Sartorial advice sought. Blue suit + black shoes, still a bad idea?

[Recursion]

Last edited Tue Nov 4, 2014, 07:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Or has that changed?

Edit: here's the suit:

[elleng]

1. Not gorgeous,

but it won't kill you.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. at the very least - dark blue, please dear god.

what kind of fabric ...

[Recursion]

7. Granted. (nt)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. it can be done and look sharp ... just =so= corporate but, the cut of the suit and the fabric

make the difference.

[mrmpa]

3. when in doubt.........

Cordovan

[vanlassie]

4. Are you asking about the suit, or the shoes?

Black shoes are usually fine, but this "blue suit...?" Is that really necessary?

[Recursion]

6. Bespoke, and awesome

A cool thing about living in India is that I can get bespoke suits for less than a pret suit goes for in the US.

This one is really good, and cost about $70.

[blogslut]

5. This site says it's fine

http://www.slaters.co.uk/suit-shoes-matching-guide

In a perfect world, I suppose a medium-to-dark grey shoe would be nice. In an awesome world, red shoes - to make the angels jealous.

[Recursion]

8. Well I do have some oxblood shoes, somewhere...

That would probably look good...

[blogslut]

9. One of my favorite colors.

[hack89]

14. Did you check out the "Choosing a Kilt" link?

the things you can learn on DU

[Aristus]

11. That looks more blue-gray. I think the advice against black shoes was with a navy-blue suit.

To avoid the look of a uniform.

I occasionally wear black shoes with a blue suit, and it looks pretty good. No one has ever said a word about it. (Not the least of which reasons is because in any random group in any given situation, I'm likely to be the best-dressed person in the room. What can I say? I like clothes.)

The fashion rules change less often for men than they do for women. But they do change every once in a while. Twenty years ago, if you were purchasing a double-breasted suit, the rule was to cuff the trousers, no exceptions. Nowadays, if one purchases a double-breasted suit, (and they're currently out-of-fashion anyway) the rule is no cuffs on the trousers.

As much as I love clothes, I have only one hard-and-fast rule: Never wear a belt AND suspenders at the same time!!!

[GoCubsGo]

12. I would think that black shoes are almost always acceptable.

The one exception being a brown suit--unless it has black woven into it somehow (stripes, houndstooth, etc.)

[Kingofalldems]

13. Let's hear what ZZ Top has to say: