Because we wear our shoes for long periods of time, experience different heat levels, sweat into them, get dirt on them, we get them wet – then if we have a shoe closet or closed in area for our shoes, we pop them away.

I've always been under the mindset that you shouldn't buy an item if you won't be able to care for it, or the care for it will be too expensive for the items use. What I notice more often than not these days though is that brands are using the 'Dry Clean Only' tag as more of a precaution rather than giving you proper cleaning instructions.