11 Office Casual Shoes Built for Standing Desks

By Liza Corsillo.

If you're a sneaker head whose job requires non-athletic footwear, proper leather soled dress shoes may not cut it for you. Luckily, the shoe world has a compromise. The most comfortable lace-up dress shoes right now feature sleek leather and suede uppers combined with buoyant crepe or lug soles. The built in shock absorption makes these office friendly men's shoes easier to break in, more comfortable for a longer period of time, and better in inclement weather (crepe and lug soles have better traction). So this spring, when rain is a constant threat, reach for a pair of black, brown, or navy lace ups with a comfier, grippier bottom. Here are eleven pairs we'd like to buy right now:

This story originally appeared on GQ.

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