Brown Vs. Black Dress Shoes Which Men's Shoe Is BEST For You
[0:00:00] Black shoes?
Brown shoes?
Guys, what is the right choice when you’re looking to build your interchangeable classic
wardrobe and you want to spend good money on shoes?
In today’s video, I’m going to give you five tips so that you can make the right decision
when it comes to buying the right shoes for you.
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It’s designed to reduce the common pressure points on the ball and heel of your foot.
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Starting this off, let’s talk about formality.
Black is going to be the most formal of all the colors out there.
Any shoe in black and you got the same style of shoe in brown, the black is going to be
more formal.
Now, there are certain dress codes such as black tie that require black shoes.
So, in this case, if you are going to wear black tie often, if you are going to be wearing
a dark gray suit, then you probably want to go with black shoes.
So, brown is never going to be as formal as black and that’s just simply the way it
is.
But, brown has a lot of advantages over black because when it comes down to the casual side,
you’ve got a lot more options.
Now, the lighter color the brown, it is like a tan, it’s simply going to be more casual
because of that color.
When you get to a medium brown, this is something that you can dress up, you can dress it down,
you can wear this into a business environment.
Now, when you can go with a darker brown and this one is a two-tone, kind of ignore the
two-tone, but a darker brown is going to be the most formal of all the browns out there.
But, let’s say you start to mix, you know, the two-tone right in here, this would actually
make this more casual.
So, the winner when it comes to formality, it depends on your personal needs.
If you’re going to be wearing black tie, you need to go with black.
If you’re going to be in a more casual environment and you’re never going to wear black tie,
consider brown.
Next up, let’s talk about what’s in your existing wardrobe.
So, if you have a lot of cool tones, if you already have accessories like bags, watch
straps, belts, and they’re all in black.
If you like grays, if you like dark charcoal grays, if you’ve got a lot of black suits,
then you’re probably going to want to go with black.
It is simply just going to work with what is already in your wardrobe and the colors
that you naturally gravitate towards.
Now, on the other side if you gravitate towards blue suits maybe true blue maybe navy blue
maybe lighter blue maybe like olive green chinos maybe it’s something that you’ve
got dark brown pants and these are the colors you naturally gravitate towards, these are
going to be warmer tones and brown shoes are probably going to work with you.
Again, you’ve got a lot of options here.
You can bring in lighter brown shoes you can bring in some darker brown shoes.
At the end of the day, brown is probably going to be your best choice.
So, the winner here when it comes to matching your existing wardrobe, again, depends on
what you already have in your closet.
Next up, let’s talk about dressing up and dressing down.
So, this is going to be a weakness of black.
Black is formal, it’s not something that you really want to dress down.
So, wearing black shoes with jeans, I’ve seen some guys pull it off, but I think it’s
very difficult and I really don’t like the look.
Now, when it comes to brown, you have a lot of options.
So, these shoes right here, yes, I could wear them with a suit, but I could also wear them
with a casual suit I could wear them with odd trousers a sports jacket.
I would maybe wouldn’t wear them with jeans, but I could wear this with jeans and they
would look great, it would be a very nice look.
I could also wear this with a casual suit if I wanted to dress it up.
Brown has so many more options because you can mix it with other different fabrics.
In this case, a blue suede with the brown, a lot of options here that you can dress this
up you can dress it down.
So, when it comes to versatility, I’m going to have to give this win to brown.
Next up, let’s talk style options.
So, when it comes to black, most of the style options are going to be in the more formal
end of the styles.
Why?
Well, it makes sense.
Go back to point number one, black is the most formal of all the colors.
It’s going to make sense that we’ll see black in wholecuts, we’re going to see black
in the oxfords, and the variations of that.
So, black is really going to dominate there.
We’re also going to see black over in boots.
I know in the military, I wear black boots and it’s something I think black boots can
work really well especially in chelseas.
But, when it comes down to a lot of other styles especially the more casual styles,
I think that this is where black starts to lose a bit of ground to brown.
[0:05:05] Brown because of the informal nature of the
color and the wide variety of the shades that’s where we’re going to see all of a sudden
it’s just going to look better to me when it comes to loafers, when it comes possibly
to monkstraps, I think brown really has an advantage over black here.
To me, it just naturally works better with this more casual color.
Now, I know some of you guys are thinking, Antonio, I love black shoes, I’m a black
shoe man, but I want some other options when it comes to casual wear.
In that case, I want you to look at oxblood, I want you to look at maroon.
To me, this is a great color if you already love black shoes, have a lot of black shoes
and you want something that’s already going to work with your existing wardrobe.
To me, this is where it’s at.
All right.
So, when it comes to style options for your shoes, I’m going to have to give the win
to brown.
Next up, let’s talk maintenance.
So, black shoes I think are pretty easy to take care of.
Yeah, you get a little bit of scuffing and they get a little bit dirty, you simply take
a brush clean them off, use some black polish and you are good to go.
Maybe once a week, once every two weeks depending on where you’re going to use basically a
moisturizer and you’re going to go in there with the leather and it’s going to help
re-mineralize it make it a little bit softer, but use that polish consistently and it’s
going to be fine.
It’s not always the same though for brown shoes and brown shoes especially lighter colored
brown shoes have a problem.
And that is that if you go in and you buy some polish, well, it may be too dark, it
may be not the right color, it’s not going to match it up exactly, it could actually
darken the leather.
Now, if you’re going to apply any polish, any wax, make sure to test it first on the
tongue.
You want to test it in the area that if it does darken and you don’t like this, you
can actually see it in an area where no one else is going to see.
I would recommend that you work with whoever made the shoes, find out what they recommend
for the particular shoes.
A lot of larger manufacturers, Ace Marks, I know that they do this.
They’ve actually got products that you can buy directly from them to apply on your shoes.
So, when it comes to maintenance, I’m going to have to give the advantage to black shoes.
Now, when I tally things up, it looks like the brown shoes won.
But, guys, this wasn’t really a fight, it wasn’t really a contest.
It was about giving you the information to make the right buying decision for you because
at the end of the day if you’re going to go out there and spend your hard earned money
on a pair of shoes, you want something that is going to be interchangeable that’s going
to work with the majority of clothing in your wardrobe.
And when you wear it you are just going to feel great, you’re going to feel like a
million bucks.
I’m going to link the description of this video to the support article which is going
to go into a lot more detail than I was able to go in the video.
I know a lot of you guys have questions about polishes about how to take care of your shoes,
more questions about the styles the formality.
And, go check out Ace Marks, guys.
Amazing shoes at a fair price and like I said they’ve got also all of the support items.
So, polishes, brushes, lasted shoe trees that are made specifically to go into the shoes.
Guys, they’ve got you covered there at Ace Marks.
Great company, I’m proud to support them.
And, guys, go check out that kickstarter.
It is not going to – it’s about to close.
I want – I want to make sure that you don’t miss out on this deal.
Guys, take care.
I’ll see you in the next video.
Bye.
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