OK to wear black shoes with khakis? - Page 4

I agree with this. I wouldn't wear black shoes and khakis either (reminds me of my high school outfits too much) but I don't think its a bad choice.

That was warlock1965 on April 9th. You can compare with chorse123 the next day


I'd say that warlock1965's look is more striking and harder to pull off- to me it looks deceptively simple and I'd be happy to put it in the category of "is it done? only by pros".

I wore a pair of black Donald Pliner loafers with flat front khakis, as long as the belt matches, your cool.

What shoes and chinos are in this photo? The chinos are very nice... slim fit and crisp. Shoes look great too.

It IS a fact in the country. It is not a fact in town.

It's amazing how black stirs up emotions when discussing men's clothing. There is a large group that despises black for most things and another group that wants to Johnny Cash it up. I was not aware of the extreme prejudice against black till I began frequenting these forums but I always has in mind that you don't wear black suits (not to bring THAT up again!). But I also never though black with khaki pants was a good look. Heck, why wear black shoes if you have good brown ones to wear with khaki?

It's no problem at all. In fact, I wore it today. I wore a well-fitting pair of cotton khaki pants with a medium blue herringbone shirt. Black belt and black Park Ave. finished things off.

I think it looks fine to wear black shoes with khakis, but it looks better with brown. Thats just my opinion though.

As long as your wearing a black belt as well.

I'm not a fan of black shoes with khaki's for three reasons.
1) too 'Third Reich'



2) I, myself can't pull it off.
3) it may draw negative reaction from others for reason 1.
It can work ofcourse, but I've had no sucess with the combo, so I avoid it.