I'm not sure exactly what those are, ChattanCat. I have some that are called "Castros" and they are slip on shoes. There are no laces. I've seen and owned plenty of leather dress shoes that are built exactly like these on the top of the shoe. The leather dress shoes often have a decrative buckel across the top, but the tweed Castros do not. It's the bottom of the shoe and the part that connects to the top of the shoe that is different from the dress shoes, and that is what's bothering me. I need to replace my leather dress shoes anyway.

If I get a minute, I will look on the web for a link to the castro shoes I'm trying to describe. I should probably brush up on shoe terms too.