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What Colour Shoes to Wear with White Dress Shirt

The best shoe colours to wear with a white dress shirt are brown, black and tan. Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: white and brown always sit well together. Dark brown and burgundy also work.

Best colours

  • brown
  • black
  • tan

Ranked

Every shoe colour with white dress shirt, best to worst

  1. brownloafers, chelsea boots
    Works
    Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: white and brown always sit well together.
  2. dark brownloafers, chelsea boots
    Works
    Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: white and dark brown always sit well together.
  3. blackloafers, chelsea boots
    Works
    Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: white and black always sit well together.
  4. tanloafers, chelsea boots
    Works
    Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: white and tan always sit well together.
  5. burgundyloafers
    Works
    Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: white is a neutral, so it lets burgundy be the accent without clashing.

By type

The best colour for each kind of shoe

  • loafersbrown loafersShop
  • chelsea bootsbrown chelsea bootsShop

Complete outfits

Outfits built around white dress shirt

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Business · All-neutral

  • white dress shirtShop
  • navy dress trousersShop
  • dark brown derby shoesShop

Navy and white is the crispest pairing there is: maximum contrast, zero risk.

Business · All-neutral

  • white dress shirtShop
  • navy pleated trousersShop
  • dark brown oxford shoesShop

Navy and white is the crispest pairing there is: maximum contrast, zero risk.

Business · Layered

  • black blazerShop
  • white dress shirtShop
  • grey dress trousersShop
  • black derby shoesShop

Two neutrals with clear contrast: white and black always sit well together.

Avoid

Combinations to skip

Skip the white chinos. Chinos are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: head-to-toe white is a clean tonal look; vary textures so it doesn't flatten.

Questions

Quick answers

Do brown shoes go with white dress shirt?

Yes. Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: white and brown always sit well together.

Do black shoes go with white dress shirt?

Yes. Loafers are more casual than a dress shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: white and black always sit well together.

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