Wingtip Shoes - Raven Black

People’s Perception of You - Within the first 5 to 8 seconds, whether you like it or not, people’s intuition creates a perception about you before you even speak a word. It’s a thing. Studies prove that shoes actually communicate what you value, how you value yourself and what you’re like. This study in the Journal of Research in Personality tells about how when people solely saw photographs of shoes, they made shockingly accurate guesses about the wearer’s income level, age and personality. This Psychology Today study was similar. Your appearance gets the conversation started. Your intentions and knowledge keep it going. “Shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice. Wear nice shoes.”

Built On Orthopedic Principles - Though these are not technically “orthopedic”, an orthopedic surgeon told me last week that if only orthopedic surgeons knew about these, they would always recommend them to their patients because patients always ask what kind of shoes to wear. A lot of our customers say their foot, knee, hip and back pain went away after wearing our shoes and boots for a few months. That’s what happened to me too.

• Wide Toe Box Benefits 
        ○ Feet get healthy because toes aren’t constrained and can splay out with each step
        ○ Toes get strong by balancing more
        ○ Wider toe box means a more stable stance 
        ○ Stops the ankle from rolling your weight too far before your toes push off for the next step.
• ABSOLUTELY NO Arch Support or Padding - The arch and ankles stay strong when the arch extends and contracts all day for exercise. Padding and arch support both stop the arch from moving much and so it weakens. And that puts a lot of the body out of alignment. 
• Straight Inner Line - Our toe box shape is straight along the big toe so it naturally stays in line with the bones of the foot instead of being pushed inward with a fashionable toe pinching shape, which causes bunions and weakens the arch.
• Our Twisted Shape - Encourages feet to roll (pronate) and launch off at just the right time for the next step instead of overpronating or underpronating.
• Flexible Sole - So toes can move and flex to stay strong.
• Low Heel - Walking barefoot is the best option, but if you are a normal person, then you need to wear shoes. Our heel height is what Dr. Munson and his shoe board calculated as in the healthy range for musculoskeletal health and great biomechanical function. It worked perfectly for hundreds of millions of soldiers from 1912 to 1970.

• Not hot and sweaty, because leather breathes and regulates temperature
• Stinky bacteria grows on synthetics, but our shoes smell like leather for decades. You can even rewear the same socks several times, but don’t volunteer that information to strangers or to your wife. 
• No synthetics to leach off warm and moist chemicals that the feet absorb into your blood system

Up Your Confidence - The theory of Enclothed Cognition says that wearing certain types of shoes can affect our confidence levels, behavior and even thinking abilities and it starts from the ground up. 

When someone puts on a pair of quality leather shoes, they feel more powerful and you’ll often see their demeanor change instantly. They stand taller, move with intention and ooze with self confidence. That transformation happened to me and it’s one of the most compelling reasons why high quality shoes matter so much. “Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.”

Wingtips have decorative broguing that originated as functional perforations for country walking shoes in the U.K. Today they're more expressive. They tend to communicate creativity, sociable, more fashion forward with a dash of fun. People drawn to wingtips often work in sales, marketing, consulting, design, academia or in any profession where relationships and individuality matter.

1. “Good shoes take you good places.”
2. “You are either in your bed or in your shoes, so it pays to invest in both.”
3. “Quality shoes don’t just support your feet — they support your presence.”
4. “The difference between walking in and owning the room might just be your shoes.”
5. “The right shoes speak louder than words.”
6. “Shoes are a silent introduction. They speak before you do.”
7. “A man’s shoes are the first thing a woman notices.”
8. “What you put on your feet tells the world where you've been and where you think you're going.”
9. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” - Mark Twain
10. My favorite “Never touch another man’s shoes” - Julian Imrie