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A useful rotation is three jobs, not a closet of similar pairs: something you can walk and stand in, something that handles wet ground if your climate needs it, and something that meets a dress code. Leather needs a day off. Looks are not mileage.
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The argumentA practical shoe rotation is a set of jobs, not a set of aesthetics. You need a pair that stays comfortable for the hours you are actually on your feet, a pair that can take wet or slick ground if your weather demands it, and a pair that meets the most formal setting you regularly enter, plus enough rest time that leather can dry. A shoe that looks like it could do everything is not a rotation if it hurts at minute sixty or cannot be resoled.
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