Are these shoes too light brown for a dark charcoal suit?
Bought a new charcoal suit: https://i.imgur.com/B3NSj0x.png
And the sales person recommended these shoes: https://i.imgur.com/xjmj26b.png
Are they too light brown for that suit color?
He recommended brown shoes for more casual events, and black for more formal. He suggested a light blue shirt/tie and the brown shoes for casual events.
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Yeah, probably wouldn't. Frankly, a charcoal suit isn't really going to be casual in any context, regardless of the shoes. Black shoes are best, light blue or white shirts are great regardless.
Don't buy Thursdays
I have never had a problem with them in the past. Have had many of their boots for 5+ years.
It's not about the boots themselves. Their founders support anti abortion PACs
u want a really dark brown borderline black if u wanna go brown shade, otherwise black shoes
i think navy is more versatile instead. charcoal is a. it on the conservative side imo
No, most people on mfa care that Thursday sucks.
Here the alternatives
Meermin
Tlb mallorca
Cobbler Union
As a goodyearwelt user, we do agree thursday boots sux
And for dress shoes, u can do better than Thursday
this server is for advice, and "don't buy from this company because its founders are awful" is perfectly valid advice (not to mention their QC issues)
nobody is "dictating" anything
Women's rights and healthcare is not "loose moral objections" what the fuck lmao
Byeee
Charcoal and navy suits are sort of the most all-around formal suits generally worn in western tailoring, and navy lends itself to being dressed down better than does charcoal. The result is, your best bet to making a charcoal suit work is to go all in on the formality, ie, black shoes, white or ice blue shirt, etc. You can pick one smaller item to be less formal, like the tie or pocket square, of which the tie is the easiest one to go less formal and still have everything work well together. I wouldn't wear brown shoes with my charcoal suit. (That said, I might be tempted to wear black brogued oxfords.)
There used to be the old, and now outdated saying, "no brown in town." What that actually meant was, city dress was expected to be formal, which usually meant smooth worsteds in plain dark colors, and the correct shoe to match the formality was black. That was the context then; now, of course, the context is different. But it's a quick gut check for "does this suit make sense with these shoes?" Meaning, is there a significant formality+intent mismatch?