How to Wear Brown Shoes | Men's Leather Dress Shoes Oxford Derby
How to Wear Brown Shoes | Men's Leather Dress Shoes Oxford Derby
Learn How To Wear Brown Shoes, how to combine them and
when not to wear brown shoes. In this comprehensive video.
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In today’s video, we’re going to talk about how to wear brown shoes, how to combine them and
when not to wear brown shoes.
In the 19th century, Beau Brummel set the tone for men’s fashion. He was a big proponent of black eveningwear and so people also wore black shoes. At that time, rules like “No brown in town” or “No brown after six” just ensured that people dressed in a socially acceptable way.
By the 1930s, Edward, the prince of Wales, became the arbiter and he basically dictated what people wore. If he would wear something, the general public would pick it up shortly thereafter and he was a big fan of brown slip on shoes. Oftentimes, he would wear brown and white Spectator shoes and so brown became more acceptable in the general public. If you want to learn more about history, check out our article on How to wear brown shoes here. Today, dress codes are much more relaxed than they were fifteen or sixteen years ago. If you wear a well-fitting suit today or a combination, you are much better dressed than the average
person.
So “No brown in town” or “No brown after six” are simply not valid anymore. What matters is that you look good. It’s much better to wear a well-fitting suit in Brown shoes than to wear an ill-fitting suit with black shoes in town after 6 pm. Most debonair Italians I know only wear black shoes for funerals, for weddings and for black tie, white tie events.
Otherwise, they go with brown and so can you. One of the really nice things about brown leather is that it develops a patina, unlike black shoes. That means over time, you get this nice look of the leather and it’s really pleasant and it’s not something you can achieve with dark shoes. Also, you can really see leather textures on brown shoes much better such as scotch grain, or pebble grain or suede. With black, they just disappear.
Unlike black, brown comes in a variety of shades so you can really create a unique color palette in your shoe closet. Here are some guidelines on how to wear brown shoes but keep in mind that it’s just that. It’s a guideline and it’s never absolute. It’s just here to help you create your own look.
Three piece business suits, two-piece business suits, solid, small patterns, fine stripes, Glen plaids, this is what we’re talking about here right now. If your suit is black, you should wear black shoes. When you should have a black suit to begin with, is another question but don’t combine black suits with brown shoes.
Just stick with black. For Charcoal suits, I personally prefer black over brown, even dark brown because I think it just works together much better. Definitely avoid Tan and you can try it with a dark reddish brown or red pair of shoes. For mid-grey suits, black works
but in terms of brown, you can really start combining now, you can wear dark brown, maybe burgundy red and you can even try lighter shades of brown.
For dark Navy suits, black is an option but you really want to go with brown for a more modern look. I think burgundy is outstanding, tan can work, mid brown can work and it’s really all up to you and how much contrast you want to create. For a lighter navy, I think black oftentimes looks better but again, you can try to ease in with darker shades of brown, chocolate brown, medium brown, maybe add suede as a texture to counteract the worsted business suit style and can work really well.
For Khakis, dark brown works well or reddish browns or mid browns especially if they’re like tan, khaki, beige and it’s really versatile and looks much better than anything black so stay away from black and try to keep enough contrast between your khakis, your pants and your shoes. If you have tan colors, what’s really great is Cordovan or Burgundy red.
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My simple rule is if u are wearing a tie, put on a black shoe. No tie..you can wear brown shoes. Simple philosophy of mine.
She is in love with her girlfriend sasha and bff Charlotte- she throws at uri
Why he need to talk about history? I click this video just to learn how to wear brown shoes, not the history of brown shoes.
This comment is very late, but would anyone know the name of the shoes @4:41?
I have to start dressing better. I’m tired of the freaking over size T-shirts, jeans and Jordan’s.
He is teaching fashion?
Look at his shirt combination with suit naaaaa
I’m moving to London soon for MBA, I heard no brown in town is still a thing for bankers there. Anyone know?
If you have limited funds, buy black leather shoes (Oxford Or Brogue). They will go with suits, smart trousers and even jeans. Then you only need to buy black socks.
Don’t ever buy suede, looks terrible if it gets wet and looks old and scruffy very quickly; so economically a waste of money.
This is a great video. Meaty.
Hi why don’t u do a video About loafers
How to wear brown shoes:
Step 1: Put on brown shoes.
Congratulations. You are now wearing brown shoes.
I like suede a lot but I avoid buying them because I do not know how to clean or take care of them can you do a video about the best way to care for a suede shoe leather
Fair warning, you’re still going to be judged for wearing brown shoes with a suit in some parts of Britain
I have a pair of chocolate brown and white spectator wingtips and I have say, they go with everything except black, even with charcoal at a stretch. And the ladies love them! It is odd, I find black spectators rarely work while the brown ones just have a wonderful understated loudness.
I love tan shoes tho…..
Do you like the look of black laces with brown shoes? Any other lace/brown-shoe combos to seek or avoid?
Highly enlightening video. Thank you 🙏
Amazing video
Ugh….don’t go for the clown combinations….there is a difference between looking good and a fool
Great suggestions and advice to knowledge seeking sartorially inspired reader. Thanks.
Thanks Raphael another must watch vid 🤟🏼🕶
I didn’t see where you touched on light grey outfit.
papichulō
Yea
I’m at the point where I can’t justify buying black shoes. I don’t wear a single thing that needs black.
The breadth of knowledge that this man has about fashion is out of the world.
Do not wear brown shoes with blue suits.
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My shoemaker used chocolate brown leather for my shoes instead of tan. So now I have to go around and check what works good with this type of color
suede is evil. it always looks aged and scuffed no matter what to me .
Excellent video and tips. I think you should move your watermark from the top left to one of the bottom corners on your video. Having it on the top left makes it look like a computer desktop.
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hey lets do an episode completely in German it would be fun..
Raph, you should really do an event at Kosicheks in Lansing Michigan. Certinho!
O yea u were kinda at the party with her rite?
OK- I like this bright outfit.
I love Brown so that i can combine Brown shoes with Brown suits really made me happy, i didn’t think that worked!
dress shoes with jeans is pointless
Thank you i love shoes great job
Great video and thank you for sharing. When I was in high school my uncle was a shoe maker and he made me a pair of brown shoes that I was very proud of. Sadly he passed away. It has since been 25 years. Today I have 41 pairs of shoes and have had many over the years (not bespoke) but still have not had a pair as comfortable…
I almost feel like I was trying to hook y’all up but the situation made the whole thing feel weird- so I asked her if she likes you and she said no
Frank Zappa, "Brown shoes don’t make it." Enough said. I wouldn’t choose Edward VIII as an arbiter either.
Yavaun
thank a lot for the advice i was going to wear a black suit with brown shoes and thanks to you i was rescued so thanks again.
everyone should have a pair of tan brown shoes, it works too well with navy blue pants
Just bought my first real dress shoes today and after watching this I’m glad I bought a pair of black oxfords.
If I were rich enough to have a personal stylist, I’d hire myself. Love those Tan shoes…
And I’d hate to think that if I worked in a law firm or bank the Boss would fire me for wearing Tan shoes.
I wear them on my feet? Right?
I really appreciate the straightforward and human approach to this channel.
Other channels in this category tend to be very commercialized and geared much more to people with a low IQ.
In other words competitors of GG are kinda cheezy if you ask me and this seems solid , genuine , and professional.
A real gentleman at work .
Sure
I like your get-up today. My first good pair of dress shoes I bought black captoe Oxfords in London, on my way to Cambridge. They look good even with a Tuxedo get-up. I anticipated the advise of Gentlemen’s Gazette! (Although I love to wear them with white socks, to show the world I’m not a snob.)