Brown Shoes with Gray suit?

demeis · Dec 21, 2004

So i was about to leave for my intership today and i'm wearing a gray nailhead suit with Dark Brown punch Cap toe grenson and my mom was said it looked awful? I know not to listen to women but i was wondering if she was right?

Roy · Dec 21, 2004

Italians wear brown shoes under every suit

Mike C. · Dec 21, 2004

Your mom was wrong.

Ambulance Chaser · Dec 21, 2004

Unless your mom is Jil Sander or Donna Karan, I would not follow her fashion advice, both in this specific case and in general.

demeis · Dec 21, 2004

What i thought, just wanted to make sure, thanks for the responses

marc237 · Dec 21, 2004

To me, brown is far more visually interesting than black. The different shades and the way that is catches different light can be quite attractive. I am a big fan of brown shoes with gray and blue suits.

imageWIS · Dec 21, 2004

Well, I wear black shoes with blue pants / suits...when do right can look quite good.

Jon.

johnnynorman3 · Dec 21, 2004

Black looks far better with a blue suit than with a grey suit, in my opinion. The darker the suit, the better black will look with it, I have found. Thus, while I would wear black shoes with charcoal (I more often wear brown shoes with charcoal, and split evenly between black and brown w/ navy blue), I would never wear black shoes with anything lighter than that, except possibly during the evening or to court.

marc237 · Dec 21, 2004

I routinely wear brown shoes to court - federal and state- throughout the country. While the vast majority of lawyers I have seen wear only black shoes to court, a few wear very, very nice brown with blue or grey suits. I remember in Denver a senior partner type in a magnificent gray pinstripe with a light shade of brown broques. Worked very well.

Kai · Dec 21, 2004

So i was about to leave for my intership today and i'm wearing a gray nailhead suit with Dark Brown punch Cap toe grenson and my mom was said it looked awful? Â I know not to listen to women but i was wondering if she was right?

Dark brown is the most elegant color of shoes to wear with a grey suit.

MilanoStyle · Dec 21, 2004

I am wearing brown cap toe and Gray Zegna suit now.
Brown shoes are just beautiful.

scnupe7 · Dec 21, 2004

I am wearing brown captoes with gray trousers as well.

I agree with MilanoStyle in that brown shoes are beautiful. I almost exclusively wear brown shoes with navy and gray trousers these days.

nightowl6261a · Dec 21, 2004

Unless your mom is Jil Sander or Donna Karan, I would not follow her fashion advice, both in this specific case and in general.

Damn that was a cold statement.

Roy · Dec 21, 2004

I routinely wear brown shoes to court - federal and state- throughout the country. Â While the vast majority of lawyers I have seen wear only black shoes to court, a few wear very, very nice brown with blue or grey suits. Â I remember in Denver a senior partner type in a magnificent gray pinstripe with a light shade of brown broques. Â Worked very well.

Imho brogues shouldn't be worn under a suit. Doesn't matter what colour they are.

MilanoStyle · Dec 21, 2004

I am thinking of wearing brown/chilli colored shoes with all color of suits...

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