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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Black Loafers

The best bottom colours to wear with black loafers are black, charcoal and grey. Black shoes with black trousers keep one unbroken line, the most formal option. Denim blue, white, cream and light blue also work. Avoid brown: black shoes under brown trousers look heavy and mismatched.

Best colours

  • black
  • charcoal
  • grey

Ranked

Every bottom colour with black loafers, best to worst

  1. blackpleated trousers, jeans, chinos, dress trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants
    Best choice
    Black shoes with black trousers keep one unbroken line, the most formal option.
  2. charcoaldress trousers
    Best choice
    Charcoal and black is the most formal combination you can wear.
  3. greydress trousers, chinos, jeans, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Black leather with grey is sharp and formal.
  4. denim bluejeans
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: denim blue and black always sit well together.
  5. whitelinen pants, jeans, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: white and black always sit well together.
  6. creamwide-leg pants, pleated trousers, linen pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: cream and black always sit well together.
  7. light bluejeans
    Best choice
    Black is a neutral, so it lets light blue be the accent without clashing.
  8. sagelinen pants
    Works
    Black is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  9. burgundychinos
    Works
    Black is a neutral, so it lets burgundy be the accent without clashing.
  10. navychinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants
    Works
    Black shoes with navy are correct for formal settings, if a little severe for casual.
  11. olivechinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants
    Works
    Black works with olive but brown is warmer and more natural.
  12. khakichinos
    Careful
    Black shoes look heavy against light khaki; brown or tan are the usual choice.
  13. beigelinen pants, wide-leg pants, pleated trousers, chinos, dress trousers
    Careful
    Black shoes look heavy against beige; tan, brown or white read better.
  14. brownpleated trousers, dress trousers, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Avoid
    Black shoes under brown trousers look heavy and mismatched.

By type

The best colour for each kind of bottom

  • chinosgrey chinosShop
  • jeansblack jeansShop
  • dress trouserscharcoal dress trousersShop
  • pleated trousersblack pleated trousersShop
  • wide-leg pantsblack wide-leg pantsShop
  • linen pantsblack linen pantsShop
  • cargo pantsblack cargo pantsShop
  • shortsblack shortsShop
  • joggersblack joggersShop

Complete outfits

Outfits built around black loafers

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Smart casual · Tonal

  • black turtleneckShop
  • black pleated trousersShop
  • black loafersShop

Black shoes with black trousers keep one unbroken line, the most formal option.

Smart casual · Layered

Black shoes with black trousers keep one unbroken line, the most formal option.

Smart casual · All-neutral

  • white linen shirtShop
  • grey pleated trousersShop
  • black loafersShop

Black leather with grey is sharp and formal.

Avoid

Combinations to skip

Skip the brown pleated trousers. Black shoes under brown trousers look heavy and mismatched.

Questions

Quick answers

Do black bottoms go with black loafers?

Yes. Black shoes with black trousers keep one unbroken line, the most formal option.

Do charcoal bottoms go with black loafers?

Yes. Charcoal and black is the most formal combination you can wear.

Do brown bottoms go with black loafers?

Usually not. Black shoes under brown trousers look heavy and mismatched.

Do khaki bottoms go with black loafers?

It can work, with care. Black shoes look heavy against light khaki; brown or tan are the usual choice.

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