A shoe with a toe cap whose pointed centre and curved sides form a wing-like or W-shaped outline.
A wingtip takes its name from the outline of its toe cap, whose edges extend along the sides of the shoe. Barker describes this as an M-shaped cap when viewed from the opposite direction. Brogue perforations often accompany the shape, and Tricker’s includes the wingtip design in its description of a full brogue. Shape, decoration and lacing remain separate features to identify. Cheaney defines a brogue through decorative perforations and an Oxford through closed lacing, so describing a shoe as a wingtip alone does not specify its lacing arrangement.
In job listings
Listings refer to footwear knowledge in general, and this is part of it. In a men’s shoe department, the wingtip is a common point of comparison with a cap toe, and is often worn with brogueing along its edge. Search local jobs for “footwear”.
