Quote Originally Posted by christian View Post
I would have assumed you'd walked away because it invariably looks like a python who's dined on a muntjak, especially on men of smaller stature. And that you'd appreciate the rakish asymmetry of the FIH. (BTW, I have no idea what size you are, but I reckon you're not 6'4", 215, since we're on a men's eating disorder and pushbike forum.)

BTW, it isn't that rubber soled shoes lack class, it's that if you're looking for classic shoes in a sensible last which will keep for a long time, you end up with leather soles by default. I'm not suggesting that everyone needs a closet full of Alden shell cordovan, but rubber soled shoes are pretty much by definition disposable. Those JMs do look fine for rubber soled shoes, but $205 would get you a pair of AE McClain seconds from the Shoe Bank and I think that's a wiser investment. I have no issue with overshoes/galoshes, either though.
Rubber soled shoes are resoleable too, at least the ones I have had are. As a New Yorker I definitely stash the good stuff during bad weather days (and many other days just because) and am perfectly happy with the rubber soled cole haans on such occasions.