For me, it's my brown-and-white saddle shoes.  Because they're saddle shoes.

Favorite non-saddle shoes?  My Doc Martens...the ones with all the bits of dried cement and the gaping holes.  They're just right.                   

                     Saddle shoes rock! Don't EVER talk to me if you're wearing Blyers or ANY dance shoe!                   

                     Wingnut..in my mind they've become to represent a stand-offish "look at me I took dance classes" attitude that I frankly, cannot jive with. They are the "look at me I know how to dance" shoe. Noting is worse than calliing that kinda dork attitude to ones self. Sorry, my 2 cents.                   

                     

Wingnut..in my mind they've become to represent a stand-offish "look at me I took dance classes" attitude that I frankly, cannot jive with. They are the "look at me I know how to dance" shoe. Noting is worse than calliing that kinda dork attitude to ones self. Sorry, my 2 cents.

That's funny because I remember being at a dance and someone said exactly the same thing but about saddle shoes (or rather co-respondant shoes we Brits call 'em).                   

                     Those Character shows *do* rock.
As far as the Bleyer debate goes, Get over it!
People are going to have an elitist attitude regardless of the shoes they wear.
Perhaps if people spent less time staring at the floor, and spent more time dancing and having a good time, the shoes worn by others would be a non-issue.
I own/wear out Capezios, Bleyers, original 50's Saddles, some clunky things from early 90's Payless, NineWest slingbacks etc etc...
and I don't think that the nights I strap on my swivels that I am a snot to be avoided...                   

                     I have a pair of Charlestons.  I chose this style, as I already have a few pairs of boring black dress shoes in my closet.  So why would I want to buy more of the same?

http://www.dancestore.com/1charleston.html

What *bugs* me about these shoes is that I am having a very hard time keeping the resin soles slick.   :x   Ever since the bottoms started to stick to the floor, I cannot get the slickness back.  Washing them with soap and water doesn't help, and rubbing baby powder on them only keeps them slick for about twenty minutes of dancing.  These shoes are only a couple of months old.

Moleskin?  What is moleskin.  Would it work?

Honestlly,  I love the Bleyers look,  but the soles are crap.  My suggestion would be to avoid the white soles at all costs.  :x                   

                     

Wingnut..in my mind they've become to represent a stand-offish "look at me I took dance classes" attitude that I frankly, cannot jive with. They are the "look at me I know how to dance" shoe. Noting is worse than calliing that kinda dork attitude to ones self. Sorry, my 2 cents.

Funny you should mention that--Saturday night, a group of us went to a new spot for dancing--and it was a ballroom crowd. Awful clothes, dance shoes, and all moving around the floor as stiffly as wedding cake toppers. All were executing by-the-book ballroom steps, and were going about it with the grim determination that squelched any and all semblance of enjoyment. They were basically the dungeons-and-dragons nerds of the dance world. If it ain't fun, and you're not getting paid, why do it??                   

                     

Funny you should mention that--Saturday night, a group of us went to a new spot for dancing...

Where?  Besides the ballroom geeks, was it any good?