Shoes say a lot about a person. From style to colors, a guy’s pair of shoes needs to make a statement. Duke + Dexter (D+D) made a statement- more ways than one. D+D has received international recognition, selling to over 120 countries worldwide and working with reputable international retailers including Harrods, Selfridges, Nordstrom, Levels and Tsum. Our crew recently looked into their brand, shoe lineup, and styles to see if they were a “fit” for the crew. Their reputation blew us away.

For years working with big companies like Cole Haan, Allen Edmonds, and Adidas, Amberjack got got frustrated by how bleak the landscape of dress shoes had become. They recognized that work is changing, technology is advancing, and yet the dress shoes we all were told to wear- were as outdated as cassette tapes. Amberjack knew they wanted to create something new- so they did and boy, are they jump over a couch worthy…

If you do anything on your feet-and we mean ANYTHING, wouldn’t you like to have the BEST shoes to get the job done while getting the job done? Yeah- we want the good too folks, that is why we called Dibbs on Snibbs and tried their shoes that were engineered by a top orthopedic surgeon-Dr. Snibbe.

We dig shoes. In fact, we are sort of finicky when it comes to what we put on our feet (or our feet in rather). So, when we searched the ends of the outerwebs trying to find a comfortable sneaker that was made with durable, quality, and legit craftsman ship we stumbled across a shoes brand that did just that: taos.

If you google what most shoes are made out of, you’d find materials such as leathers, textiles, synthetics, rubber, foam, and plastic. Sounds comfy AF right? Something to be aware of in 2021- shoes can be made from more than the traditional factory produced methods. Shocker, we know. In fact, the team at Baabuk found that hundreds of years ago, shepherds had no escape from the elements so they created a tightly woven wool fabric called burel.

Our duuude crew loves socks and wanted to take a dive into a fresh pair from our friends over at Sky Outfitters (formally Sky Footwear) to see if they take us to the moon and back (sorry lame joke). We grabbed a hold of a few pairs and have it the ultimate test: we wore them….with shoes.