Jeans, shorts, cargo pants, all go well w/ black sneakers.
Style is needed to pull it off, make sure proportions are rights, Jack Purcell from the post above are a great example.
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Loafers, classic sneaker( white and black), buy a new pair of jeans that fit great, plain t shirts, solid polo, and a crew neck sweater. These are safe starting points and continue to do what your doing, browsing the web to find...
Pink is fine as an accent color, thinking about it I have plenty of shirting with pink stripes or checks. I like to pair pink with different shades of blue and grey.