Gray suits are the best accompaniment to black shoes, and vice verse.
As I've written many times, I don't like black with blue before six o'clock. That's the time for brown or, better yet, cordovan-colored shoes. But I've half a dozen pair of black oxfords in my closet and gray suits give me the opportunity to wear them.
Gray suits and black shoes. Even Italians like Luca di Montezemolo pair them.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Gray Suits and Black Shoes
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A white broadcloth shirt.
A navy tie with an unobtrusive small design.
A gray suit.
Plain black shoes.
THAT is classic minmalist men's fashion.
Thank you, Will, for showing us that no striped or checked shirt, no combination of colors, no "interesting" tie, no patterned suit fabric, and no complicated shoes can ever, ever beat it.
Thank you also for showing us why The Sartorialist is a travesty of style.
I wish the suit was single breasted and the dots in the tie were a diferent color, but other than that, I second oldworldgent.
Will,
Can you recommend a good supplier of rubber overshoes to protect the leather soles of shoes? Living in Seattle makes rain a bit of a problem and I've never found even a half-way decent supplier of protective overshoes.
Thanks for the blog and all that you do.
Christopher, for rain any pair of rubber overshoes should do. For sleet and snow, look at Neos.
The latter could also be used in rain but it's a boot and will wear considerably warmer.
I stand corrected about the tie.
On second thought--or second viewing, to be more exact--I see that If the dots on the tie had been white, the tie would have complemented both the shirt and the suit to perfection.
However, as far as the double-breasted suit is concerned, it seems to me that Signore di Montezemolo can is blessed with the aristocratic bearing that draws attention to the wearer, rather than the suit.
Please notice too that his suit is not cut like a second skin at the shoulders, chest, and waist and that he's not wearing an exaggeratedly spread collar. (To my mind, this is the difference between Italian style and Italian fashion).
Will, do you believe that a gray suit should only be accompanied by black shoes, or can brown shoes make the cut? If so, what shade?
Oddly enough, the first shoes that I reach for when the grey suits are laid out are my tobacco suedes. Black after six. In fact, that's my general rule of thumb regardless of the colour of the suit.
I can't figure out why I steer clear of a suit with black shoes .. why is that? Is there a reason for this aversion? Brown, yes; black, no.
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