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Saddle shoes are also considered as formal leather footwear. There are various types for different lifestyles.

Saddle shoes are two-toned formal leather footwear. These are white shoes with a colored saddle across the center of the shoe. The color is usually white and black. The toe and back of it are white. It can be worn by both men and women, in different styles. It ranges from ultra high platforms to golf cleats.

This type of shoes has these features:
- Vamp
- Instep
- Throat
- eyelets and
- Tongues are black in color.

The vamp and in-step are shaped like a saddle in the center. A matching black strip runs on the back of the shoe heel. Some saddle shoes have a buckle on top of the black strip. These saddle shoes’ sole consists of different “low heeled” sole that has a coral coloration. Saddle shoe manufacturers have made saddle shoes in different color combinations and designs. Saddle shoes are versatile that it can match any wardrobe.

Saddle shoes were first sold in1906. They were first worn by boys. Girls started wearing them during the 1920s. But during the 50s, these shoes were usually worn by women with:
• poodle skirt
• white blouse and
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Men’s Saddle Shoes

Shoes have always been the part and parcel of fashion since ages and always enhanced the personality of any individual. One such shoe is saddle shoe; this shoe got its name due to the vamp and instep of the shoe which take the shape of the saddle in the center. The shoes are formal leather footwear normally with two tones of black and white. Combinations of other colors are also available. The shoe with black and white coloration mostly has black leather on the middle part vamp, instep, throat, eyelets and tongue and white on the toe and the back. Other color combinations like tan shoes with brown and white shoes with red are also in vogue. Saddle shoes are worn by both men and women considered as a style statement with various styles from golf cleats to ultra high platforms.

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