https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:11:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793955 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:31:12 +0000 Greenjeans 1793955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, I've always had clarity about what I like and don't like about shoes but my pant/shoe game is weak. &nbsp;So thanks, everyone, for chiming in with the interesting and helpful details. &nbsp;</p> <p>Angie, your shoe collection and thoughtfulness about putting them together with the PPL is an inspiration.&nbsp;</p> <p>And thanks for the illustrations, verbal <i>and</i> pictorial,&nbsp;L'Abeille and Jenni! &nbsp;You've given me something to think about. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793910 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 22:28:35 +0000 Anonymous 1793910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a variety of both. &nbsp;I personally find they serve different purposes in my wardrobe. &nbsp;I tend to wear the oxfords during winter and the loafers &nbsp;in the summer. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793905 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:58:48 +0000 RobinF 1793905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would find those two pairs you have interchangeable with my wardrobe, they are both flat and I would wear them with the same bottoms. I don't think I would wear either with dresses but I like them with pants, both full length and cropped.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793816 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 15:28:43 +0000 Angie 1793816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Personally, I don't find loafers interchangeable with flat oxfords for my own style. </p> <p>Loafers are more dainty, dressy and streamlined - and often look better with my outfits than flat oxfords. Flat oxfords are more masculine, casual and maximal. See the assortment from my wardrobe.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793774 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 07:11:53 +0000 rachylou 1793774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I believe that loafers are more casual than oxfords. Even when the loafers are fancy... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793755 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 03:57:41 +0000 Jaime 1793755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are certainly outfits where one would feel more right than the other but it really depends on how many shoes you want to have and what your style goals are.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793730 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:47:19 +0000 Anonymous 1793730@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that those particular franco Sarto loafers are a bit sportier, preppier and slightly more masculine than the oxfords you show.</p> <p>I can't help with pant lengths and vamps and all that stuff because I just don't know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793717 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:27:57 +0000 Jenni NZ 1793717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, my take on this. I have gold brogues ( are they also called Oxfords? Similar style but no stitching) and gold/navy/tan loafers. I wear them for similar purposes, but I see when comparing ( pic attached) that you can see sock with one and not the other. These are my new olive pants, wear number 3. BTW I would wear fine navy socks with the loafers but they are wet having just been washed, so have put on black socks for the pic. I think both have a similar vibe but with these pants I like the deeper gold of the brogues and that is what I wore earlier this week. Not sure if this helps you. For you I do prefer the Oxfords you have ordered actually, than the loafers. Just my opinion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793664 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 17:19:13 +0000 L'Abeille 1793664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my own closet (which has a lot of loafers and oxfords both), they do fit a slightly different niche. Now that you are making me pay attention; mostly I try stuff on and go "Naah".</p> <p>If I had thought about it before, I would have pegged the oxfords as "masculine" and the loafers as "feminine" (or maybe neutral). I had orthopedic saddle shoes that I hated so much, I accidentally left them in Montreal after Expo 67. I have only fairly recently come around to wearing oxfords. I like the look with a dress or skirt (sometimes); it feels like a bit of juxtaposition. (I also think of it as a 30's or 40s look which I like to channel sometimes.) Wearing oxfords with pants feels more "masculine", in that I make an effort to put something more traditionally "feminine" in the outfit, even if it is just to wear my long hair loose rather than tied back.</p> <p>Loafers on the other hand... They look OK to me with a shirtdress, or a pleated skirt, or something else with a preppy or "librarian" vibe, but I'm less likely to wear them with an A-line dress than I am oxfords. They are my winter default with trousers for work though. Largely because stopping to tie on oxfords when I change out of my boots in the morning, and again if I go out at lunch, is a pain. </p> <p>It's entirely possible that once warm weather comes and I start wearing shoes outdoors again, I will remember all kinds of dress/skirt outfits that I like with loafers... I am fickle.</p> <p>I am one of those who has a "thing" about matching vamp height and pants length. Mostly, I like to see a discrete amount of skin (or in winter sock!) between the hem and the top of the vamp. So with full length skinnies I like ballet flats, with the top of the foot visible, but with ankle baring pants I like a higher vamp shoe. It's the same principle I guess as the wearing of booties or high-ankle-strap shoes with true crops or midi skirts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793651 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:52:00 +0000 Greenjeans 1793651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Weirder yet, I hear your point, JAileen, and don't disagree! &nbsp;Loafers have a greater range, I think, from dressy to very casual. &nbsp;</p> <p>Loving that you're diving into oxfords again. &nbsp;I, too, wore saddle shoes as a young kid &amp; am excited to try that style again. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793643 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:14:24 +0000 JAileen 1793643@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of oxfords as masculine and loafers as feminine, the opposite of you, Greenjeans. Isn't that weird?</p> <p>I used to wear loafers with skirts all the time for work. I've bought a couple pairs of oxfords recently, but until then, hadn't worn them since I was in school. I wore solid white saddle shoes from kindergarten through third grade, and then brown and taupe ones in high school. The white ones were my mother's choice, and I wore them with dresses. In high school I wore my saddle shoes with Levis. The oxfords I've bought more recently are a dark pewter and a bright bright silver. The silver ones are beautiful, and match my hair pretty well, but they feel too showy to me for some reason. The pewter ones feel more wearable to me. It's funny because I have several pairs of silver shoes that don't feel showy. I wore the pewter ones to a meeting Thursday with grey straight jeans (rolled up a bit), a chambray shirt, and my green utility jacket. I felt appropriate and up to date for once. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793640 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:01:08 +0000 Greenjeans 1793640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also, I agree wholeheartedly about color, Traci. If I could find the Franco Sartos in brown or navy leather . . . that would be something. &nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793639 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:55:02 +0000 Greenjeans 1793639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great feedback, thank you.</p> <p>Those of you with an eye for shoe-pant combos, can you say more about vamps, pant lengths and pant leg width? &nbsp;I am new to thinking about shoes and pants (it's been my way to buy one or so pairs of shoes or boots per year &amp; wear them into the ground with just about everything). But paying more attention now to what works with what and why, &amp; still learning.</p> <p>FWIW, the oxfords above feel more like me. &nbsp;They are on their way (backordered) and should arrive in a couple of weeks. &nbsp;The loafers, on the other hand, are a little outside my comfort zone, sportier than what I'd typically wear, which makes them interesting. They&nbsp;are the Franco Sartos Angie has raved about. &nbsp; I think of loafers as a more preppy, urban, masculine shoe. &nbsp;Whereas the oxfords feel more old fashioned and feminine to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793635 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:26:25 +0000 Traci 1793635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>+1 on the fussy feet comment! &nbsp;I actually need some redundancy in my shoe wardrobe because I can't wear the same shoes day after day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793625 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:33:17 +0000 unfrumped 1793625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What traci said , but also, for me it depends a lot on the exact outfits I plan to wear.<br /> Both of those have high vamps but some loafers have a lower profile vamp than those FS ones. So I can wear some loafers with pants that would not work with oxfords.<br /> Plus, I have a super- ticky eye for certain shoe- bottom combinations.<br /> I agree about considering both style and color in case you'd get more outfit out of something else instead of 2 nude flats. Yet, if the color and style are a wardrobe Essential, I might wear both a lot but trade off for my fussy feet.<br /> The best way for me to add footwear is to get it home and try on with lots of things and then be ruthless about both comfort and versatility. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793617 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 12:03:21 +0000 Anonymous 1793617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I completely agree with Traci. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793615 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 11:53:34 +0000 Traci 1793615@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it depends on how minimal you're trying to go with your wardrobe. &nbsp;If you're trying to pare down to the bare bones, I think the oxfords are the more versatile pair of shoes. &nbsp;The loafers do give a little something different to an outfit. &nbsp;I wear loafers with some dresses; I especially like the look with a shirt dress. &nbsp;To me, oxfords can work with a more delicate dress that would feel more jarring with loafers.</p> <p>I think the similar color of these two shoes makes them compete with each other too. &nbsp;Consider a loafer in a darker or brighter color, as more of a statement shoe, while the oxford will be your neutral, grounding shoe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793580 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 04:41:06 +0000 Anonymous 1793580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am like Greyscale in feeling they each have a slightly different vibe/purpose in my wardrobe. I love your choices.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793571 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 04:07:25 +0000 Greyscale 1793571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a hard time working my loafers into outfits, but I wear my oxfords all the time. So empirically, I think they don't quite fill the same niche. Now that I have more cropped pants I think it'll be easier to wear the loafers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793568 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 03:55:15 +0000 Anonymous 1793568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both oxfords and loafers usually have high vamps so serve a similar purpose. If you wear socks, they show less with oxfords. I would wear both refined oxfords and loafers with a dress and not chunky ones, but that is just my style. I like them on others. Do you regularly take your shoes off indoors? Then loafers may be the most practical choice. Oxfords would be better for narrow or low volume feet that might walk out of a slip-on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793554 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 01:48:53 +0000 Bonnie 1793554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like both of the shoes you've shown. I'd probably wear them only with pants and skirts, but I've seen others wear them with dresses and look stylish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/loafersoxfords-can-you-interchange#post-1793550 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 01:10:54 +0000 Greenjeans 1793550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are loafers and oxfords interchangeable?</p> <p>I like both shoes below very much but am wondering if they both fill the same niche.</p> <p>Can I wear loafers with a dress? &nbsp;(I think I can wear oxfords with a dress.) &nbsp;Or are they a pants-only shoe?</p> <p>On a budget and don't want to overbuy but tempted by both and not sure how they're going to work in my wardrobe. &nbsp;Could use your help articulating the difference.</p>