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:16:14 +0000 DonnaF 867294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FWIW, I think the AGL seaming looks like it could be irritating to a bunion. . .Both colors look warm to me, but maybe that's my monitor. You can always use a tongue pad if you can't lace your shoes up tight enough.</p> <p>Finding the perfect shoe is like finding Mr. Right. Usually, it will be Mr. Wright instead. At least you needn't be monogamous with shoes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867288 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:08:35 +0000 Parsley 867288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really love the AGLs. Isn't it awful to always love the super-expensive ones? But the Nayas are nice, too. I'm not too crazy about either of them with skirts, particularly with the outfit in #3. Maybe I'm just slow to come around to that style, though. I do really like them with pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/agl-vs-naya-oxfords-and-my-real-life#post-867279 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:58:17 +0000 unfrumped 867279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am on the oxford bandwagon because it combines updating with a type of shoe my feet like. Thought I would post some photos in case others are looking for similar.</p> <p>I was in the market for something like a “summer oxford” but with some ambivalence on my wardrobe focus. I want to wear them with shorts and summer skirts as an alternative to open-toe sandals, but also would like to wear them with pants in khaki-colors. The more nude the color, the better with bare, pale legs (which are not for work), but a bit warmer color works better with some pants I have in khaki colors, which I do wear to work. Also, while colored soles or trims are fun, they would limit me for work.</p> <p>The Naya oxford took me awhile to get because I had to re-order downsized. At the same time I had a mental lapse or something and ordered the AGL oxford . </p> <p>#1 is my feet with one of each shoe--Naya on true left foot.</p> <p>#2 is the AGL with lace skirt. The AGL is lovely and more refined and mostly quite comfortable, but actually may not fit as well as I’d like. It’s good for my mostly narrow feet but may not be as wide as I need right through the bunion zone. I believe it will “give” but that may not be a good thing if molds around foot shape there. Aslo the color while paler may skew more yellow than ideal (see, I can find things wrong!) I also have the sense that this shoe is less tolerant of looking the least bit scuffed or broken-in and so feels too “precious” for my purpose and my budget for this item. Or I might feel too protective to enjoy them.</p> <p># 3 is a different skirt--problems with that outfit BTW but it shows the Naya still with the ribbon laces, which I would like to replace. The fit is better through the widest part of my foot. Of note is that both pairs, even the narrower AGL, have to be laced to almost overlapping which is not ideal but is true for many oxfords I try. It is darker but works better with pants.<br /> #4 is a color pants I'd wear and ideally in different style.</p> <p>I also tried on a Cole-Hahn in their store when out in CA last week. It fit pretty well, was chunkier for skirts but fine with pants, and one of my concerns was the buff one, which was the one I’d get, had orange soles, which are fun but are less versatile for the price. </p> <p>At 1/3 the cost of the AGL, and for not being a true “work” workhorse, I think I may go with the Naya. I could try the taupe version if I have the patience to deal with returning. It seemed not as much in my summer color palette as the more golden colors but would be a paler color. </p> <p>Or I could keep looking. I could also use a much more inexpensive Naya-looking shoe just for skirts/shorts but haven't seen one I like. I was also on the lookout for a more summery low-heeled oxford that isn't black, but goes with black pants, but isn't too attention-getting--maybe a subtle 2-tone and not a super-snappy colorblock.</p> <p>This was an interesting "exercise". The AGL is not as likely to be a feel-good purchase for me unless it's a workhorse shoe and would hold up to several years of wear ( and bring me breakfast in bed and do my laundry).</p> <p>Anybody else trying to get all of their "wants" in one shoe? </p>