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Church's Dress Shoes
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Church's Dress Shoes

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English-made leather dress shoes from the heritage shoemaker Church's, known for Goodyear-welted construction.

Why it's buy-it-for-life

Listed among durable, resoleable British dress shoe brands in a crowdsourced non-US BIFL list. Considered proper buy-it-for-life footwear, with a Factory Store selling cosmetic-second pairs at a discount and the company servicing old purchases.

What redditors say

Recommended on reddit as recently as February 2025

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    Church's - UK

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    r/BuyItForLife comment

    wore them every other day for about 10 years and more infrequently since then.

  3. 2
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    Trickers and Church's do a Factory Store for 'seconds' with slight imperfections. They're proper BIFL and will service old purchases.

dress-shoes leather goodyear-welt made-in-uk

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