Black overcoat with brown shoes?

[Recoil]

Most of my outfits get worn with brown shoes but as winter comes I'm wondering about matching them with my overcoat. I have navy, brown and a black overcoat. Should I only wear brown and navy overcoats when I wear my brown shoes (which is probably 85% of the time)? I wondering if I can get away with a gray/navy suit with brown shoes with a black overcoat?

What do YOU do?

 

[forsbergacct2000]

A lot of people have only one overcoat. I think you might be overthinking this just a bit.

Put on your suit and shoes and pick the overcoat you want. I don't think you can really go wrong unless the overcoat is really fashion forward or something.

 

[Recoil]

Ha ha... is this another watch-band-matching-the-shoes over thinking it kinda deal?

 

[forsbergacct2000]

Others may think differently. I wouldn't beat yourself up or anything.

Some people might actually think I'm being flip, but while I like reading these boards, sometimes people worry about things that will be okay either way.

 

[Recoil]

This was more for my own interest, like I said, I was wondering what others were doing. Not too concerned with all the rules. I would have done either way to get some rotation amongst the coats.

 

[Gsin]

I'd go with the navy or brown. But the black shouldn't be an absolute deal killer. You got to own it!

 

[beau nash]

My overcoat is a camel hair polo coat. I almost never get to wear it down here. When it's cold enough, I wear it, no matter what else I have on!

 

[FedorAnimus]

I feel your pain, LVoer, although my overcoat is charcoal gray (Basically black from a distance, and I wear it with a black scarf and black fedora), but I have some brown Rockport shoes, and no one seems to care. I would say you're simply over thinking the issue at hand. Now...once I get that man I saw today to remove his white laces from his brown shoes, I'll be good to go...