Talk:Oxford shoe

Photographs

A collection of photographs should be added, demonstrating exactly what is meant by an Oxford shoe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andorin (talk • contribs) 16:06, 2007 December 28 (UTC)

Untanned leather

"made of untanned leather?" how can this be? if it is leather, it has been tanned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.234.42.58 (talk) 01:21, 2006 August 7 (UTC)

Richelieu

Perhaps you should mentioned also that we call Oxford shoes, "Richelieu" also. In France, this is the term adequate to describe these types of shoes. (LaraJaneL (talk) 16:51, 24 October 2010 (UTC))

Mentioned in O Henry's story ?

From "A tempered wind":

We had to have a young lady assistant to help us work this graft; and I asked Buck if he knew of one to fill the bill.

"One," says I, "that is cool and wise and strictly business from her pompadour to her Oxfords. No ex-toe-dancers or gum-chewers or crayon portrait canvassers for this."

Do Oxfords = Oxford shoes here? A redirect "Oxfords"->"Oxford shoes" could be made then. CopperKettle (talk) 17:24, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Found them at Wiktionary; will redirect. CopperKettle (talk) 17:29, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

in the U.S., Balmoral is synonymous with Oxford, and is the more generally used name

Balmoral is the more generally used name in the US? I live in the US and I've never heard the term, whereas Oxfords is quite common. You could check out a few online US-based shoe stores and see that many will have sections for Oxfords, but for Balmorals? Not so much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.80.221.34 (talk) 06:33, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Here in the U.S. the term "Oxfords" is different that described in Wikipedia. --Daringest (talk) 02:12, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps it also should be mentioned that brown or black Oxfords are part of a British Army officers barrack and service dress? --Panzer71 (talk) 20:01, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

[...]in the U.S., "Balmoral" is synonymous with "Oxford", while "Oxford" is often used to refer to any "dressy" style of shoe, [...]

The terms Balmoral, Derby and Blucher are hardly used here in the U.S. Oxford is used to refer to a low shoe (not 3/4 height or boot) with laces over the instep. Not all "dressy" styles of shoes are called an Oxford, because slip-on shoes and loafers aren't oxfords. And, not only "dressy" styles of shoes are called Oxfords because low-top lace-up sneakers(athletic shoes) are also called Oxfords. The shoe styles Oxford, Derby, Blucher etc. described in Wikipedia articles seem to be British definitions and very different to American definitions. --Daringest (talk) 02:12, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

No, here in the U.S., "oxford" and "derby" mean exactly what Wikipedia says they mean (i.e. closed lacing vs. open lacing, respectively); the problem is that few Americans understand the difference, and retailers freely use the term "oxford," even when it's inaccurate, presumably because they know that people will shell out more $ for it. I once criticized Allen Edmonds (one of the most prominent American shoe companies) for selling a derby on Amazon and calling it an oxford. I was voted down repeatedly by people who didn't have the foggiest idea of what I was talking about.--72.94.172.49 (talk) 06:52, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

"Mincing"?

This term smacks of homophobia to me. I'm not 100% though, so I'm throwing it out there rather than editing. Ride the Hurricane (talk) 06:02, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

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Wrong page linked as German version of the article

The link to the German article links to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_(Schuh) , an article on a shoe model that is, as far as I can tell, unrelated. In my opinion it should instead link to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_(Schuh). --2A00:8A60:E00E:1138:B896:F01E:CA8F:8CF1 (talk) 15:28, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

قمیت

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Evening Oxford shoe picture

If an Oxford shoe is particularly characterised by closed lacing, with the lace eyelet under the leather, why is a shoe with the eyelet on top of the leather used as an example? Should we look for another picture? 90.205.22.33 (talk) 08:56, 29 March 2023 (UTC)