driving shoes

Soft-soled moccasins

Driving shoes are lightweight leather loafers with rubber-nubbed soles extending up the heel, designed to give better pedal feel and grip while driving.

The flexible construction and thin sole let drivers sense the pedals more precisely than with bulkier footwear.

Originally Italian, they've become casual fashion items worn well beyond the car: He wore driving shoes with no socks to the garden party.

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heel · grip · sole · Italian · suede · slip-on · accelerator · clutch · stick shift · heel toe · flexible · lightweight · racing · cockpit · dashboard · road · open road · road trip

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G