Poll: Black suit, brown shoes.

Absolutely not, they look awful together.

No.

Judgeneo said:

Only wear brown shoes with a black suit if they are very dark brown.

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This. Dark brown shoes are fine imo.

Judgeneo said:

Zac Efron pulled it off dude
http://i.imgur.com/GhoIWyH.jpg

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Matter of opinion, personally I think it looks wrong.

I don't think you can count brown shoes as not formal but I do think you have to match colours to look your best.

Black shoes with pretty much any colour suit.
Brown shoes really only light grey suit, though it can be pulled it off with a blue suit.

I think Brown shoes can go well with any suit.

(Obviously, many disagree.)

I think for every day smart, like work, you could get away with it, but not a special occasion like wedding.

Even Bertie doesn't wear the brown and black one...

Uncle Petey said:

Even Bertie doesn't wear the brown and black one...

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Finally some proper advice thanks.. Dunno why it took so long for somone to point it out.

No worries mate

Fwiw, I'm 6'5" and wear size 12-13. Even that's a complete pita when buying shoes, so I feel for you there. Size 14.5 must be an absolute b**** to shop for.

EDIT:
I just remembered there's a shop just by Hampstead Heath overground station that pretty much only sell large size formal shoes. God knows what they charge, but I just thought I'd mention it seeing as you're in N. London

But hey, you could just rock the brown shoes and not give a **** about what anyone thinks?

Obviously no. You should never wear brown with a black suit. Further, brown shoes should not really be worn in the City/Town.

Theophany said:

Navy suit would be better for brown shoes tbh. Sprezzatura is, ironically, incredibly difficult to pull off.

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This man knows.

The title of this thread should be a line in the "Drunkest moment in 4 words or less" thread imo

Freefaller said:

What? Brown shoes are perfectly smart and suitable for formal occasions!

As long as you're wearing a brown belt though...

I wear a navy blue, and dark grey suit with brown shoes and it looks good. A black suit, I'd agree probably not, but it's not impossible if you do it right.

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A brown suit is perfectly acceptable for luncheon. A brown suit is never acceptable for a formal occasion.

We're talking about shoes not suits being brown!

Freefaller said:

We're talking about shoes not suits being brown!

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Sorry, I misread.

Brown shoes are still verboten.

Each to their own but for me, nope.

I neither know nor care what's considered fashionable or formal - I wear clothes to protect me from the elements and/or being arrested - but even I'd avoid brown shoes with a black suit if I had a viable choice. It's a jarring mismatch.

But if you're going to do it, you'll have to convince yourself that it's fine. You can dress in a potato sack and flip-flops if you have enough confidence to project the impression that whatever you wear is appropriate because you're wearing it.

Navy suit, brown shoes.

Black on black all day every day.

black on black

navy with brown (and jeans)

Efour said:

I have size 14.5 feet and im not in the mood to spend a ton on a pair of shoes that will get little wear.

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I've had a quick browse on the web and you really don't have to spend that much to get a reasonably good looking pair of black shoes in giant size.