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[–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Those are pretty dressy for jeans and a blue collar job. I would probably wear something a little more rugged or casual. I think as leather shoes go, boots would fit better, but even something suede or split toe would fit better.

I think something like this would look even better with blue jeans

but something like this would be closer to what you posted and work a lot better with jeans

I will say that I think that the fit of your jeans will make a big difference in this situation no matter what sort of leather shoes you are going for; wide leg jeans to cover the shoes' leg opening will work a lot better but for tapered jeans that hug the ankle I'd aim for low profile sneakers.

You see here how wider leg openings like in the first pic look better with these sorts of shoes (at least in my opinion)

But just to make it clear that tapered jeans aren't bad, here we see them looking good with low profile sneakers

I'd love to see a pic of you wearing your shoes and your jeans so we can see the pant-shoe interaction going on there to better judge the fine details.

tl;dr: consider switching to a similar but slightly more rugged style of leather shoe and make sure your jeans are big enough to match the energy of the shoes.

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