OAKA Modern Dress Shoes

If, like us here at The Coolector, you often find yourself on the lookout for footwear capable of straddling the smart/casual line expertly, you’ll likely be aware it’s often not easy to find brands that fit into this bracket. Well, we’ve just found a first-class example of one that does in the shape of OAKA and their great-looking lineup of modern dress shoes for men. Priced at $165 and available in two different colours – Ash Grey and Ink Black – this is the sort of travel dress shoe we can get behind.

OAKA is really endeavouring to shake things up in the world of footwear after a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign and they aim to redesign the dress shoe from the ground up fixing all of the issues that they hated about its current form in order to improve health, mobility, and comfort. An admirable endeavour indeed. And we’re pleased to report that their dress shoes deliver expertly on all three fronts and for any man after a pair of stylish and functional dress shoes, these are a no-brainer.

One of the first things OAKA did in order to revolutionise men’s dress shoes was to develop a shoe mould that gives the typical dress shoe look from the outside but in fact is actually a faux heel derived from special cutouts allowing your foot to stay flat to the ground when on the move. Their first-class footwear also has a zero-drop inner sole that allows you to walk as if you were barefoot rather than with an unhealthy heel strike.

Comfort is key with the Modern Dress Shoes from OAKA and this is something achieved through the use of flexible materials. The whole shoe is soft and flexible and has been designed that way for enhanced day-to-day comfort and foot mobility. This classy piece of footwear will rapidly become your favourite travel shoe whether it’s through the airport or to the office.

So far as the materials are concerned, the upper on the OAKA dress shoe is crafted from flyknit fibres that help reduce production waste compared to more traditional cut-and-sew manufacturing processes so this the sort of footwear that doesn’t just look good but you can also feel good about wearing it. Another key feature of this footwear is the fact that they are anti-slip through a hidden open tread outer sole and a slip-on, a decision take because, for the most part, laces are annoying, but also for speed. Last but not least, the OAKA Dress Shoe is machine washable making them ready for any adventure.

buy now from oaka | $165