For Every Day: The Shoe You Can Wear Anywhere

There's no such thing as one pair of shoes you can wear everywhere, all the time, with tuxedos and track pants. We've looked, and trust us, they just don't exist. What we have found, though, is one pair of shoes that you can wear almost everywhere: these chestnut-brown derbies from the undisputed champion of Swiss footwear, Bally. Their versatility owes to a few key features: their rich color (a dark brown beats black for versatility any day), their simple design (the derby style and the rounded toe, as smooth and refined as the St. Louis Arch), and their polished calfskin patina traveling farther and wider than pretty much anything else around. Consider them the skeleton key to your closet and wear them with care. Because most other shoes aren't nearly as versatile. Not nearly as versatile at all.