First C&J's... comment and questions (and pictures)

[SuitedDx]

Nothing will be boring if you wear Happy Sox! Here are my Cottesmore in chestnut paired with navy pinstripe:

Brown:

It's a great color; as Harry and Roger previously stated, it's not the most conservative combination but you would be the best judge of your workplace sartorial culture.

 

[K to Wall St]

Thanks everyone! So it seems consensus is this color is better than black for a navy suit, but there are even better options out there as well... and if I do wear with navy its a little more of a statement (less conservative, but still perfectly acceptable).

Is the third combo dark grey/charcoal or navy? Obviously navy works better than the dark charcoal, IMO.

Third photo is actually a Navy herringbone, not a charcoal grey. I thought my pictures were pretty good so I didn't bother to color correct them (easy to do, so will probably do it for future posts in this forum), plus everyone's monitor is a bit different. But in real life you can definitely tell it's navy.

I wear shoes of that colour, as well as shoes in mid-brown (such as C&J's chestnut and beechnut) colours with navy and grey suits and no-one's ever minded.

This makes me think you would categorize these shoes as a different shade than C&J's chestnut?... except they are C&J chestnut, so maybe again the color is coming through wrong? Manufacturers photo might be more accurate? http://www.crockettandjones.com/Product/Westbourne-Chestnut

 

[RogerP]

The manufacturer's photo makes it look like a medium brown - the kind of shade that I have no issue with in terms of pairing with navy. Your photos and those of DpprDr look similar to each other, and reflect my understanding of "chestnut" as a shoe colour.

Your first statement comes close to reflecting a consensus view, I think. Your personal aesthetic preference paired with an understanding of your particular work environment will be the most important guiding factors.