# Ask the guy wearing a nice pair of brown wing-tips about love, life and his outfit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929 "2007-09-12T16:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/21 "2007-09-12T18:06:45Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] I was born wearing them… [/QUOTE] Darned uncomfortable for your mother. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/22 "2007-09-12T18:08:57Z")
[hijack] **Poetwarlord** , my sister just recently purchased a pair of women’s wingtip style slingbacks. in black. [(can be seen here)](http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/PrincessChattyCathy/?action=view¤t=IMG_0185.jpg) I wish I could tell you the brand, however, just knowing such shoes exist is helpful, right? [/end hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/23 "2007-09-12T18:17:08Z")
[QUOTE=poetwarlord] I really love mens’ shoes. (Please no Freudian jokes.) I even considered being a shoe designer for a few years. Can you describe what shade of brown they are? Medium brown like milk chocolate or dark brown like dark chocolate or really dark brown that are almost black? [/quote] Brownish-red. More brown than red. > [@](#): > > What size shoe do you wear? How wide is your foot? Do you think that wingtips only look good on guys with medium or narrow feet or on all types? Size 13, but I don’t know how wide. I’d say average width. I can’t speak for all guys, but I’d say the wingtips look damn good on my feet. > [@](#): > > What color pants usually go well with brown wingtips? Could you wear them with black, navy blue, dark gray, tan, or olive green pants? Since these aren’t strictly brown shoes (brownish-red, more brown than red), I’ve worn them with tan as well as navy pants. I imagine they’d look good with olive pants-- maybe. I question whether they’d look good with black or grey pants, though. > [@](#): > > Do you also have a pair of black wingtips? Nope. > [@](#): > > I love wingtips, and the black ones are my favorite. I’m slightly bummed out that I can’t find wingtips for women. I don’t even know if they exist. I often wear mens’ shoes though I’m a woman, and some people think I’m weird or a lesbian or both, but I’m not. Once on the subway I saw this guy wearing black wingtips with blue jeans and a white t-shirt (this was in the 90’s), and I couldn’t help but stare and stare at how great they looked. I once dated a guy that wore wingtips, and I thought they were great though I didn’t comment on it because I thought it might sound weird. Okay, maybe I am a little weird for liking mens’ shoes so much. You go with your wingtipped self. > [@](#): > > What other types of shoes do you own? Black Sketchers, white Adidas with blue stripes (two different pair). > [@](#): > > Do other people comment on your shoes? I had a co-worker recently ask where I got my black Sketchers. He said he liked them. > [@](#): > > How do these shoes affect your love life? Not so much, I would guess. Although I’m married, and have a satisfying love life, so I guess I’m doing alright for myself. But do the shoes help? Well, they don’t hurt. > [@](#): > > Do you find most women like them? Can’t say that they do. > [@](#): > > Do men ever notice your shoes or comment on them? Just that one co-worker, that I can remember. > [@](#): > > How old are you? Are wingtips more popular with an older crowd or do younger guys wear them too? I’m 32. I’m not really sure what age demo prefers the 'tips. Hell, I’m not even sure what age demo I fall into. Older crowd or younger guy? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/24 "2007-09-12T18:42:32Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Darned uncomfortable for your mother. [/QUOTE] And there’s really no way to send them back if they’re the wrong color. ---
**Author:** ![sockswsandals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@sockswsandals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sockswsandals)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/25 "2007-09-12T19:18:11Z")
A Calvinist, eh? What does your mother think of your [rock and or roll lifestyle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8897171&postcount=35)? Oh, and nice shoes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/26 "2007-09-12T19:35:03Z")
[QUOTE=sockswsandals] Oh, and nice shoes. 😃 [/QUOTE] With a user name like that, you **so** need to leave this thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sockswsandals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@sockswsandals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sockswsandals)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/27 "2007-09-12T19:53:31Z")
Touche. 😉😛 [exits stage left] ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/28 "2007-09-12T20:02:49Z")
[QUOTE=sockswsandals] A Calvinist, eh? What does your mother think of your [rock and or roll lifestyle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8897171&postcount=35)? [/QUOTE] Oh, mom’s very proud of my creative writing. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/29 "2007-09-12T20:07:52Z")
Today is H.L. Mencken’s birthday – is this something the wingtip shoe contingent celebrates in any particular way? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/30 "2007-09-12T20:14:56Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Today is H.L. Mencken’s birthday – is this something the wingtip shoe contingent celebrates in any particular way? [/QUOTE] First rule of the wingtip shoe contingent: Never talk about the wingtip shoe contingent. haha I’m just kidding. Actually that’s the second rule. The first rule is: Wear wingtip shoes. The third rule of the wingtip shoe contingent is to joke nervously while trying to avoid questions about the wingtip shoe contingent. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/31 "2007-09-12T20:19:42Z")
Why are they called wing-tipped? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/32 "2007-09-12T20:21:07Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Why are they called wing-tipped? [/QUOTE] [Answer.](http://www.modernshoe.com/maldenburgandy.gif) Because of the wing-like design at the tips. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/33 "2007-09-12T20:23:31Z")
While looking up pics of wingtips at Google images, I came across [these](http://www.sbac.edu/~morrisjw/1930-39/FadsandFashions/wingtip.jpg). Damn, those are sharp, I just don’t know where I’d ever where them. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/34 "2007-09-12T20:30:20Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] While looking up pics of wingtips at Google images, I came across [these](http://www.sbac.edu/~morrisjw/1930-39/FadsandFashions/wingtip.jpg). Damn, those are sharp, I just don’t know where I’d ever where them. [/QUOTE] Combine them with a seersucker suit and a straw boater and you’d be Leon Redbone. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/35 "2007-09-12T21:40:57Z")
[QUOTE=plnnr] Combine them with a seersucker suit and a straw boater and you’d be Leon Redbone. [/QUOTE] What I like about this guy (aside from his wingtips) is that his supposed birthname is Dickran and he changed it to Redbone. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/36 "2007-09-12T21:44:32Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] While looking up pics of wingtips at Google images, I came across [these](http://www.sbac.edu/~morrisjw/1930-39/FadsandFashions/wingtip.jpg). Damn, those are sharp, I just don’t know where I’d ever where them. [/QUOTE] Clearly, you need to join a ska band. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/37 "2007-09-12T22:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Size 13 [/QUOTE] Well hell, why didn’t you say so? How YOU doin’? ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/38 "2007-09-13T02:42:42Z")
How often do you shine those wingtips? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929/39 "2007-09-13T13:28:23Z")
[QUOTE=IrreverentTone] How often do you shine those wingtips? [/QUOTE] Only never! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-wearing-a-nice-pair-of-brown-wing-tips-about-love-life-and-his-outfit/418929.md?page=1)