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Edward, in his inimitable way, has made a very good point. Don't set yourself hard and fast rules. The blazer and flannels is such a distinguished look, but it also lends itself to any sort of combination of mix an match. For example, you might have a blazer of subtle stripes, the dominant colour being maroon. It will compliment those grey flannels perfectly, you can wear a white, spearpoint collared shirt with a neck tie, or a more angled collared shirt with a bow tie, or simply wear it open neck. A maroon blazer goes well with a dark grey fedora hat and it creates a good contrast with the flannels.
Going back to what Edward said about hard and fast rules, if you set them aside there's any number of shoe styles and colour choice, here's a few that I wear with my maroon blazer and flannels.
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The first and second pair are two tone Spectators and the last pair are Oxfords. Two-tone is my preference but if you prefer, you can easily buy them in a solid colour.
Just going back to those hard and fast rules again, if you do a detailed search you might just find a photo dating back a hundred years to the 1920's or The Roaring Twenties as they became known.
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How cool are this fellow's shoes? How cool if you could find a repro pair?
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I agree Oxblood is a terrific colour. Shoe choice forme is based on the occasion. If it is more casual and I am not wearing a tie with the blue blazer/grey slacks I will wear a pair of brown wingtips. If a step up and I wear a tie I am more inclined to wear a black wing tip or cap toe with a high shine.Oxblood is also a fantastic colour for this sort of thing: I find oxblood shoes go really well with both blacks/greys and earthtones, making them more flexible than black or brown.
I love two-tones as well; weather dependent, mine usually get broken out for the season in March, and are worn until mid-September. (I also have a couple of two-tone pairs in oxblood and black that get worn in Winter.)
Are the bottom pair of blue and ivory SJCs?
https://simonjamescathcart.com/collections/footwear
I really like them. Based on a 20s shoe, I believe, this incarnation; I hope at some point he also brings back the original shape with that glorious, big, round 30s toe. I love the tarsal strap. His new Ammo Boots look lovely too; I've got if anything too many black boots, but the brown ones.... . oh, my...
Allen Edmonds usually has a good offering. Nordstroms usually has a few pairs in the their shoe department.It's difficult to find Oxblood color shoes. At least, I've never noticed them in shops
It's difficult to find Oxblood color shoes. At least, I've never noticed them in shops. I heard that Allen Edmonds has good offerings but haven't check them yet. I was trying to find smth on eBay and Amazon,and failed too. Found something similar on forstepstyle platform, but I'm not really a fan of the presented brands there. Oxblood color is truly rare. Probably need another color to find exactly what I need...hm...probably red or purple? What do you think?
@Short Balding Guy - great shoes, Eric. The brown and white specs are particularly lovely - a variation on wingtips one doesn't often see.
You really do raise the barre Eric, setting the standard. Compliments to you.Chimming in late: Blazer and gray flannels aired with shoes would depend on season. Oodles of options.
Posted in the General Attire and Accoutrements are vintage Esquire magazine illustrations, https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/esquire%E2%80%99s-complete-golden-age-illustrations.101480/. Using this magnificent posting you can scroll through seasons of shoe options. My take is that the fashions were often a lot more attention drawing than I suspected.
If blazer and gray flannels are a conservative and classic backdrop you have unlimited space to showcase fancy, dancy shoes or go with more conservative shoes. I have worn the conservative backdrop with black dress shoes, debies, spectators and even white bucks. Consider the season and how fun you wish the shoes to be when wearing the outfit. Nothing wrong with a party on the feet, spectators or special shoes, for the right occasion.
Inspiration from some pics I have stored that I have worn with a similar outfit are below:
I hope I have assisted with this contribution to the conversation.
Cheers, Eric -
You really do raise the barre Eric, setting the standard. Compliments to you.
Thanks for the compliment Edward. Agreed. The strap really is distinctive. The brown and white specs are a pair of vintage Bostonians.
Brown shoes with gray flannels do work. My intention of sharing that pic was to illustrate that they should not be discounted in making your choice.
Like your suggestion, I do like the Cordovan color. When visiting the Alden store in San Fransisco they corrected me that they would call oxblood cordovan hued. Below is a pair of Alden longwings in a Cordovan leather in color #8. Color #8 is also called cordovan. Names are names, but the color hue is similar.
Cheers, Eric -
I'd probably go with something like these with a walking or roper heel. I'v got a pair which have a bit of a different treatment on the upper but are a similar brown with leather soles. Those Aldens remind me of a vintage pair of black shoes I like to wear with gray pants. Nice.
Yes. That is exactly what I like about boots like these. Business on the bottom, swaggy on the top.