what color are your dress/work shoes?

Gary

Brown?or Black?me = brown.

Fatback

BLACK

waxjunky

Black Clarks. Used to be Black Birkenstock clogs for the kitchen.

Birdman9

BLACK

dukeofdelridge

my JO's match my velour sweatsuit?

CousinLarry

Grey

SteadyMurphy

but brown

faux_rillz

Black, when wearing black belt and watch with black band; brown, when wearing brown belt and watch with brown band.

All of which are dictated by the colors of my shirt/suit/tie.

Hotsauce84

Wine today. Caramel yesterday. Probably black licorice tomorrow.

With a belt to match.

youngEINSTEIN

black.

peace, stein. . .

Hotsauce84

CousinLarry, what are you wearing those grey ones with? Dress slacks? I gotta have shine most of the time.

CousinLarry

CousinLarry, what are you wearing those grey ones with? Dress slacks? I gotta have shine most of the time.

They don't go with everything, if worn with light colored pants it looks like your wearing footy PJs. I'm wearing brown cotton pants that have a really faint herringbone type pattern.

Unknown

Black, when wearing black belt and watch with black band; brown, when wearing brown belt and watch with brown band.

All of which are dictated by the colors of my shirt/suit/tie.

billbradley

brown today

keithvanhorn

Black, when wearing black belt and watch with black band; brown, when wearing brown belt and watch with brown band.

All of which are dictated by the colors of my shirt/suit/tie.

It's obvious that you wouldn't wear a brown belt with black shoes and vice versa, however, the color of your watch band/shirt/tie....and in most occasions suit, should not dictate whether you wear black or brown shoes.

I wear a suit 5 days a week and haven't worn black shoes in years. My suits don't cover the rainbow like craig sager, but as far as the business standards go (grey/blue/brown), you can get away without black shoes. black is more conservative though...and brown shoes with a suit for business can only go so light.

Fatback

brown today

So much wrong there. Shoes are scuffed as hell. Those colors and materials are way out of season.

billbradley

brown today

So much wrong there. Shoes are scuffed as hell. Those colors and materials are way out of season.

Oh I know. I am way overdue for some new shoes and clothes.

pabloscooter

Black, when wearing black belt and watch with black band; brown, when wearing brown belt and watch with brown band.

All of which are dictated by the colors of my shirt/suit/tie.

Exactly-

keithvanhorn

Oh I know. I am way overdue for some new shoes and clothes.

stay away from square toed. they go in and out of style for casual dress and you really can't ever wear them for business or formal wear.

Big_Chan

Work shoes are all kinds of colors. I work at a software company with no real dress code. It is very casual in the office. I wear Air Max 90s or 95s of AF1s every day. My shoes always match my Polo shirt. Dress shoes are black or brown Gucci.

Hotsauce84

Oh I know. I am way overdue for some new shoes and clothes.

stay away from square toed. they go in and out of style for casual dress and you really can't ever wear them for business or formal wear.

Do people really look at you funny or comment when you don't follow these "rules?" Or is it more of a personal fashion comfort thing? I'm being serious.

Personally, I subscribe to the thought that if it looks good to me, it looks good to me. I don't care if it was last year's style or whatever. As long as it's not some played-out silly trend, of course. But I ask because there have been times where I'll step out the house with some dress socks that don't quite match and - even though no one will see them but me - it kinda messes up my day.

ZEN2

It's summer time, I'm rocking flip flops.

pabloscooter

Oh I know. I am way overdue for some new shoes and clothes.

stay away from square toed.

played-out silly trend, of course.

faux_rillz

Black, when wearing black belt and watch with black band; brown, when wearing brown belt and watch with brown band.

All of which are dictated by the colors of my shirt/suit/tie.

It's obvious that you wouldn't wear a brown belt with black shoes and vice versa, however, the color of your watch band/shirt/tie....and in most occasions suit, should not dictate whether you wear black or brown shoes.

Dude, this is SoulStrut--it is not at all obvious. Dispute that watchband need not match the shoes--this is essential. I will go with brown shoes whenever possible, because I think it's a warmer look, but black shoes are a must when I want to wear a watch with a black band. And if the 'fit has any greens to it, I think black shoes are usually the better choice.

Delay

keithvanhorn

Oh I know. I am way overdue for some new shoes and clothes.

stay away from square toed. they go in and out of style for casual dress and you really can't ever wear them for business or formal wear.

Do people really look at you funny or comment when you don't follow these "rules?" Or is it more of a personal fashion comfort thing? I'm being serious.

Personally, I subscribe to the thought that if it looks good to me, it looks good to me. I don't care if it was last year's style or whatever. As long as it's not some played-out silly trend, of course. But I ask because there have been times where I'll step out the house with some dress socks that don't quite match and - even though no one will see them but me - it kinda messes up my day.

the rule is that you should try to get your money's worth by wearing something that isn't subject to trends and won't make you look foolish. people have been wearing rounded toed dress shoes forever....square toes are ugly imo, but are also not steadily on shelves year to year.

i'm sure years ago dudes were buying bell bottom suits (my dad has some) thinking, like you, that it looks good to them, so who cares.

john_doe

I used to work in a corporate laboratory[/b] with no real dress code. I wore Air Max 90s or 95s or AF1s every day.

Now I work in a hazardous materials facility and I'm required to rock these:

bass_fever

Black, when wearing black belt and watch with black band; brown, when wearing brown belt and watch with brown band.

All of which are dictated by the colors of my shirt/suit/tie.

Exactly-

yeah, you gotta have both depending on what colors your wearing...You also need to have a dark brown and a lighter brown option

chase

my uncle nearly yelled at me once wearing brown shoes with grey pants... once you know the rules, you loose a little respect for people who don't follow them.

a decent pair of both brown and black is a must, belt to match.. I don't wear a watch..

faux_rillz

my uncle nearly yelled at me once wearing brown shoes with grey pants... once you know the rules, you loose a little respect for people who don't follow them.

Except this is not at all a rule.

Brown shoes with black pants = strictly prohibited

Brown shoes with grey pants = generally not a problem

keithvanhorn

my uncle nearly yelled at me once wearing brown shoes with grey pants... once you know the rules, you loose a little respect for people who don't follow them.

Brown shoes with grey pants = generally not a problem

yep, right now i'm wearing a grey suit with these shoes: