Strictly speaking, leather dress shoes for men only include Oxford shoes, monk buckles, and some special styles that are suitable for specific occasions. Before shoelaces were invented, men wore monk buckle shoes with buckles for formal occasions. As shown in the figure, the monk buckle is also divided into single buckle and double buckle styles.

Compared with casual leather shoes, leather dress shoes for men refer to the specified styles of leather shoes that are matched with formal wear. They belong to the category of leather shoes that are more in line with the traditional European and American dress culture. When casual leather shoes are paired with suits, they are generally semi-formal and often do not wear a tie.

Generally speaking, cloth shoes, sports shoes, and slippers cannot be matched with suits (the clothing matching of special groups such as artists and artists belongs to a special category and is not subject to conventional dressing rules).

Leather dress shoes for men are not only lace styles, they have their own fixed paradigm. Leather dress shoes for men have a variety of styles such as pointed toe, round toe and square toe, and the heel height is medium. The colors are mainly black, brown and white.

In underdeveloped countries or regions, convenient and practical strapless lazy leather shoes are often mistaken for leather dress shoes for men. In principle, leather dress shoes for men should be matched with dark socks. The length of the special suit socks reaches the calf, no matter how large the movement is, it will not "go out" to reveal the calf.