How to choose the shoe according to the occasion

Men’s shoes come in many different styles and colors. Each type of shoes may be more or less suitable depending on the outfit and the occasion for which to use them.

How to match dress shoes to your look

Wearing an elegant men’s suit, what kind of shoe is best to put on the feet? It depends on the suit worn, but also on one’s personal taste. In this case, however, what is most important to consider is being able to create the correct balance between the style of the suit, type of footwear and colors of both the suit and the footwear.

The suit is a type of dress that echoes the typically English canons of elegance. Today the various suits are distinguished by:

• A poorly or not at all constructed shoulder.
• An “hourglass” line, with the flaps falling softly and long on the hips.
• High-waisted pants almost always without lapels.

In addition, at present the suit generally has side slits on the jacket, and buttonholes (openings where buttons are slipped through) that can also be unfastened if desired.

In any outfit, colors play a key role in defining the distinctiveness of the look, and it is precisely depending on the look that it is appropriate to go for a certain type of pairs of shoes rather than other types.

For example, for a blue men’s suit we can consider black brogues very matchable. They are a suitable pair of shoes for all those occasions where a classy and rigorous look is required. Blue and black are colors that match perfectly, and by the way they are the only ones that never go out of fashion.

For those who like to have a classic look but do not disdain a more youthful style, an interesting combination is thedark gray suit and the black shoes. In this case, the already mentioned francesine shoes can also fit, but if you want, you can also consider other types of dress shoes, depending on what you most prefer and consider appropriate.

For a more casual but at the same time also refined style, a possible solution is a broken dress, aiming for colors such as light gray and/or brown, green, etc.

For those who do not know, broken suit means a different jacket than pants, both in terms of colors and fabrics. This type of style is suitable for less formal occasions, where a strict look is not essential but you still want to have a certain elegance. For example, it is a very suitable suit to make the attire at work less formal, or to give a more chic allure to outings made in leisure time.

Wearing the broken dress in the colors suggested earlier, the most suitable shoes to wear definitely include“derbies,” which have a fairly informal style and are perfect for showing off a type of elegance that is not so ostentatious. Slipper shoes are also suitable, especially if you want to offer your look a touch of originality. For those of you who don’t know, slipper shoes are very elegant while having a shape that resembles that of slippers that are used at home. Smooth slipper shoes are more elegant, while those to which moccasin stitching is added have a more casual feel.

The choice of socks is also important

In order to avoid style mistakes, and thus not to frustrate the choices made regarding the matching of elegant dress and dress shoes, the right choice of socks also proves to be very important. In this regard, here are some useful pointers below:

• Wearing a blue dress, the shoe should be black, and the socks should be a dark shade of blue.
• Wearing a gray suit, shoes can be black or dark brown, with dark charcoal gray socks.
• With an outfit with a blue jacket, light-colored pants and some brown shoes, the sock should be dark blue to match the color of the jacket.
• The suggestions before refer to occasions when you opt to dress more classically. Instead, for a less classic look with a more contemporary flavor, socks can be paired with a tie or a shirt rather than the jacket. If paired with a tie, it is not essential to choose plain-colored socks. If you wish to match them with the shirt worn, however, keep in mind that it is inadvisable to dress up with light-colored socks.
• Absolutely avoid white terry socks, but also short socks that allow a glimpse of the calves when the legs are crossed.