Best Shoes to Pair with Jeans and a Sportscoat

[Vecchiouomo]

No laces. Snuff suede or CXL Alden LHS, sockless. Lucchese brown calf if out in nature.

 

[Beadhead]

What's your go to shoes to pair with blue jeans and a navy sportscoat? The sportscoat is nice but rather casual--patch pockets, unstructured, etc.

Boots of any kind or suede shoes. The shoes don't have to be all suede. So long as there's some suede they will be toned down enough in formality not to clash with the informal outfit. Oh, and leather loafers with a hand sewn vamp for a classic preppie look.

I wear jeans and casual sport coats (mostly Boglioli) often in the fall, winter and spring, mostly with boots (leather and suede).

 

[Beadhead]

I'll agree to disagree. Many of the examples are shoes that are way too shiny and use rather elegant lasts for jeans.

There's nothing wrong with a shine on your shoes, i/m/h/o. Rather, its the shoe style that's important. A shiny pair of derby boots can look pretty good with jeans and jacket, for example.

 

[KOz]

There's nothing wrong with a shine on your shoes, i/m/h/o. Rather, its the shoe style that's important. A shiny pair of derby boots can look pretty good with jeans and jacket, for example.

I wouldn't strongly dispute that. However, I would put forward that the same shoes in suede or rough out suede might look more coherent.

 

[redboat]

Chelsea boots, either suede or dull finish.

 

[emptym]

For models, I also agree that boots, loafers, and butchers, even sneakers are good (anything but oxfords). I prefer chukkas and penny loafers, or Venetians. For materials, I agree that duller items like shell or suede are usually best, but calf can look good too. Here's a pic w/ calf EG's, which look shinier in the pic than irl:

 

[ppk]

One caution - do not wear suede with raw denim. The indigo in the denim will stain the suede permanently. I write from experience.

 

[NadalRG]

Jeans and sport coat don't pair well, as they are different levels of formality. Jeans are workwear, combine them rather with a chore jacket, a lumberjack jacket, a western jacket or a different, not tailored jacket.

I disagree, look at the guys from The Decorum Bangkok/ Singapore, they pull it off superbly.

East Asians really pull off the Ivy League style effortlessly.

 

[vegancrabcakes]

What about some Paraboots? Michaels or Reims.

 

[symphvaria]

One caution - do not wear suede with raw denim. The indigo in the denim will stain the suede permanently. I write from experience.

It's not permanent, you can buy a suede shampoo kit from Saphir to get rid of the stains. Been there, done that with white suede Margiela GATs.

 

[ppk]

It's not permanent, you can buy a suede shampoo kit from Saphir to get rid of the stains. Been there, done that with white suede Margiela GATs.

This is great news. I'll go look for that.

 

[Hurlazza4]

The sports coat and jeans is my everyday office combination in the post-COVID world. It used to be the casual Friday thing with a suit (no tie) Monday to Thursday, but it’s now become the accepted thing to wear casual Friday on the Tuesday- Thursday that I go into the city. Suits are now just a thing I wear for a few high level meetings (maybe only a dozen times a year). I’m a mid level public servant and this is now the new normal.

So for me the shoes that can be worn are all those except the bottom two rows here. I’m a boot guy and so they are all boots. I imagine that there are plenty of shoes that also fit the look.

 

[DorianGreen]

I disagree, look at the guys from The Decorum Bangkok/ Singapore, they pull it off superbly.

East Asians really pull off the Ivy League style effortlessly.

I respect your opinion (and other members'), but I hold to mine.

As I said a few times, an outfit has to show a coherent level of formality, besides a good fit and a pleasant colour composition.

So I won't wear a baseball cap with a classic overcoat (as a known influencer does), nor sneakers with tailoring.

For the same reason I see pairing jeans with a sport coat problematic and aesthetically jarring.

I'm conscious to be here pretty alone, but I see jeans as a big disgrace for mens clothing, as they are a major cause for the wide spread level of mediocrity we see nowadays.

 

[mhip]

I respect your opinion (and other members'), but I hold to mine.

As I said a few times, an outfit has to show a coherent level of formality, besides a good fit and a pleasant colour composition.

So I won't wear a baseball cap with a classic overcoat (as a known influencer does), nor sneakers with tailoring.

For the same reason I see pairing jeans with a sport coat problematic and aesthetically jarring.

I'm conscious to be here pretty alone, but I see jeans a big disgrace for mens clothing, as they are a major cause for the wide spread level of mediocrity we see nowadays.

I'm not anti-jean, but jeans and a sport coat just screams lazy to me.
Like, "I was told I had to dress up for this event, but it's not me and this is as good as it gets"

 

[ppk]

I'm not anti-jean, but jeans and a sport coat just screams lazy to me.
Like, "I was told I had to dress up for this event, but it's not me and this is as good as it gets"

But what if it's not lazy? What if it was well considered and thought out.

I have seen this combination be completely lazy and incoherent as you and @DorianGreen write, but I have also seen where it works really well. Aaron Levine is a good example. He mixes sport coats with jeans all the time and IMO, he looks really sharp. You might disagree, though.

Innovation is when you mix unlikely things. Sometimes it fails - maybe most of the time. However, occasionally it hits and hits hard.