How to Match Your Shoes and Suits (or Dress Shoes)

About this video

McGoff provides a comprehensive guide to matching dress shoes with suits and dress pants based on suit color. He identifies black, dark brown, and burgundy as the best dress shoe colors, explains why tan/light brown shoes should be avoided with dark suits, and offers specific pairing recommendations for black, charcoal, navy, medium blue, and gray suits.

Key takeaways

• McGoff argues that tan or light brown dress shoes are overrated and don’t work well with dark suits like black, navy, or charcoal, making them poor choices for a minimalist shoe collection
• McGoff recommends black, dark brown, and burgundy as the three most versatile dress shoe colors that work across multiple suit colors and formal occasions
• McGoff teaches specific pairings for popular suit colors: black shoes with black or charcoal suits, black or dark brown with navy, and greater flexibility with medium blue and gray suits which can accommodate lighter brown or even tan shoes

Episode details: published May 20, 2023 · 313K views · 4:48 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Brock McGoff’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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