Please help me find THE dress shoe

[ccchen]

I'm in my mid-twenties looking for a black dress shoe for work but also versatile enough for dark jeans. My budget is only about $200 so I'm willing to sacrifice on some quality but I just want to get a shoe that looks right. I'm a US size 9. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I don't know what shoe maker this is (taken from GQ I believe) but this is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for.

which is also basically something like this but not balmoral.

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod40450141&parentId=cat10650732&masterId=cat000550&index=13&cmCat=cat000000cat000470cat000526cat000550cat10650732

I was thinking of getting these in black but I'd prefer a slightly pointy round toe instead of the toebox(of course no square toes) and also would prefer a plain toe. http://www.yoox.com/item/YOOX/BRUNO+MAGLI/tskay/3FD17CD7/rr/1/cod10/441037932D/areaid/35/sts/searchResult

With regards to the shape of the toe: I think this is the roundest I want to go.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Salvatore-Ferragamo-Mens-MEETING-Dress-Shoes-Oxfords-8_W0QQitemZ160206073280QQihZ006QQcategoryZ63850QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[englandmj7]

With a welt that wide, I'm betting those are AEs or Aldens.

Check out Grapevinehill on E-bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310018637083&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=021

[minya]

those Bruno Magli on Yoox are beautiful, and the color is great too. I'd go for those, unless you really, really need a black shoe.

[fg0d]

Opening Ceremony or B. Store make some nice shoes at a decent price but I haven't heard anything great about quality.