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25-30 range. I work in SF's financial district. I used to wear cheaper dress shoes $50-150 and they hurt my feet and broke down after daily use over a matter of months. Now, I have much higher quality and grade dress shoes made using Good-year or hand-welted methods. They should all last me 10+ years. To put it in perspective, the leather quality on the best Jordans or sneakers out there is piss-poor compared to these. SBB or any remastered leather can't even compare to the leather on these. Not even those $400+ lux Jordans have the kind of leather these do. They are taken from the best tannery's across Europe and made in Spain, Italy, England, Hungary, etc.How old are you guys to need that many pair of dress shoes?
The craftsmanship, hand-made methods used on these shoes, quality of leather that is sourced and the time-consuming methods deployed all contribute to the prices exceeding $350-500. They aren't "mass-produced" (to various extents) and priced based on limited quantity and demand/hype like sneakers are. Especially, re-sale sneakers. The suede quality or build on a Yeezy 750 just doesn't compare to that of a Crockett & Jones or Edward Green shoe. Anyways, sneakers and dress/formal shoes are completely different markets. It is what it is.
I have a feeling there is a large range of ages on here from teens to young adults to older cats approaching 40.
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