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The 16 Best Dress Sneakers for Every Budget and Occasion
It's time to ditch those uncomfortable oxfords.
IT'S REALLY time to start dressing up again, with your tailored blazers and pants, shoes, button-downs, and whatnot. But should you need some tips on how to not look boring in formal attire, we recommend taking full advantage of the lines between casual and dressy which are now more blurred than ever, and opt for the smartest, most foolproof way of laid-back formal attire—sporting dress sneakers.
These sharp, snazzy sneakers that look like dress shoes go with (literally) everything; they can spiff up a casual outfit or freshen up a suit-and-tie ensemble. For occasions where the dress code is more forgiving, dress sneakers for men often turn up to be the most versatile choice of footwear—they blend with suiting or tailored trousers as seamlessly as they fit in with more easygoing getups, looking swell from the green course to the bar to a dinner party. So if you’re in a shoe rut, dress sneakers can offer the quickest, most comfortable, and most failsafe fix for rounding out any smart casual fits.
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Below are the 16 best dress sneakers for men, from monotone leather low-tops to hybrid dress shoes, for every budget. If you're aiming to look more stately, pair something like Cole Haan’s Wingtip Oxford with your dress shirt and dress pants. For a more casual vibe, throw on jeans, chinos, or quite frankly anything you're comfortable in with suede sneakers. Whatever style your occasion demands, these 16 sleek pairs of dress sneakers for men below can polish off any look.
Maverick Li is the Style & Commerce Editor of Men’s Health, where he covers clothing, footwear, watches, and grooming. He was previously the Assistant Commerce Editor at Esquire.
As Men's Health's Deputy Editor, Commerce, Christian Gollayan oversees all shopping content on menshealth.com. He relocated back to New York by way of Portland, where he was the Associate Managing Editor at TheManual.com. Christian's work has also been featured in InStyle, Food & Wine, the New York Post, and Tatler Asia.
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