How To EASILY Match Belts & Shoes EVERY Time [0:00:00]
Today's video, gents, how to match your belt with your shoes and how to look great when
you decide not to.
Ready guys?
Let's get into it.
[Music] All right, gents, the rules with matching
your shoes with your belt, it's pretty simple.
In fact, there's only two rules that you need to know.
Number one, leathers match leathers.
Number two, metals match metals.
Pretty simple, right?
Let's go ahead and explain it just a bit.
So, right here I've got an oxblood belt, I've got an oxblood pair of shoes, these were made
to go together.
This is a match.
Now, let's talk about the metal.
So, right here, oxblood again and we've got a double monk strap.
The metal right here, you want it to be close to the metal here.
So, gold it's going to go with gold, silver is going to go with silver.
Now, when it comes to the metals right here, yes, you'd want to keep it close on your watch
and, again, some of the other accessories maybe the buckle on your bag or things like
that.
Whoa!
Antonio, are you saying that I always have to match my shoes with my belts with all my
other accessories exactly?
No, that's not what I'm saying.
I'm giving you the basic rules to start with, but you can bend you can even break these
rules.
All right, gents, so before I reveal the five ways to bend the rules when it comes to matching
your belt with your shoes, I'm going to let you know every belt you see in this video
is brought to you by Anson Belt and Buckle.
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All right.
So now, we're going be talking about ways to bend the rules I just talked about and
we're going to be answering some of the most frequently asked questions out there.
So, the one I hear all the time is, Antonio, I've got a pair of black shoes and I've got
a brown belt, can I pull off this combination?
And the answer is, no.
It comes down to this is a cool tone color this is a warm tone color because of that
they just don't work well.
It's just something that black shoes deserve a black belt.
This is kind of another frequently asked question, is it better to match the shoes to the belt
or the belt to the shoes?
And the answer is the shoes should always be the primary item here.
Why?
Because oftentimes they cost quite a bit more and it's what people are going to notice.
Now, let's talk about an area where you can start to bend the rules because with two-tone
shoes with shoes that are bold and used in this case like a blue suede, but do you actually
need to have a belt that has the dark brown with blue suede or a two-toned belt?
The answer is, no, you do not have to match exactly.
What's going to work I think actually with both of these is actually a dark brown.
So this right here why is this going to work it's not an exact match?
That's true, but the leather is very closely matching the leather.
What you're looking for is to match the color and the overall feel and the formality.
So, that's something you want to pay attention to in the belt buckle.
And those same rules they're going to apply to the two-tone.
So, right here I could actually go with the dark brown, I could go with the medium brown
on the belt.
Now, next up, let's talk about texture.
You could bring in a belt like this, it's not an exact match and in fact you could say
that the color is only maybe seen here in the laces, but that's enough for you to be
able to pull off.
But notice here, the texture on this belt.
This one has got a little bit of a canvas outer webbing and that right there I think
gives it more of a rugged look.
So, another thing that you're paying attention to when you're bringing the belt and the shoe
combination together is the formality.
Boots especially a combat a boot like this that's got that rubber sole, this right here
is designed to be more casual, therefore wear it with a more casual belt.
When you wear casual belts with casual shoes, this combination you can actually have it
so that they don't -- you don't want an exact match.
But, let's talk about gray because this right here this is a casual loafer and you're not
going to found -- usually it's going to be difficult to find a belt that matches this
exactly.
So in this case, you can bring in a black if you want to dress for the evening, you
want something that's more of a formal look, you can bring in something then is a contrasting
or definitely something that doesn't even come close to matching if you want to wear
during the day.
Let's say I'm going to a Fourth of July picnic or the Alamo and I want to be a little bit
patriotic, I'm bringing my red, white, and blue belt.
Now, the red the white they don't really work too well with this, but I will tell you the
blue that dark blue right there has a cool tone with the cool tone right here in the
gray that is the combination that makes this outfit really pop.
[0:05:16] So next up, let's talk about shoes that are
a little bit harder to match such as oxblood right here.
Well, the solution the answer is, yes, go with oxblood.
I talked about that at the very beginning.
But can you wear black?
Can you wear dark brown?
The answer is look at the sole.
So, right here I see that we have a black sole with the oxblood upper.
The answer is, yes, you can wear a black belt because you're already matching black with
the oxblood, we can see this works well.
Now, let's look at this pair of shoes right here.
We've got blue suede.
I'm going to go in here and I'm going to look at the sole, a dark brown.
So, I know that this combination is going to work well.
Now, let's talk about when you've got the same color, but different hues.
Light brown, dark brown, can I bring this together?
The answer is, yes.
And so, I'm going to go ahead and cheat here go back to an earlier rule.
I'm going to look at the sole.
The sole right here is dark in color, same actually very similar to the belt that's why
I know this combination works.
But in general, even if this was a lighter colored sole, I would think that you could
pull this off if you are confident doing it.
And guys, that's an important rule is it you've got to be confident wearing these different
combinations.
The basic rules I’ve talked about at the beginning; matching leathers with leathers,
matching metals with metals, those are the base rules, but you can bend you can adjust
these rules.
At the end of the day, have fun with your belts.
And, guys, again, if you're looking for an amazing belt, I'm linking to Anson Belt and
Buckle.
They are an amazing company.
For over eight years I've supported this family-run business because they make a superior product
and they've got amazing customer service.
Reach out to the guys over at Anson Belt and Buckle because they will actually you could
send them a picture of a pair of shoes like this and say, hey, I picked these up from
Allen Edmonds, I love them, but I don't have a belt that will work with them and they'll
give you like three different belts that they think will work great.
And they've got those box sets, so that you can actually get the three belts with the
two buckles or the three buckles with the two belt straps.
Amazing company, proud to support them.
All right, guys, see you in the next video.
Take care.
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