Black suit with brown shoes, who's right me or DH?

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DH has gone for an interview today, wearing a black pin stripe suit. To my horror he started to put brown shoes on, he rolled his eyes at me. So who was right?

Black shoes with a black suit imo.

Black with black, no question. Brown shoes are for the country, surely .

You are right.

No-one's actually as horrified as I was though?

I would be outrqged!!!!!!!!!!

What colour socks was he wearing?

Has he never heard the saying: 'Black & brown, never in town'

Never in town!

"Black and brown with make you frown"

*will

You are right!

'Black & brown, you look like a clown'

depends
an italian men would not consider to put black on black unless if with a pinstripe suit

man

Crap. I'm wearing a black dress with brown knee high boots today. And I'm in the city. Are people secretly sneering at me?

You were right.

Brown is ok with navy (preferable to black in my view, although some people are still sneery about it).

I think his socks were black (possibly with bones on)...is that ok?

I don't know. The current trend is to wear brown shoes with a navy suit. So maybe black is ok.

Hope he gets the job.

I think he's right. Black with black for a funeral only.

According to effortlessgent.com and other websites, you are right: www.effortlessgent.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/brownOrBlack_EG_visualGuide.png

Although I'm sure your DH will love to sit down and have a read of this article about it : www.permanentstyle.co.uk/2009/07/how-to-wear-brown-shoes.html#.Ux8Arfl_uSp

I honestly can't see any reason whatsoever for a man to wear brown (formal) shoes. Ever. Unless you're wearing a brown suit in which case you'd at least be consistently hideous. (Possibly a biased post against brown as I wore it for my ENTIRE school life!)

Black.

Never brown in town.

Did you go to Catholic schools Catty? Have noticed more catholic schools went for brown uniform than non catholic, but might just be where i grew up

Black, not brown (in town)

St Phil's in Sutton had a lovely brown uniform

That's the one I was thinking of funnily enough Coffee! Also a primary in hackbridge called St Peter and Paul had brown.