3 pairs of shoes

[spicolli1976]

If you were to only have 3 pairs of shoes:

A) Which kind?
B) Color?

 

[Cary Grant]

Personally I'd have:

A captoe
A suede
A double monk

All brown.

 

[Macallan]

Black captoe
Black patent leather plain-toe oxford
Dark brown single monk

 

[Yachting Man]

Black Cap Toe
Black Wingtip
Burgundy Loafer with Horsebit detailing

 

[JubeiSpiegel]

Black captoe
Walnut half brogue
Merlot wingtip
Brown plain toe
Navy double monk

Because 5 is better...

 

[poorsod]

Black oxford
Brown captoe double monk
Brown suede chukka

 

[Stavros]

It obviously depends on age, job, lifestyle, so the question makes little sense in the way it was posed.

For a man in his mid 30s, with an average office job and a regular life:

Black oxford
Brown blucher (preferably with broguing)
Suede chukka boot

and a pair of sneakers.

"Double monks"??? Seriously?

 

[SpooPoker]

Two pairs of flip flops and a pair of adidas shell tops. It would mean I have retired on an island somewhere.

 

[forseti6]

Black captoe oxfords
Black loafers
Brown chukkas or chelseas.

 

[fritzl]



Personally I'd have:

A captoe
A brogue (faux brogue probably)
A double monk

All brown.

oxfords or derbies?

 

[fritzl]

plain derby - black
derby half brogue - brown, burgundy

alternatively a wingtip in either brown or burgundy

 

[Blackhood]

Black wholecut
Mid-tan brouge boot
Brown double monk

 

[NOBD]

1 Brown suede oxford captoe
2 Brown suede chukka
3 Brown suede single monk

 

[JLibourel]

What the hell is a "faux brogue"? I have never heard that term before in 7+ years of hanging out in the fora.

I would agree that the answer would be very situational. Having to live with a mere three pairs of shoes for all purposes would be a most miserable fate.

 

[jonnyt]

Black captoe oxford
Brown full brogue oxford
Burgundy half brogue oxford