The loafer is one of the great achievements of twentieth-century footwear: a shoe that requires no lacing, no ceremony, and no particular thought, yet manages to look entirely correct with a suit, with jeans, or with nothing but a pair of well-chosen trousers and the confidence to leave it at that. These are loafers in calf, suede, and leather, on soles that give and improve with use. The shoe you reach for without thinking and that always turns out to have been the right decision.