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post #16 of 25
3/3/11 at 7:37pm
Somebody told me that blue doesn't go with brown and a lot of these pics show me how wrong he was.
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post #17 of 25
3/3/11 at 7:40pm
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Originally Posted by Unrefinery View Post
That's fine, actually. Matching your pocket square to your shirt is way overrated. But you can always go to TheTieBar.com and get some more interesting squares for $8.

Nobody answered your question about shoes. Generally, a brown shoe that is darker than the suit will be fine. Black shoes can work too. Lighter brown shoes are trickier.

My rage when TheTieBar has some awesome looking PS's but the shipping to Sweden is $25.. I guess I'll buy in bulk with some friends. (As if I have friends wearing pocket squares...damn)
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post #18 of 25
3/3/11 at 7:43pm
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Originally Posted by Master-Classter View Post
ahem... use your imagination here... picture the Sportscoats at suits, or reverse the items (brown tie becomes a brown suit) for color combos... personally I love orange, maroon, and green for tie/sweater/shirt colors but that's just me.
Excellent post, thank you!
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post #19 of 25
3/3/11 at 7:51pm
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Hey, I need some inspirational pictures for tie/shirt and perhaps even shoe matchings for a chocolate brown suit.
I've been running some experiments in that area myself:



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post #20 of 25
3/3/11 at 7:58pm
^^ very nice! I really like that last one.
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post #21 of 25
3/3/11 at 10:02pm
Excellent pics...I have a couple brown jackets that I need to wear before spring get here.
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post #22 of 25
3/8/11 at 3:15pm
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Somebody told me that blue doesn't go with brown and a lot of these pics show me how wrong he was.

Blue and brown is great.
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post #23 of 25
3/8/11 at 3:27pm


Brown in town with the purpy stripe...thumbs-up. #swag
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post #24 of 25
1/31/12 at 11:54am

I have a brown flannel suit and a tan tic summer-weight suit that I picked up last year from BB (excellent for wedding season, and strangely enough, full canvas).

 

As for shoes, I can't imagine anyone here in the US batting an eye at brown shoes with a navy suit.  While lighter/brighter brown shoes are "louder" and draw attention to your feet, I've never thought anything wrong with them.  To my eye brown is much more complimentary to a navy suit than black shoes, but my view is that dress shoes universally look better in a brown shade--cordovan, dark brown, or walnut.  Seems to me like the brown contrasts highlights the fact that the suit is, in fact, navy, whereas black shoes tend to wash out the contrast and make the whole suit appear black in poor lighting. 

 

I do adhere to the rule that you shouldn't wear brown shoes with black pants, however (I don't own a black suit).

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post #25 of 25
2/5/12 at 10:26am
I wore a chocolate brown flannel suit last night with a light blue spread collar shirt and brown tie (which has blue dots).
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