The closing meeting is much like a first date: Stride into the room, and the first things they'll notice are your winning personality...and your shoes. Why run the risk of undoing the deal by donning a pair of desultory loafers? These high-end Oxfords will help ensure that you've got a leg (or two) up on the competition.

These days, Oxfords are widely considered conservative footwear. But that wasn't always the case. Indeed, two centuries ago, the Oxonian, a half-boot that served as the Oxford shoe's direct ancestor, was adopted by those longhairs at Oxford as a rebellion of sorts against restrictive knee- and ankle-high boots. (Down with, uh, fascist footwear?) So regardless of the slightly problematic reality that you are, in fact, the man, you can share in that revolutionary spirit with a pair of A. Testoni Oxfords in black crocodile.

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