Welcome to Worth the Price, a recurring series exploring some of menswear’s most covetable and expensive products.This week: shell cordovan shoes. Your first pair of nice shoes was probably a Goodyear ...

Cordovan Tassel Loafer $852.00, Todd Snyder Tassel loafers are here, waiting, if you want something outside of a penny loafer that's still got some showmanship.

However, there’s good reason we aren’t all walking in shell cordovan 24/7. As Taffel notes, it is indeed precious, starting with its source—the underside of a horse’s rump.

The design itself is based on the Ivy Loafer, an unlined shell cordovan loafer introduced by Rancourt and Leffot in 2012 and inspired by the re-release of prep style bible Take Ivy.

As I was trying on one shoe, he’d bring over another: a Wolverine 1000 Mile work boot ($325 and $350), or one of the store’s own cordovan loafers ($625). No pressure — he just wanted to share.

5 THE WING TIP A cordovan brogue can be worn with almost any brown, navy, ... LOAFERS As a rule, these loafers are best matched with a more casual suit, like a denim, ...

Cavendish Burgundy Shell Cordovan Tassel Loafer, $940, Crockett & Jones, 212-582-3800 ILLUSTRATION: F. Martin Ramin/The Wall Street Journal ...

Brooks Brothers and Alden made loafers in cordovan, a leather known for its durability. Today, the loafer is again having a moment. Bruce Pask, the men's fashion director at Bergdorf Goodman, ...