https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:43:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078864 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:35:15 +0000 unfrumped 1078864@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay is right.<br /> Suz, thanks for egging me on. I had to come to terms with the last P in PPP. I had a good plan to hold out for more variety if I could, but after awhile that was interfering with real- time functionality. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078669 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:00:21 +0000 MuseumGal 1078669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay!&nbsp; (So we've talked you into keeping them?) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078658 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 03:49:32 +0000 unfrumped 1078658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, MuseumGal, I think they're right for me for where I am right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078657 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 03:48:55 +0000 Suz 1078657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These look terrific. I am terribly tempted to say those awful words, "I told you so," but just pretend you didn't hear that, okay? &nbsp;In actual fact, I love your analogy to the college beau who turns out to be a true love.."Love's more comfortable, the second time you fall..." And with both feet on the ground and all that.&nbsp;</p> <p>Worth the investment.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078647 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 03:38:56 +0000 MuseumGal 1078647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Burgendy/oxblood may be having a trend moment right now, but really it is a classic color for oxfords and loafers.&nbsp; I don't see why these wouldn't work for several years (assuming the construction holds up).&nbsp; You want them, you love them, you will wear them.&nbsp; Do you have actual reasons for not keeping them? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078319 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:16:11 +0000 unfrumped 1078319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha. Liz, we cross-posted! they come in black! I specifically am going for these because they are <u>almost</u>&nbsp; like black but different, and that helps because even though I've got several new pairs of not-black tights, black are still easiest to work with, and I finally figured out that I don't&nbsp;even like solid&nbsp;black skirt, tights, and shoes--it is very light-sucking, which can seem flattering (can't see much detail ) but is not as interesting.<u></u> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078313 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:11:16 +0000 Liz A. 1078313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, they look great!&nbsp; Do they come in black?&nbsp; Haha I think I'm having a style crisis between burgundy and black (see my thread).&nbsp; I wonder whether black tights with burgundy footwear is ok! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078302 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:56:47 +0000 AviaMariah 1078302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love how they look with your skirt and tights. &nbsp;It sounds like you have good reason to duplicate. &nbsp;:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ready-to-duplicate-oxfords-to-aid-team-wear#post-1078287 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:31:31 +0000 unfrumped 1078287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here is a long post that speaks to pros and cons of duplicating, settling vs. practicality, late-blooming love, and shoes!</p> <p>I have (mostly) decided to semi-duplicate my Munro oxfords (another color and a half-size up!), to wear right now with dark tights and skirts mostly, &nbsp;but also with some pants.</p> <p>It’s funny, because last year when I got the bronze pair, I had ordered both colors and sent&nbsp; the burgundy back as too dark ,and also not wanting both the same. This was when I was thinking mostly sheer or sheer tinted hose and they looked so stark on my legs and was not thinking of the opaque tights much. Also—I’ll say it—I think the Munro’s can read a&nbsp; &nbsp;bit sedate, &nbsp;and thought I’d find tons of others to choose from once I started looking.</p> <p>Because my wardrobe bottoms run much more to black/gray, and especially the newer skirts, I have since&nbsp; tried loads of oxfords trying to get just the right version of some kind of gray or combo of gray,black or white, or maybe metallic if not too flashy, or a burgundy, and nothing has worked. Shoe boxes flying back and forth in the mail. I had an idea of&nbsp; slightly&nbsp; more cheeky but dressy oxford than the Munro&nbsp;&nbsp; that I would like, found some “almost’s”, but haven’t found any keepers in the right colors and comfort or fit.</p> <p>&nbsp;I have my black patent brogues which I’ve worn some with skirts,&nbsp; but I’ve found that with skirts I really prefer a slightly more slim or refined shape since I’m in size 8.5-9—the brogue can look kind of Minnie Mouse on me. But I can’t really do a pointy-toe, can’t do much heel.</p> <p><span>When&nbsp; I re-ordered these and tried them with my skirts,&nbsp;the outfits are <u>really</u> happy and confident-feeling to me--go Team Wear. Like, why did I think these would not work, last year? The comfort level is better than the VC slipper loafer, and they don’t make any noise. It has more interest than a plain black shoe, but&nbsp;is tonal&nbsp;with basic black tights, or charcoal or gray and just completes the outfit, so it just feels right for me. So I think that is &nbsp;true love, (but maybe delayed, like when you realize your college pal is your soulmate) and not just settling, &nbsp;even though ideally I would have found a different style, for more variety.&nbsp; </span></p> <p>The scenario is less rosy if these are only one-year shoes—pricey and no sale price. Two years would be &nbsp;excellent, but they (or I) might &nbsp;be so over next year, this deep into the oxford trend. Or is that the price of happiness and part of my wardrobe budget allocation plan, so that I will just cut back elsewhere? </p> <p>1 is the shoes outfit; 2 closeup; 3&nbsp;compares one Munro and one Geoxx brogue.</p> <p>What do you think? Have you looked and looked, only to end up in the same place? Did that turn out to be a mistake?</p>