Editing Slip-on shoe (section)

{{Short description|Type of low, lace-less shoe}}
{{Redirect|Loafer}}
'''Slip-ons''' are typically low, lace-less [[dress shoe|shoes]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Moisa |first=Dan D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TN3LEAAAQBAJ&dq=Slip-ons+are+typically+low,+lace-less+shoes&pg=PA204 |title=MEN'S UNIQUE STYLE |date=2023-07-18 |publisher=Dumitru Danut Moisa |pages=204 |language=en}}</ref> The style which is most commonly seen, known as a '''loafer''', '''slippers''', or '''penny loafers''' in American culture, has a [[moccasin (footwear)|moccasin]] construction. One of the first designs was introduced in London by [[Wildsmith Shoes]], called the Wildsmith Loafer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theholbornmag.com/2013/08/30/qa-chay-cooper-wildsmith-shoes/|title=Q&A, Chay Cooper, Wildsmith Shoes|date=30 August 2013|website=theholbornmag.com|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> They began as casual shoes, but have increased in popularity to the point of being worn in America with [[business suit]]s. Another design was introduced as Aurlandskoen (the [[Aurland]] Shoe) in Norway (early 20th century).<ref name="September 7, 2012">Dagens Næringsliv D2 magazine, September 7, 2012.</ref> 

A less casual, earlier type of slip-on is made with side goring (sometimes called a ''dress loafer'').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Flusser |first=Alan J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZIQAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Slip-on+shoe%22+%22dress+loafer%22 |title=Clothes and the Man: The Principles of Fine Men's Dress |date=1985 |publisher=Villard Books |isbn=978-0-394-54623-0 |pages=102 |language=en}}</ref> Made in the same shape as lace-up [[Oxford shoe|Oxfords]], but lacking the laces, these shoes have elasticated inserts on the side which allow the shoe to be easily removed but remain snug when worn. This cut has its greatest popularity in Britain.<ref name="Anton">{{cite book |last=Antogiavanni |first=Nicholas |year=2006 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers
    |title=The Suit: A Machiavellian approach to men's style |location=New York
    |isbn=0-06-089186-6 |page=92
}}</ref>