I am an admirer of pretty shoes. Sometimes I even buy them and wear them.
When I was young and fairly well off for a lad, I bought a pair of John Lobb penny loafers in London....when the dollar was strong gainst the sterling.
Still have them....maybe wore them twice but keep them.
Like my wife's first Manolo Blahniks from years ago....keep them...who knows....grandkids might find them intersting like an old pair of cowboy or paddock boots or Hermes riding boots would be.
Really nice shoes are sort of art...
But....now....at 47 and with mucho dependents....I wear tennies or sandals.....or loafers.....and when hunting LaCrosse grange or burlies....and Filson for my wife.... I think my only lace ups are some old Ecco suedes.