Which Color Shoe?

[cufflinkmaniac]

Which color shoe goes best with a navy suit?Keep in mind that these will be my only "true" dress shoes and as such will be worn to funerals,weddings (both afternoon and evening),and basically any event to which I wear my suit .Right now I only have a blazer and a sportcoat,but will be needing a suit in the coming year.

 

[Tomasso]

these will be my only "true" dress shoes

Black

 

[cufflinkmaniac]

Black

I actually have two pairs of black shoes (one pair of wingtips and one pair of split toes),but I suppose a third pair wouldn't hurt.

 

[Tomasso]

these will be my only "true" dress shoes

I actually have two pairs of black dress shoes

 

[cufflinkmaniac]

Oh yeah,I kind of contradicted myself there.Sorry!Let me rephrase "I already have two pairs of black shoes."

 

[Tomasso]

Let's see what they look like, post some pix.

 

[cufflinkmaniac]

Let's see what they look like, post some pix.

I won't have my camera back until Monday (I had hoped they would get it repaired this Monday,but no dice).When I get it back,I'll post pics.

 

[Paisley]

A few years ago, Marc Chevalier had a whole thread on how oxblood shoes went with practically everything.

 

[HadleyH]

I actually have two pairs of black shoes (one pair of wingtips and one pair of split toes),but I suppose a third pair wouldn't hurt.

If you already have 2 pairs of black shoes.......... get a new pair of dark brown ones!

 

[Guttersnipe]

It seems like the black shoes w/. navy suit faction is winning out in the poll at this point, but I think the majority opinion is dead wrong.

I think a lot on men only THINK black shoes go w/. everything - but it doesn't make it so.

Brown shoes go so well, with, browns, tans, greens, blues, and grays...there is just no substituting a good pair of brown oxfords/wingtips/etc.

Just my two cents...

 

[Mr. 'H']

I picked "burgundy".

Why did you not tick the "make poll public" box? Don't you agree: it makes the thread/poll far less interesting when you can't see who voted which way? After all, it's not an ballot.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=15196&highlight=Polls

 

[Mr. 'H']

In the poll I ran a while back, 87.5% of FLers (who expressed a preference) voted to display voters in polls.

 

[Mr. 'H']

It seems like the black shoes w/. navy suit faction is winning out in the poll at this point, but I think the majority opinion is dead wrong.

I think a lot on men only THINK black shoes go w/. everything - but it doesn't make it so.

Brown shoes go so well, with, browns, tans, greens, blues, and grays...there is just no substituting a good pair of brown oxfords/wingtips/etc.

Just my two cents...

When the Irish Rugby team sported brown shoes with navy suits, the wags in the papers laughed saying how it was a sin to wear brown shoes in "the Pale" (greater Dublin area). Only farmers coming up to the city would wear brown, they quipped!

the assorted heroes of the Irish rugby team appeared on our front pages during the week en route to Paris, dressed, it appeared, in navy blue suits and brown shoes. Quelle horreur!

Readers will, of course, be aware that King Edward VIII (before he tootled off with Mrs Simpson) once publicly and angrily upbraided a member of his cabinet for wearing brown shoes while up in London; such attire was suitable only for the country.

Things have relaxed nowadays, but thankfully not completely. The incomparable (for all sorts of reasons) PJ Mara once replied to a request from a journalist which was clearly beneath his dignity and status.

‘‘That,” Mara replied, ‘‘sounds like a job for a fellow in a blue suit and brown shoes.”

My vote's on oxblood wingtips, black and navy clash!

 

[Tomasso]

It seems like the black shoes w/. navy suit faction is winning out in the poll at this point, but I think the majority opinion is dead wrong.

You may have missed this:

Keep in mind that these will be my only "true" dress shoes and as such will be worn to funerals,

 

[Feraud]

One true dress shoe? Make it black.

 

[cufflinkmaniac]

I picked "burgundy".

Why did you not tick the "make poll public" box? Don't you agree: it makes the thread/poll far less interesting when you can't see who voted which way? After all, it's not an ballot.

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=15196&highlight=Polls

That was very [bad] of me.I'll remember to make the poll public next time.

 

[cufflinkmaniac]

Could burgundy work for evening events (excluding black or white tie,obviously) and funerals?The more I think about it,they would go well together.I've got my eyes a pair of six eyelet bals that come in either black or burgundy.

 

[Mr. 'H']

That was very [bad] of me.I'll remember to make the poll public next time.

Spoken like a true gentleman that you obviously are! Didn't mean to be abrasive!

 

[Tomasso]

If I could have only one dress shoe..........

It works with suits of blue and grey, as well as Semi-Formal.

 

[HadleyH]

Why are you so obsessed with funerals cufflinkmaniac?