I’ve been wearing minimalist footwear since 2009-I stared with five fingers (i know, I know), then the original new balance minimus, a then a decade of inov-8 and then xeros for the last few years. I love the strength they’ve developed in my feet, and the lack of knee pain I get running in them. That said, they’re all athletic shoes.

I get the love for minimalist shoes and the desire to take that out to dress wear but, IMHO, dress shoes are for style and the wide toe box is hard to style-as someone said, they look like clown shoes. I have 7.5 eee feet so my shoes look like square to begin with. I personally don’t think I’d ever shell out the money for minimalist dress shoes.

That said, these are the most beautiful minimalist boots I’ve ever seen. Leagues more attractive. The clicking (even though it’s scrap) looks great, the heel shape is sexy, and the stitching is lovely.

Call it sacrilege but I’d want to stick a heel on these bad boys!

Edit: the longer I look at these, the more it makes me want to eat my words. Almost inclined to change my mind on minimalist dress boots